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Merck KGaA to Buy Bio-Techne in $11.3 Billion All-Cash Deal

The acquisition would unite two life-sciences leaders to support customers across discovery, development, and commercial manufacturing workflows.
Deals · June 25, 2026

Onsemi to Buy Synaptics in $7 Billion All-Stock Deal

The acquisition would extend onsemi’s reach into edge AI and expand its total addressable market to $243 billion by 2030.
Deals · June 25, 2026

Permira-Led Group Completes $8.4 Billion Take-Private of Clearwater Analytics

The all-cash deal at $24.55 a share positions the investment-management platform to accelerate its AI roadmap away from public-market scrutiny.
Deals · June 25, 2026

Retail Tariff Pressure Starts to Ease

Four retailers show tariff costs shifting from a margin shock toward a refund question, though exposure has not disappeared.
Filing Trends · June 24, 2026

Raymond James AUM Surge Masks Loan Slowdown

The brokerage’s assets under management jumped 35% YoY to $342.7 billion in May, fueled by an April acquisition.
Earnings · June 24, 2026

Paychex Profit Jumps as Costs Flatten

The payroll processor’s operating margin hit 37.7% after acquisition-related expenses eased.
Earnings · June 24, 2026

Micron Revenue Surges 346% to Record as AI Memory Demand Accelerates

The chipmaker posted $25.11 in non-GAAP earnings per share, more than double the prior quarter, as data-center memory revenue nearly tripled year over year.
Earnings · June 24, 2026

Ionis Lifts Sales Outlook After FDA Broadens TRYNGOLZA Label

The biotech raised its 2026 revenue forecast by $75 million after total revenue nearly doubled year-over-year to $246 million in the first quarter.
Earnings · June 24, 2026

When Title Scale Meets Cash Walls

Title insurers are showing stronger margins, but the sturdier case is shifting from who has the largest platform to whose earnings and cash are least exposed when pricing or volume turns.
Fathom Files · June 23, 2026

Texas Pacific Land Posts Record Revenue on Oil Royalties, Data-Center Land Sale

The land and royalty company reported $236.8 million in quarterly revenue, a 21% year-over-year increase driven by higher oil prices and a new data-center land transaction.
Earnings · June 23, 2026

Quantum Computing posts first revenue from acquisitions

The company swung to a $4.1 million net loss after booking $3.7 million in quarterly sales.
Earnings · June 23, 2026

Keurig Dr Pepper posts accelerating sales growth

The beverage company reaffirmed its 2026 guidance after full-year net sales rose 8.6% on a constant-currency basis.
Earnings · June 23, 2026

F5 Growth Slows as Cyber Costs Weigh on Margins

The application-security provider raised its full-year revenue outlook despite a sharp deceleration in systems sales.
Earnings · June 23, 2026

Blackstone Fee-Related Earnings Rise 23% on AUM Growth

Fee-earning assets under management climbed 9% year-over-year to $937.6 billion in the first quarter.
Earnings · June 23, 2026

Texas Pacific Land to Sell Reeves County Assets for Data-Center Power Hub

The landowner will supply land and brackish water for Chevron’s giga-watt power plant in exchange for cash and exclusive water-sourcing rights.
Deals · June 23, 2026

Quantum Computing to Buy NHanced Semiconductors in $73 Million Mixed Deal

The acquisition launches QCi's second fabrication facility, accelerating its thin-film lithium niobate platform toward commercial-scale production.
Deals · June 23, 2026

FirstCash to Buy Ramsdens in $273 Million All-Cash Deal

The acquisition deepens FirstCash's U.K. footprint just months after it completed its takeover of H&T, consolidating the pawnbroker's position as the largest publicly traded pawn platform across the Americas and Britain.
Deals · June 23, 2026

OBBBA tax law reshapes R&D cash flows

Five US companies report mixed impacts from the July 2025 tax overhaul, with R&D expensing rules driving near-term cash benefits.
Filing Trends · June 22, 2026

Investment Spending Emerges as the Week's Common Thread

Across 22 companies spanning 10 industries, the loudest signal this week was capital commitment: data centers, infrastructure, storage acquisitions, and balance-sheet discipline all pointed toward continued investment.
Economy Survey · June 22, 2026

Public Storage buys into Canada with $1.2B deal

The self-storage operator reported first-quarter net income of $2.71 a share, up 33% from a year earlier.
Earnings · June 22, 2026

Comfort Systems USA revenue jumps 51% on technology demand

The mechanical and electrical contractor reported first-quarter net income of $370.4 million.
Earnings · June 22, 2026

Digital Realty Posts Record Bookings, Raises Full-Year Outlook

The data-center REIT signed leases expected to generate $707 million in annualized rent, a company record, and lifted its 2026 Core FFO guidance to $8.00-$8.10 a share.
Earnings · June 22, 2026

Bitmine Hits $10.7B Treasury; Booz Allen Expands Defense Tech

A wave of corporate restructuring and capital raises defines the day's activity across financial and healthcare sectors.
Earnings Digest · June 22, 2026

CRH bets $8.5B on U.S. aggregates leader Arcosa

The building-materials giant called the deal accretive to earnings, margin, and cash flow within 12 months of closing.
Earnings · June 22, 2026

