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Deals — page 3

Unusual Machines Completes Upgrade Energy Acquisition

The drone-parts maker said the completed deal adds battery and power systems and plans battery-pack operations at a second Orlando production facility.
Deals · October 26, 2026

UFP Industries to Buy Acme Skid Assets for $27 Million

The asset purchase expands UFP Packaging's pallet manufacturing and Gulf Coast customer coverage.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Tradeweb to Buy Trumid Holdings in $1.97 Billion Mixed Deal

The electronic trading platform said the credit suite will extend its multi-asset stack from trade inception into the secondary market.
Deals · October 26, 2026

TTM Technologies to Buy Ophir Optics in $650 Million Cash Deal

The electronics manufacturer said the all-cash purchase of mission-critical optics for land, air, maritime and unmanned platforms is a step in its long-term growth strategy.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Soluna to Form Joint Venture With Applied Digital

Following closing, Applied Digital is expected to hold 51% of a jointly owned company to develop a 50 MW critical IT data center at Project Dorothy 3 near Silverton, Texas, expected to draw power from Briscoe Wind and the grid, subject to definitive documentation.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Construction Partners Completes Acquisition of S.E. Cline Construction

The Florida asphalt-paving platform adds site development and underground utility work along Interstate 95.
Deals · October 26, 2026

RadNet to Buy ONRAD in Mixed Cash-and-Stock Deal

The imaging operator said combining outpatient imaging, DeepHealth AI tools and ONRAD’s radiology professional services would put the full diagnostic stack in one company.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Red Cat Proposes EUR 39 Cash Offer for Steyr Motors

The drone maker said the cash bid would pair Steyr’s marine engines with Blue Ops uncrewed surface vessels.
Deals · October 26, 2026

CNP Assurances Group to Buy Prudential's Brazil and Mexico Units

The planned purchase of Prudential of Brazil and Prudential of Mexico advances the insurer's exit from emerging markets and a shift of capital toward businesses and markets where Prudential sees the greatest opportunity for long-term growth.
Deals · October 26, 2026

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Deals · October 26, 2026

Ovintiv to Buy Logan Energy in $890 Million Cash Deal

The all-cash bolt-on is expected to be immediately and long-term accretive and to generate about $60 million of annual cost synergies.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Northpointe Plans Sale of Mortgage Origination Channels to CMG

Northpointe Bancshares said it plans to sell distributed retail and consumer direct mortgage origination channels to CMG Financial under a non-binding letter of intent, with a proposed close by year-end 2026.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Labcorp to Buy Myriad Prenatal Health Unit for $210 Million in Cash Plus Inventory Value at Closing

The sale is expected to close by early 2027 and is framed by Myriad as accretive to growth and profitability.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Maximus to Buy Agile Defense for $660 Million in Cash Plus Potential Contingent Consideration

The government-services firm said the purchase is expected to accelerate expansion into defense and national security markets.
Deals · October 26, 2026

TTM Technologies to Buy Ophir Optics in $650 Million Cash Deal

MKS said the transaction represents an opportunity to capitalize on value created in the optics unit and further strengthen its balance sheet.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Centrus Energy Acquires Westerman Holdings in $116 Million Deal

The uranium enrichment company said the mixed-structure purchase secures a centrifuge component supplier and opens adjacent non-nuclear manufacturing work.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Kimberly-Clark to Complete Kenvue Acquisition in Fourth Quarter

Kimberly-Clark offered to exchange any and all Kenvue notes for up to $7 billion of new Kimberly-Clark notes plus cash, with indenture amendments set to take effect upon settlement of those offers.
Deals · October 26, 2026

GigCapital9 Signs LOI for Carbon-Capture Combination

The blank-check firm said the proposed combination would take a post-combustion carbon-capture technology company public to support firm power for AI-driven demand.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Deep Fission Signs 25-Year Kansas Power Purchase

A master energy purchase agreement converts a 2025 letter of intent into a binding contract for a commercial plant at the DOE pilot site, with an initial 150 MW phase aimed at September 2028.
Deals · October 26, 2026

EQT to Buy Range Resources in All-Stock Deal

The all-stock merger is expected to create America’s only vertically integrated natural gas producer with more than 30 years of inventory.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Dorchester Minerals to Buy Williston Royalty Acres in Stock Deal

The E&P partnership agreed to a non-taxable contribution and exchange for about 4,300 net royalty acres across three North Dakota counties.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Dream Finders Homes Completes Beazer Homes Take-Private

The homebuilder converted Beazer shares into $33.50 a share in cash and took the company private.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Dime Commercial Bancshares to Buy ES Bancshares for $58 Million

The mixed cash-and-stock combination is meant to deepen Dime’s Staten Island and Brooklyn franchise with a granular, low-cost core deposit base.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Salesforce to Buy Braze in All-Cash Deal

Salesforce said Braze’s real-time engagement and AI decisioning tools are expected to complement Salesforce’s four architecture layers — Data 360, Customer 360, Agentforce and SIForce — following the close and sharpen Marketing Cloud personalization.
Deals · October 26, 2026

CRH Completes $8.5 Billion Arcosa Deal

The building-materials group closed the $150-a-share cash merger, converting Arcosa into a wholly owned subsidiary and lifting combined U.S. aggregates production past 265 million tons.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Cencora to Buy American Oncology Network for $2.4 Billion

