Keywords: Acquisition


Accenture acquires AI startup Morph in $800 million deal

Accenture has agreed to acquire Morph for about $800 million, marking one of the company’s largest individual deals as it accelerates its push into artificial intelligence services. The acquisition forms part of a broader strategy to deploy $5 billion in targeted investments during fiscal year......

China calls Meta’s $2 billion Manus deal a tech “conspiracy”

China has branded Meta’s 2 billion dollar acquisition of AI startup Manus as a “conspiracy,” escalating tensions over one of the most sensitive cross border deals in artificial intelligence. The assessment came from China’s national security commission, a top level body chaired......

Austria’s Bawag agrees $1.9 billion acquisition of Irish lender permanent TSB

BAWAG Group AG has announced an agreement to acquire Irish retail lender Permanent TSB in a deal valued at approximately $1.9 billion, marking a significant consolidation in the European banking sector. The transaction, worth around 1.62 billion euros, will see BAWAG pay 2.97 euros per share, according......

Pershing Square proposes $65 billion deal to acquire Universal Music Group

Investment firm Pershing Square, led by billionaire investor Bill Ackman, has put forward a proposal to acquire Universal Music Group (UMG) in a deal valued at nearly $65 billion, combining cash and stock. According to the offer, the transaction would value the world’s largest music company at......

Gulf sovereign funds near $24 billion deal to back Paramount's Warner acquisition

Paramount Skydance is close to securing $24 billion in equity commitments from three Gulf sovereign wealth funds to help finance its $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, in a deal that would end weeks of uncertainty over whether Middle Eastern capital......

Anthropic bans third-party tools from using Claude subscriptions, forcing users to paid API

Anthropic has completed a months-long effort to block third-party tools from accessing Claude subscription accounts, leaving users of the popular OpenClaw agent framework unable to use their Pro and Max plan tokens outside of Anthropic's own products. The enforcement, which began with silent server-side......

An AMD-Intel acquisition hoax spreads on April Fools' Day

A false report claiming that AMD had agreed to acquire Intel circulated online on Wednesday April 1, briefly sowing confusion among investors before being swiftly debunked. The hoax gained traction on Reddit and social media, timed to coincide with April Fools' Day and capitalizing on years of speculation......

France completes acquisition of Atos strategic activities

France has finalized the purchase of strategic activities from the French IT group Atos, creating a state-owned entity named Bull. The acquisition, valued at up to 404 million euros, consolidates the country’s capabilities in high-performance computing (HPC), quantum computing, and supercomputers,......

BNP Paribas moves to exit Morocco with BMCI reclassified for sale

BNP Paribas has taken a significant step toward exiting Morocco, reclassifying its subsidiary BMCI and related entities as assets held for sale in its 2025 annual financial report. The move follows the opening of exclusive talks with Moroccan conglomerate Holmarcom over the sale of BNP Paribas's......