Centene lifts profit outlook after earnings jump

The health insurer raised its 2026 adjusted earnings guidance above $3.40 a share.
Earnings · June 22, 2026

Align Technology announces board leadership transition

The medical device maker named Kevin Conroy to succeed C. Raymond Larkin, Jr. as chairman.
Earnings · June 22, 2026

AbbVie buys Apogee for $10.9 billion as immunology sales accelerate

The drugmaker raised its full-year earnings guidance despite a $0.41 hit from acquired R&D costs.
Earnings · June 22, 2026

Public Storage to Buy Public Storage Canada in $1.2 Billion Mixed Deal

The acquisition aims to scale the company's footprint in Canadian markets characterized by low per capita supply and strong population growth.
Deals · June 22, 2026

Middleby to Spin Off Midera Food Processing in Strategic Separation

The separation is intended to allow both entities to accelerate growth as independent companies with distinct strategic focuses in their respective markets [1][2].
Deals · June 22, 2026

Digital Realty to Buy Columbia Capital in $485 Million Mixed Deal

The acquisition accelerates Digital Realty's private-capital platform and deepens its reach into adjacent digital infrastructure sectors as AI demand surges.
Deals · June 22, 2026

CRH to Buy Arcosa in $8.5 Billion All-Cash Deal

The acquisition advances CRH’s strategy to dominate North America’s infrastructure megatrends with an aggregates-led portfolio.
Deals · June 22, 2026

Booz Allen to Buy Ultra Mission Solutions in $720 Million All-Cash Deal

Acquisition aims to accelerate delivery of defense tech products into national security missions with mission-critical software and encryption.
Deals · June 22, 2026

AbbVie to Buy Apogee Therapeutics in $10.9 Billion All-Cash Deal

The acquisition adds clinical-stage immunology assets in atopic dermatitis and asthma, deepening AbbVie's respiratory pipeline.
Deals · June 22, 2026

Fiserv and EquipmentShare Lead Heavy Insider Buying

Six Fiserv insiders and a cluster at EquipmentShare committed millions in open-market purchases this week.
Insider Signal · June 19, 2026

Enterprise Software Vendors Race to Rebrand Around Agentic AI

Five major platform companies have repositioned their core identities around autonomous AI agents in recent filings, signaling a rapid industry-wide pivot.
Filing Trends · June 19, 2026

Tariffs and Macro headwinds squeeze consumer discretionary

Smaller firms are reporting a sharp divergence between struggling consumer-facing businesses and booming AI and defense sectors.
Small-Cap Signal · June 18, 2026

Regional Banks Shed Risk as Hospitality Recovers

United Community Banks is offloading its equipment finance arm to slash charge-offs and boost capital.
Financials Signal · June 18, 2026

Steel Dynamics lifts profit view on metal-margin surge

The steelmaker set second-quarter earnings guidance 75% above year-ago levels.
Earnings · June 18, 2026

Kroger Cuts Buyback as Sales Growth Slows to 1% and Margins Narrow

The grocer reaffirmed its full-year adjusted EPS outlook of $5.10 to $5.30 despite identical sales without fuel slowing to 1.0% in the first quarter.
Earnings · June 18, 2026

Janus Henderson Faces Fee Compression Ahead of Take-Private Close

The asset management firm reported assets under management of $480 billion as it prepares to transition to a privately held company.
Earnings · June 18, 2026

Liberty Media profit flips as Formula 1 races ahead

The media-and-motorsports company posted $107 million in Formula 1 operating income after a $28 million loss a year earlier.
Earnings · June 18, 2026

Bitmine Adds $800 Million in Crypto Holdings as ETH Stash Nears 5% Supply Goal

The Ethereum treasury company's total crypto and cash holdings climbed to $10.4 billion in a single week, fueled by a $274 million preferred-stock offering and rising ETH prices.
Earnings · June 18, 2026

Allstate posts modest policy growth amid pricing shifts

The insurer added 1 million policies in force in the quarter, reaching 212 million.
Earnings · June 18, 2026

Allegro Microsystems sales jump 26% on data-center demand

The sensor-chip supplier reported record data-center revenue at 14% of total sales.
Earnings · June 18, 2026

Chicago Atlantic to Buy BDC Peer in All-Stock Merger

The deal would create a scaled business-development company focused on cannabis and lower-middle-market lending while preserving credit quality and portfolio yield.
Deals · June 18, 2026

Ondas to Buy Cyberhawk in $125 Million Mixed-Structure Deal

The acquisition extends Ondas's autonomous-intelligence platform into critical-infrastructure markets spanning utilities and energy networks.
Deals · June 18, 2026

Trian, General Catalyst to Buy Janus Henderson in $6.9 Billion All-Cash Deal

The take-private agreement at $52 a share follows regulatory approvals and client consents, positioning the asset manager for growth as a private company.
Deals · June 18, 2026

AI Data Centers Fuel Power Construction Surge

Six infrastructure and tech firms report intensifying demand for power generation projects tied to AI-driven electricity needs.
Filing Trends · June 17, 2026

SharonAI Secures $1.6 Billion Financing to Expand AI Infrastructure

The company reached 132MW of total AI Factory capacity following a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA.
Earnings · June 17, 2026

Progressive earnings jump 36% on premium growth

The insurer posted $2.47 a share in May, up from $1.81 a year earlier.
Earnings · June 17, 2026