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UNBELIEVABLE: Mergers - The Untold Story

London’s investment bankers and lawyers make more than £1bn in takeover frenzy

Bumper fees paid in the year’s mergers and acquisitions spark anger over high City pay during cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27

Can India build its own Big Four? The battle moves to the rulebook

India is moving to reshape its accounting sector as ICAI prepares Chartered Accountants Act changes aimed at enabling larger domestic firms. Proposed reforms could ease mergers, allow capital infusion, expand multidisciplinary professional services and reshape networking rules, while government procurement changes may widen opportunities. The push seeks globally competitive Indian…

The Economic Times · Sep 21

Hospitals and Insurers Are Buying Up Doctors' Practices, and Patients Are Landing in Pricier Care Settings

Hospitals and insurers are buying doctors' practices, and patients are landing in pricier settings. What to check before you schedule care.

Medical Daily · Sep 10

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7 Ways Google's New Gemini AI Could Help Lawyers

What would be the scenario where AI goes beyond question-answering and begins to perform specific tasks in the lawyer's everyday activities? Google Cloud has recently turned that into reality within the legal domain itself. On August 25, 2026, Google launched Gemini Enterprise for Legal which is a solution specially crafted…

MyLifeXP · Aug 27

India has fixed its PSU banks. Now comes the more ambitious part

The EAC-PM has proposed consolidating India’s public sector banks into a few large, comparable institutions to meet rising credit demand and finance the country’s growth towards Viksit Bharat 2047. The recommendation comes after a major PSB turnaround, with stronger profits, lower NPAs and faster credit growth. Larger banks could better…

The Economic Times · Aug 26

Indian companies step up acquisitions for AI, technology and talent: Crisil

The ratings agency said mergers and acquisitions are evolving from an occasional growth option into a core strategic tool for companies seeking to scale faster, enter new markets and acquire capabilities that would take longer to build internally.

The Economic Times · Aug 26

How an ancient collision with another galaxy transformed the Milky Way

The Milky Way has a secret history of galaxy mergers that we are only now starting to uncover.

Space · Aug 17

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Scientists find 3 supermassive black holes on the verge of collision inside a distant galaxy

A greedy galaxy that existed less than 1.3 billion years after the Big Bang is hoarding supermassive black holes.

Space · Aug 17

A California Health System Wants Minnesota's Hospitals, and a 2023 State Law Will Decide

Sutter Health's bid for Allina Health is the biggest test yet of a 2023 Minnesota law requiring state review of health care mergers.

Medical Daily · Aug 13

FCC Rule Change Would Allow More Broadcast Mergers, but It's Not Clear the FCC Has That Power.

It's not clear if the agency even has the legal authority to make the change. But if it goes through, there's little to worry about.

Reason · Aug 6

FCC under fire over Paramount gifts

Commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC reviewed the company's megamergers

Salon · Aug 4

Morgan Stanley beats profit estimates on dealmaking boost, strong trading

Morgan Stanley has showcased an impressive performance for the second quarter, surpassing Wall Street's earnings expectations. The surge in mergers and acquisitions has notably enhanced the investment bank's advisory revenues, while record trading profits emerged amid ongoing market fluctuations. Additionally, advancements in wealth management have played a pivotal role in…

The Economic Times · Jul 15

India's automotive sector records 20 deals worth $717 mn in Q2 2026: Grant Thornton Bharat

India's automotive sector recorded its lowest quarterly deal volumes in three years. Deal values remained strong despite falling transaction volumes in the second quarter. Investment focused on businesses driving the future of mobility and electrification. Mergers and acquisitions prioritized technology-led capability building over scale. Capital continued flowing towards scalable mobility…

The Economic Times · Jul 13

Nippon Paint offers $8.6 billion for AkzoNobel unit, Bloomberg News reports

Nippon Paint has reportedly made new offers for AkzoNobel's decorative paints unit. The latest proposal values the business at approximately seven point five billion euros. AkzoNobel's management has not engaged with Nippon Paint regarding this offer. Instead, AkzoNobel is proceeding with a planned merger with Axalta. Paint companies are seeking…

The Economic Times · Jul 13

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International Business Times · Jul 8

Oregon Wants To Pause Paramount's Warner Bros. Deal. But The State Says It Still Doesn't Have Key Merger Records.

The legal challenge adds another hurdle for one of the biggest media mergers in years as regulators and state officials continue examining its competitive impact.

LiveScience · Jul 6

'What we found was striking': Physicists detect new kind of gravitational wave signal from a black hole's event horizon

Physicists isolated the "last sound" of an enormous black hole collision, providing an unprecedented glimpse of the region next to the event horizon.

The Economic Times · Jun 25

For the first time, researchers reached a region near a Black Hole once beyond study

A powerful black hole collision has opened a new chapter in space science. Scientists used the loudest gravitational wave signal ever detected to study the hidden region near an event horizon. This breakthrough helps researchers understand extreme gravity, black hole mergers, spacetime, and Einstein’s theory of relativity. The discovery gives…

The Guardian - US · Jun 25

Elizabeth Warren says ‘tsunami of anger’ could prompt reversal of Trump-era mega mergers

Exclusive: US senator suggests architects behind ‘frenzy’ of blockbuster corporate deals have ‘badly miscalculated’

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The Economic Times · Jun 17

Goldman Sachs shatters dealmaking records with $1 trillion in first-half M&A volume

Goldman Sachs achieved a record pace in 2026, managing over one trillion dollars in announced mergers and acquisitions. This success follows their role in SpaceX's initial public offering and advising on Dominion Energy's sale. Global M&A volumes have surpassed two point six trillion dollars this year. CEOs are strategically pursuing…

The Conversation · Jun 16

How Wall Street is shifting electric utilities toward consolidation and profit

A corporate merger that would form the largest electric utility in the United States is underway. It’s just one of many recent utility mergers and acquisitions as electric utilities enter a period of rapid growth.

Space · Jun 11

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 'galaxy-killing' wind that may explain why some early galaxies lived fast and died young

A “galaxy-killing” wind driven by cosmic mergers may explain why many massive galaxies in the early universe stopped forming stars far earlier than expected, according to new JWST and ALMA observations.

The Conversation · Jun 10

The Milky Way was rewired by a cataclysmic collision billions of years ago. Now it is on course for another

Vasily Belokurov is one of three winners of the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics. The award is for uncovering fossil evidence of past galactic mergers that prove how the Milky Way evolved.

inkl · Jun 8

How Companies Manage Documentation When Forming a Joint Venture

While a joint venture (JV) is as important a growth strategy as mergers and acquisitions (M&A), these two approaches work differently.

Space · Jun 1

Astronomers discover a 'lost world' of black hole mergers: 'It's the astronomical equivalent of uncovering an ancient civilization'

This could change our understanding of how the cosmic titans collide.

MarketBeat · May 17

Target the Red-Hot Spin-Off and Merger Space With These ETFs

Spin-offs and mergers can lead to major movement for share prices, but accessing these scenarios can be challenging for investors; these ETFs can help.

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