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AT&T Agreed to Sell Direct TV Stake, Paving the Way to Merge with Dish Tv

Sep 30, 2024
Scott Peters
Dish TV and Direct TV announced a merger after a complex deal with the private equity group TPG, consummating a long-sought merger by the two satellite television companies.

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ConocoPhillips Agreed to Acquire Marathon Oil In All-Stock $22.5 Billion Deal

May 29, 2024
Scott Peters
The all-stock deal is expected to be immediately earnings-accretive to ConocoPhillips, and the third-largest oil company in the U.S. plans to raise dividends and announced a stock repurchase plan. 

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Home Depot to Acquire Building Products Distributor for $18.3 Billion

Mar 29, 2024
Scott Peters
Home Depot struck its largest deal ever to acquire SRS Distribution as the company doubles down on its residential contractor customer base.

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Capital One Discover Merger Faces High Regulatory Hurdles, Walmart to Buy Vizio

Feb 21, 2024
Scott Peters
With the acquisition of Discover, Capital One gains access to a payment processing network, but the deal faces high regulatory hurdles.

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Diamondback Energy to Acquire Privately Held Endeavor for $26 Billion

Feb 12, 2024
Scott Peters
Consolidation among the Permian Basin field producers picked up pace, and after the deal, Diamondback would be the largest independent and third-largest energy producer.

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Bristol Myers Agreed to Acquire Karuna Therapeutics

Dec 22, 2023
Scott Peters
Bristol Myers Squibb agreed to acquire Karuna Therapeutics to expand its neuroscience-related product portfolio.

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U.S. Steel Accepts $14.9 Billion Deal from Nippon Steel

Dec 18, 2023
Scott Peters
U.S. steel agreed to be acquired by Nippon Steel for $14.9 billion, but the deal may face regulatory hurdles.

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Occidental to Acquire CrownRock for $12 Billion

Dec 11, 2023
Scott Peters
Occidental Petroleum agreed to acquire Permian Basin energy producer CrownRock for $12.1 billion. The energy producer also hiked its quarterly dividend.

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WestRock and Smurfit Kappa Merger to Create Paper and Packaging Giant

Sep 12, 2023
Scott Peters
The U.S.-based WestRock agreed to merge with the Ireland-headquartered Smurfit Kappa and create the largest paper and packaging products company by sales.

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Restructuring Plans for French Grocer Casino Guichard Signal More Pain for Shareholders and Creditors

Jul 5, 2023
Scott Peters
The embattled French grocer Casino Guichard released two competing restructuring plans and both plans call for wiping out current shareholders and demand significant debt conversion to equity.

Amedisys Accepts $3.3 Billion Cash Offer from Optum

Jun 26, 2023
Scott Peters
Amedisys agreed to merge with Optum, a unit of UnitedHealth Group after the company made an unsolicited all-cash bid.

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Amedisys Received Unsolicited Merger Proposal from Optum

Jun 5, 2023
Scott Peters
Optum, a unit of UnitedHealthcare, made an unsolicited offer to acquire Amedisys that is unlikely to halt the company's merger plan with Option Care.

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Newmont Sealed $19 Billion Deal to Buy Australia Based Newcrest Mining

May 15, 2023
Scott Peters
Newmont Corporation agreed to acquire the Australia-based Newcrest Mining Ltd in a deal that values the company at 31% more than its closing price on February 3.

DuPont to Acquire Spectrum Plastics for $1.75 B

May 2, 2023
Scott Peters
DuPont agreed to acquire an advanced manufacturing company with a portfolio of engineered materials products for medical devices.



JP Morgan to Acquire Deposits and Assets of First Republic Bank

May 1, 2023
Scott Peters
FDIC and California financial regulators worked in conjunction to wind up and sell the 38-year old bank to JP Morgan. First Republic Bank is the second largest bank failure in U.S. banking history and cost the FDIC at least $13 billion.

Triton International Agreed to $13 Billion Deal from Brookfield Infrastructure

Apr 12, 2023
Scott Peters
Triton International agreed to be acquired by a subsidiary of Brookfield Infrastructure in a deal that valued the company at 35% premium. The largest container leasing company has delivered sustained revenue and earnings growth since its merger with TAL International in 2016.