July 2026 — page 2
USA Rare Earth to Acquire Carester Assets in France Processing Deal
The asset purchase deepens USA Rare Earth's April stake in the French separation specialist into full ownership of its processing platform, tying Carester's output to feedstock from Round Top and Serra Verde.
Mapfre to Buy Safety Insurance in $1.54 Billion Cash Deal
The combination would give the New England insurer Mapfre’s global resources while preserving its regional brand and agency relationships.
Northrim to Buy PBCO Financial in $167.3 Million All-Stock Deal
The merger gives Northrim Bancorp its first out-of-state branch expansion, extending the Alaska lender's community banking franchise into Southern Oregon and the Willamette Valley.
LightPath to Sell China Unit, Completing NDAA-Compliant Pivot
LightPath Technologies agreed to divest its Zhenjiang, China manufacturing operations for $4.5 million, capping a multi-year shift to a fully Western-aligned supply chain for defense optics.
Repligen to Buy BioLife in $1.5 Billion Cash-and-Stock Deal
The acquisition would expand Repligen’s cell-therapy offering with a biopreservation business built on recurring consumables revenue.
Akzo Nobel to Buy Axalta Coating Systems in All-Stock Deal
The companies refined governance arrangements following shareholder dialogue to create a premier global coatings entity.
June Budget Deficit Narrows to $120.3 Billion
Federal receipts climbed from May levels while outlays dipped slightly, though the monthly deficit remains significantly higher than a year ago.
A Consent Order Lands on a Regional Lender's BSA Program
The order caps asset growth until remediation is certified — a constraint that binds strategy, not just compliance.
Kubota Lifts Full-Year Outlook as North American Demand Steadies
The tractor maker raised its operating-profit guide after two quarters of destocking ended in its largest overseas market.
LVMH Fashion Margins Hold as Asian Volumes Stabilise
Organic growth returned to the flagship division, and the company held pricing rather than chasing volume.
Passive Ownership Shifts in Index Holdings
Recent data shows significant changes in the share of reported holdings held by passive funds.
Packaged Food's Margin Cushion Is Thinning
Across a slice of branded food companies, pricing and productivity are still absorbing input-cost shocks that briefly broke through at one name, but the volume damage from those same price increases is starting to show up underneath the numbers.
Wabtec Raises Outlook as Sales Growth Accelerates
Operating cash flow more than doubled to $441 million as conversion reached 82%.
TE Connectivity's Organic Growth Reaccelerates as Industrial Overtakes Autos
TE Connectivity posted record adjusted earnings of $2.94 a share, even as operating-margin gains and free cash flow both cooled from prior quarters.
AT&T Expands Profit as Connectivity Growth Accelerates
Free cash flow rebounded to $4.7 billion, nearly doubling from the first quarter.
Southern Copper Posts Record Profit as Metal Prices Climb
Adjusted EBITDA reached $2.856 billion as the margin widened to 66.6%.
Philip Morris Posts Record Revenue as Pricing Lifts Growth
Adjusted operating margin widened 0.7 percentage point to 42.6% in the second quarter.
Northern Trust Raises Dividend as Net Interest Income Climbs
The custody-and-asset-management franchise reported a 1.81% net interest margin and a 10% increase to its quarterly dividend.
Moody's Revenue Accelerates as Transactional Volume Gains Momentum
The financial services provider reported second-quarter revenue of $2.2 billion, a 15% increase from the prior year.
GE Vernova Raises Cash-Flow Guidance as Power Backlog Swells
GE Vernova posted 88% organic order growth and lifted its 2026 free-cash-flow target to $11.5-$12.5 billion, nearly double the range it set at the start of the year.
TE Connectivity to Buy Astrodyne TDI in $1.4 Billion Deal
TE Connectivity is deepening its bet on mission-critical power management with a second nine-figure acquisition inside eighteen months.
Repligen to Buy BioLife Solutions in $1.5 Billion Mixed Deal
The acquisition would expand Repligen’s cell-therapy offering with a high-margin consumables business built on recurring revenue.
Public Storage Completes $10.5 Billion National Storage Affiliates Deal
The all-stock acquisition expanded Public Storage’s global platform to more than 4,500 properties.
Progress Software to Buy Domo AI and Data Business for $400 Million
The asset purchase allows Progress to integrate Domo's data platform while the target preserves over $900 million in tax attributes.
NOVAGOLD to Buy Paulson Donlin Stake in $4.2 Billion All-Stock Deal
The consolidation would give the gold developer a streamlined structure for advancing and financing Donlin Gold.
