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Proofpoint to Buy Varonis in $6.3 Billion Cash Deal

The combined platform is meant to protect against AI-accelerated threats and data risks as Proofpoint, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company, takes the data-security firm private.
Deals · October 15, 2026

Fortune Brands to Sell Fiberon Decking Assets

The home-products company said the Fiberon sale is part of active portfolio management to concentrate resources in its highest-return opportunities.
Deals · October 15, 2026

GTCR Consortium to Buy CCC Intelligent Solutions for $6.1 Billion

The SaaS and AI insurance platform will be taken private at $7.75 a share, a 44% premium to the last close before sale speculation, as GTCR and Elliott plan to fund AI and product expansion.
Deals · October 15, 2026

Biohaven Licenses MoDE Degraders to Ono for Asia

The biopharmaceutical company will receive up to $100 million in near-term payments and about 20% royalties as Ono takes exclusive rights to BHV-1300-led IgG degraders in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and ASEAN.
Deals · October 15, 2026

Software Sector: SailPoint Adds AI ARR, Renewal Cautions Persist

SailPoint expanded its recurring-revenue definitions, and software providers retained explicit limits on those metrics and warnings about cloud adoption.
Theme Survey · October 14, 2026

Quantum Computing: Deals Firm Up, Roadmap Risks Persist

Quantum companies advanced transaction and manufacturing plans, and Rigetti retained warnings that technological milestones may never be reached.
Theme Survey · October 14, 2026

GLP-1 companies reshape access and detail treatment dropouts

Companies described changes to medication access and emphasized treatment persistence through discontinuation data, support programs and maintenance-dosing studies.
Theme Survey · October 14, 2026

Drug Pricing and PBM Scrutiny: Medicare Rulemaking Gains Detail

Companies added proposed Medicare rulemaking and voluntary Medicaid rebates to their pricing disclosures, alongside continuing warnings about revenue and reimbursement.
Theme Survey · October 14, 2026

Airlines and Travel Demand: Wheels Up Bookings Turn Lower

Wheels Up's booking growth turned negative, airlines retained strong-demand language, and Sabre reported conflict-related pressure on air bookings.
Theme Survey · October 14, 2026

SM Energy Anticipates $207 Million Derivative Loss

The oil-and-gas producer said third-quarter realized oil averaged $85.76 a barrel before hedges, with gas at $2.48 a Mcf and NGLs at $29.40 a barrel.
Earnings · October 14, 2026

Home BancShares Raises Dividend After Record Third-Quarter Profit

Net income hit a company record $129.5 million, or $0.65 a share, as the cash dividend rose to $0.23 a share.
Earnings · October 14, 2026

Vir Biotechnology to License TCEs to Gilead for $135 Million

Gilead takes an exclusive development and commercialization license on three next-generation dual-masked T-cell engagers while Vir keeps its own oncology pipeline.
Deals · October 14, 2026

Liberty Global Sells Dutch Towers for €669 Million

EU Commission clearance of the VodafoneZiggo passive-tower sale is another step toward a mid-2027 Amsterdam listing of Ziggo Group.
Deals · October 14, 2026

Fermi to Lease 222 MW to TensorWave in $6.5 Billion Deal

A 15-year binding phase-one lease at Project Matador, with AMD credit support and two options to triple TensorWave's footprint.
Deals · October 14, 2026

DOJ extends review of Patrick’s all-stock LCI acquisition

Requests for additional information extend the antitrust waiting period for Patrick’s proposed acquisition of LCI.
Deal Scrutiny · October 14, 2026

This Week in Energy — October 8, 2026

Brent Europe spot price observations averaged 128.820 $/BBL over Oct. 2-6, 12.686 $/BBL above the prior week's available-observation mean; WTI Cushing's mean rose 1.211 $/BBL. U.S. crude stocks fell 3.186 million barrels. Devon agreed to sell Eagle Ford assets to Crescent; Cenovus agreed to acquire Athabasca Oil.
This Week in Energy · October 13, 2026

Northern Oil and Gas Lifts Third-Quarter Capital Spending

The non-operator booked $250.0 million to $253.0 million of third-quarter capital, up from $195.8 million in the second quarter, and said spending is expected toward the higher end of its 2026 range.
Earnings · October 13, 2026

AZZ Raises Fiscal 2027 Outlook After Sales Growth Accelerates

Second-quarter sales reached a record $486.9 million, up 16.7% from a year earlier, and the company lifted full-year sales guidance to $1.825 billion to $1.875 billion.
Earnings · October 13, 2026

SSR Mining to Buy Roxmore in $464 Million Cash Deal

The gold miner will pay C$6.75 a share for Converse, a multi-million-ounce resource next to Marigold, and expects more than $200 million in life-of-mine synergies.
Deals · October 13, 2026

Porch Group to Buy Allied Trust in Mixed $105 Million Deal

The purchase is expected to add about $200 million of Reciprocal written premium and $25 million of Adjusted EBITDA in the first full year after closing.
Deals · October 13, 2026

Insider Buying: Week Ending October 9, 2026

The week’s reported purchases, buying relative to company size, and persistent buying.
Insider Signal · October 11, 2026

Delta and PepsiCo lower earnings outlooks as revenue rises

Constellation’s sales rebounded, Worthington Steel posted a loss, and drug developers disclosed research-related earnings charges.
Weekly Earnings · October 10, 2026

Schneider Electric signs $22.6 billion cash deal for PTC

The PTC agreement carries a $23.7 billion enterprise value. Healthcare deals feature majority and minority stakes, cash purchases and sales-linked payments.
Weekly Deals · October 10, 2026

Aci Lifts 2026 Guidance as Software Demand Stays Positive

Aci Worldwide raised full-year revenue and adjusted EBITDA guidance after first-half results and pipeline strength, as demand and outlook comments stayed mostly positive.
Industry Earnings Roundup · October 9, 2026

Avient Names UPL Chief Mike Frank as President and CEO

The materials-solutions company kept 2026 adjusted EPS guidance at $3.10 to $3.25 after a second-quarter beat of $0.96.
Earnings · October 9, 2026

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust to Sell Hotel Zags for $10.0 Million

The REIT said it will use proceeds for general corporate purposes, including opportunistic common or preferred share repurchases.
Deals · October 9, 2026

Magnolia debt falls faster after WildFire close

Magnolia Oil & Gas ended the third quarter with about $1.9 billion of net debt, which the company said was more than a year ahead of its original deleveraging plan.
Small-Cap Signal · October 8, 2026

Crescent to Buy Devon Eagle Ford Assets for $3.85 Billion

The deal adds about 68 Mboe/d of net production and more than 600 Tier 1 net locations, with closing expected in late 2026 or early 2027.
Deals · October 8, 2026

Brookdale Occupancy Gain Accelerates After a Slow Quarter

Third-quarter weighted average occupancy reached 83.1%, up 130 basis points from a year earlier, after a 230-basis-point year-over-year lift in the second quarter.
Earnings · October 8, 2026

NovaGold to Buy Paulson's 40% Donlin Stake

The all-share deal would give NovaGold 100% of Alaska's Donlin Gold, projected as the largest single U.S. gold mine, in a combined company valued at about $4.9 billion.
Deals · October 8, 2026