The mixed-structure purchase is meant to expand Cencora’s physician-led oncology MSO and support of care in communities across the country.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Cardinal Infrastructure to Buy Hughes Brothers for $357.5 Million

The mixed cash-and-stock deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026 and is framed as a step into Central Florida.
Deals · October 26, 2026

CBRE to Buy Onnec Group for Initial $610 Million in Cash

The all-cash purchase is framed as a step toward a global infrastructure services business that would sit alongside CBRE’s real estate franchise.
Deals · October 26, 2026

CopperPoint Completes $84.3 Million Cash Purchase of General Indemnity

Boston Omaha sold its surety unit after a decade of expansion, holding the cash for later deployment.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Applied Materials to Lift Besi Stake to About 20 Percent

The semiconductor equipment maker is deepening a hybrid-bonding partnership as AI-driven scaling pushes next-generation interconnects.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Alector to License AL050 to Genentech for $100 Million Upfront

The neurodegeneration biotech grants Genentech worldwide rights to its brain-penetrant GCase enzyme replacement therapy while keeping ownership of its ABC platform.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Abbott Plans Spin of Nutrition Unit With $8.5 Billion in Annual Sales

The healthcare company said the planned distribution would leave Abbott with a higher-growth, innovation-driven mix of medical devices, diagnostics and established medicines.
Deals · October 26, 2026

Zymeworks Partners ZW209 With Roche for $55 Million Upfront

The collaboration pairs Zymeworks’ multispecific antibody work with Roche’s cancer-medicine capabilities and adds up to $718 million in later milestones.
Deals · October 25, 2026

Phoenix Capital Group Files to Sell Notes for Drilling and Royalty

The oil and gas company is offering unlisted notes to finance operated wells, mineral rights, and working capital.
IPO Watch · October 24, 2026

Phoenix Capital Group Holdings I to Sell Notes for Drilling

The oil and gas operator is proposing a note offering to fund owned drilling, mineral and working-interest purchases, and working capital.
IPO Watch · October 24, 2026

Phoenix Operating Seeks Notes to Fund Drilling and Royalty Buys

The oil-and-gas operator is offering unlisted notes to finance operated wells, mineral and working-interest purchases, and working capital.
IPO Watch · October 24, 2026

Firebird Marketing Seeks Notes for Drilling and Royalty Buys

The oil-and-gas operator is offering unlisted notes to fund PhoenixOp drilling, mineral and working-interest purchases, and working capital.
IPO Watch · October 24, 2026

Firebird Services, LLC Files S-1 for Notes Offering

The oil and gas company is offering notes to fund drilling, mineral rights, and working capital.
IPO Watch · October 24, 2026

Nordson Completes Contrinex Sensor Acquisition

The precision-technology company said the sensor maker’s harsh-environment and miniature positioning technology fits its test-and-inspection portfolio and factory-automation focus.
Deals · October 24, 2026

1-800-Flowers.com Sells Personalization Units for $45 Million

The floral e-commerce operator completed a cash asset sale of Personalization Mall, Things Remembered, and Personalization Universe that it said was a major strategic shift.
Deals · October 24, 2026

First Citizens Completes BMO Branch Deal, Improves Funding Mix

Deposits rose 6.8% to $185.26 billion as the bank assumed 138 BMO branches and $4.9 billion of deposits, while it prepaid $8.00 billion of the Purchase Money Note.
Deals · October 23, 2026

MarketAxess deal gets early end to HSR waiting period

The acquisition by Intercontinental Exchange satisfied its HSR condition, with shareholder and other regulatory approvals still outstanding.
Deal Scrutiny · October 23, 2026

FTC second request extends review of Curium-Lantheus deal

Both parties received requests for more information, extending the antitrust waiting period for Curium US’s acquisition of Lantheus.
Deal Scrutiny · October 23, 2026

Climb Global Solutions Acquires NeoVAD for $18.0 Million

The IT reseller adds about 300 French resellers and deeper Cato Networks, DataCore and Netwrix ties as it expands its European platform.
Deals · October 22, 2026

Banner Completes $186.8 Million Pacific Financial Stock Merger

The all-stock deal lifts Banner into a combined franchise of about $18 billion in assets and densifies its Western Washington and Western Oregon footprint.
Deals · October 22, 2026

FS Bancorp Completes Pacific West Deal, Lifts Deposits

Third-quarter net income was $4.9 million, or $0.63 a share, as merger costs and a Home Lending loss offset the Pacific West close.
Deals · October 21, 2026

UDR to Form $2.0 Billion Apartment Joint Venture With Apollo

Apollo-managed funds will invest $1.34 billion for an approximate two-thirds stake in 19 communities totaling 7,059 homes, with UDR retaining a one-third interest and continuing to manage the portfolio.
Deals · October 21, 2026

Teledyne to Buy Varex Imaging in $1.1 Billion Cash Deal

The aerospace and defense electronics maker will fold the X-ray imaging company into its Digital Imaging segment after stockholder and regulatory approvals.
Deals · October 21, 2026

Smith & Wesson Completes $160 Million Savage Arms Purchase

The handgun maker closed a mixed cash-and-stock deal that it said combines two iconic American firearm manufacturers and expands its hunting rifle lineup.
Deals · October 21, 2026

HomeTrust to Buy Blue Ridge in $448 Million Stock Deal

The Asheville community-bank holding company said the combination would create a Southeast commercial bank with more than $7 billion in assets and over 60 locations.
Deals · October 21, 2026