Rocket Lab to Buy Iridium in $8 Billion Mixed-Cash Deal
The acquisition vertically integrates Rocket Lab's launch and satellite manufacturing with Iridium's global communications network and L-band spectrum.
Vita Coco Buys Copra in $175 Million Mixed-Consideration Deal
The acquisition added coconut-water capacity and tied further payments to Copra’s 2028 financial performance.
American Industrial Partners to Buy Avanos in $1.27 Billion Cash Deal
The transaction would give Avanos greater flexibility and resources to expand its medical-device business as a private company.
SEC Presses Insurers and GM to Strip Non-GAAP Cushioning
Staff comment letters in June pushed Prudential to abandon a flagship adjusted-earnings metric and forced General Motors to simplify segment math, part of a broader crackdown on non-GAAP presentation.
A Data-Infrastructure IPO Prices Above Range, Then Trades Through It
The first sizeable software listing of the half priced at $31 and closed its first session well above, reopening a shut window.
Melrose to Separate Its Aerospace Aftermarket Business
The demerger would leave two companies with very different capital intensities and very different multiples.
Valmont Raises Outlook as Infrastructure Growth Accelerates
Second-quarter net sales reached $1.119 billion, up 6.5% from a year earlier.
Synchrony Profit Falls 8% as Credit Quality Improves, Growth Returns
Synchrony Financial reported second-quarter net earnings of $885 million, down 8% from a year earlier, even as purchase volume hit an all-time high of $49.8 billion.
NeoGenomics revenue rises 11% as NGS growth slows
The oncology diagnostics company reported fourth-quarter revenue of $190 million.
MSCI Raises Cash-Flow Outlook as Subscription Growth Accelerates
The index and analytics provider posted second-quarter revenue of $867.0 million.
Marsh & McLennan Underlying Revenue Growth Accelerates
The professional services firm reported adjusted earnings per share of $9.02, a 9% increase from the prior year.
KeyCorp Lifts Interest Income as Margin Gains Slow
Taxable-equivalent net interest income rose 2.3% sequentially to $1.258 billion.
Hasbro Raises Full-Year Outlook as Digital Gaming Gains Accelerate
The toy and game maker raised its full-year revenue guidance to a range of 5% to 7% in constant currency.
Equifax Revenue Growth Accelerates Despite Legal Charge on Net Income
Equifax posted revenue of $1.700 billion in the second quarter, up 11% from a year earlier, even as a new legal settlement charge pulled net income down 4%.
Danaher Raises Profit Outlook as Core Growth Accelerates
The company lifted its full-year adjusted earnings forecast to $8.45 to $8.60 a share.
Santander's Webster Acquisition Clears ECB, Awaits Fed Sign-Off
Banco Santander's cash-and-stock purchase of Webster Financial has cleared shareholder, OCC and ECB approval, leaving only the Federal Reserve between the deal and a second-half 2026 close.[1]
Mavis Tire Express to Buy Pep Boys in $700 Million Cash Deal
The acquisition expands Mavis's retail footprint across the Western United States and grows its network to more than 4,400 service centers [1].
First Financial to Buy Finward in All-Stock Deal
The transaction would extend First Financial’s reach across northwest Indiana and Chicago through a 24-location, low-cost deposit franchise.
CMA CGM Group to Buy FedEx Supply Chain in $1.4 Billion Deal
The divestiture is part of a strategic portfolio streamlining effort by FedEx as it reshapes its global logistics footprint.
EQT Completes $77 Million Acquisition of Blackline Midstream
The all-cash asset deal gives EQT (EQT) new propane infrastructure to sharpen flow assurance and open international supply channels as it deepens its vertical-integration push.
Equifax to Buy Círculo de Crédito in $750 Million Mexico Deal
Equifax is adding Mexico's fastest-growing credit bureau in a bolt-on that fits the company's stated formula of accretive acquisitions paired with continued shareholder returns.
NTT Data to Buy a German Cloud Integrator for €640 Million
The purchase extends a run of mid-sized European acquisitions by Japanese IT services groups.
Baxter Recalls Hillrom Volara Patient Circuits
Baxter International recalled the Hillrom Volara P.Circuit 5Kit due to reports of air and medication leakage from the nebulizer cup.
Baxter Recalls Hillrom Volara Patient Circuit
Baxter recalled a Hillrom Volara patient circuit after reports of air and medication leakage from the nebulizer cup during therapy.
Baxter Recalls Hillrom Volara Circuit Kits in Class I Action
Baxter International recalled Hillrom Volara System patient circuit kits after the FDA said a nebulizer cup could leak air and medication during therapy, designating the action Class I.