Mergers & Acquisitions

Why Morgan Stanley (MS) Is Buying Eaton Vance (EV) For $7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 8, 2020

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Eaton Vance Corp. (NYSE: EV) have announced a $7 billion acquisition deal. These are the details.

Why Accenture (ACN) Is Buying Myrtle Consulting Group And Avenai

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2020

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced a couple of acquisitions: Myrtle Consulting Group and Avenai. These are the details.

Why 10X Genomics (TXG) Acquired ReadCoor And CartaNA AB

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2020

10X Genomics Inc (NASDAQ: TXG) recently announced it entered into a definitive agreement to buy ReadCoor. And this deal comes on the heels of 10X buying CartaNA AB.

Caterpillar (CAT) To Buy Weir Oil & Gas For $405 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2020

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) has signed an agreement to buy the Oil & Gas Division (Weir Oil & Gas) of the Weir Group PLC.

Why Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) Is Buying MyoKardia (MYOK) For $13.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2020

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) and MyoKardia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MYOK) have announced a definitive merger agreement under which Bristol Myers Squibb will buy MyoKardia for $13.1 billion.

Why BlackLine (BL) Is Buying Rimilia For $150 Million

By Noah Long ● Oct 5, 2020

BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL) — a leader in accounting automation software — announced that it has completed the acquisition of Rimilia. These are the details.

Why Cisco Systems (CSCO) Is Buying Portshift

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2020

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) recently announced a decision to buy Portshift. These are the details.

Why Caesars Entertainment (CZR) Is Buying William Hill (WMH) For £2.9 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2020

Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: CZR) and William Hill PLC (LSE: WMH) announced that Caesars will acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of William Hill for approximately £2.9 billion.

Zynga (ZNGA) Closes The $180 Million Rollic Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2020

Today Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA) closed its $180 million deal of Istanbul-based mobile games developer Rollic.

Why Apollo’s Covis Is Buying AMAG Pharmaceuticals In A $647 Million Deal

By Noah Long ● Oct 2, 2020

Covis announced this week that it is buying AMAG Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMAG) for $13.75 per share in cash, or approximately $498 million ($647 million on an enterprise basis).

Goldman Sachs Group (GS) Buying GM’s Credit Card Operations For $2.5 Billion, Says Report

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2020

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) has reportedly won the bid for the credit card business for General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) in a deal valued at $2.5 billion.

Why Arista Networks (ANET) Is Buying Awake Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2020

Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) announced this week that it entered into a definitive agreement to buy Awake Security. These are the details.

Why Boxlight (BOXL) Is Buying Sahara Presentation Systems For $94.9 Million

By Annie Baker ● Sep 30, 2020

Boxlight Corporation (Nasdaq: BOXL) — a leading provider of interactive technology solutions for the global education market — recently announced it was buying Sahara Presentation Systems PLC.

SINA To Go Private In $2.59 Billion Deal

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 30, 2020

Leading Chinese social media company SINA Corp (NASDAQ: SINA) recently announced a deal to go private.

Cleveland-Cliffs Buying ArcelorMittal USA In Estimated $3.3 Billion Deal

By Annie Baker ● Sep 29, 2020

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (NYSE: CLF) announced this week that it is buying the U.S. operations of ArcelorMittal (NYSE:AM) in a deal valued at about $3.3 billion.

Devon Energy (DVN) And WPX Energy (WPX) Merging In $12 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2020

Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) and WPX Energy (NYSE: WPX) have announced they have entered into an agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals transaction in a deal valued at approximately $12 billion.

Why Crowdstrike (CRWD) Is Buying Preempt Security For About $96 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2020

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: CRWD) — a leader in cloud-delivered endpoint and cloud workload protection — announced it has agreed to acquire Preempt Security. These are the details.

Ivanti: Strategic Acquisitions Of MobileIron (MOBL) And Pulse Secure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2020

Ivanti — a company that automates IT and Security Operations to discover, manage, secure and service from cloud to edge — announced it has signed definitive agreements to acquire MobileIron (NASDAQ: MOBL) and Pulse Secure.

Why Accenture (ACN) Is Buying N3

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 27, 2020

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced recently that it agreed to buy N3 — which is a tech-driven sales and demand-generation firm.

Why Remedy Health Media Is Buying OBR Oncology

By Annie Baker ● Sep 27, 2020

Digital health platform company Remedy Health Media recently announced the acquisition of Oncology Business Review (OBR). These are the details.

Why Apple (AAPL) Acquired Scout FM Earlier This Year

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 25, 2020

Earlier this year Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) acquired a company that makes listening to podcasts feel like you are tuning into radio stations. These are the details.

KKR Acquires 1-800 Contacts From AEA In A Deal Reported At Over $3.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 24, 2020

Private equity company KKR & Co Inc (NYSE: KKR) announced it is buying contact lens company 1-800 Contacts from AEA Investors.

Why Ericsson Is Buying Cradlepoint For $1.1 Billion

By Annie Baker ● Sep 22, 2020

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) recently announced it agreed to buy Cradlepoint, which is the US-based market leader in Wireless Edge WAN 4G and 5G Enterprise solutions. These are the details.

Why PagerDuty (PD) Is Buying Rundeck For $100 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 22, 2020

PagerDuty, Inc. (NYSE:PD) announced this week that it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Rundeck for about $100 million. These are the details.

Illumina (ILMN) Buying Grail In A Deal Valued At $8 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2020

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a company that provides sequencing and array-based solutions for genetic and genomic analysis, announced that it is buying Grail for $8 billion in cash and stock.

Microsoft (MSFT) Buying ZeniMax And Game Publisher Bethesda Softworks For $7.5 Billion In Cash

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2020

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced it is planning to buy ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks for $7.5 billion in cash.

Oracle (ORCL) And Walmart (WMT) Receive Tentative Government Approval For TikTok

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2020

Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) will invest to acquire 20% of TikTok Global business as President Donald Trump offers tentative approval for an agreement.

Why Infosys (INFY) Is Buying GuideVision

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2020

Infosys (NYSE: INFY) recently announced a definitive agreement to buy GuideVision, which is one of the largest ServiceNow Elite Partners in Europe

Why GoDaddy Inc (GDDY) Is Buying SkyVerge

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2020

GoDaddy Inc (NYSE: GDDY) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy SkyVerge. These are the details.

Verizon (VZ) Buying Tracfone In A Deal Valued At Over $6 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2020

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) announced it entered into an agreement with America Movil to buy Tracfone in a deal valued at over $6 billion. These are the details.