Red Hat has acquired Chatterbox Labs, integrating model‑agnostic AI safety, guardrails and quantitative risk metrics into its Red Hat AI portfolio to help enterprises move generative and agentic...
An investor group led by **Consortium Brand Partners**, alongside Eldridge Industries, Convive Brands, and Aurify Brands, has finalized a buyout of **California Pizza Kitchen (CPK)** in a deal...
Shell's head of mergers and acquisitions, Greg Gut, has departed the company following CEO Wael Sawan's rejection of an internal proposal to acquire rival BP, exposing deep boardroom divides over...
OpenAI is recruiting Albert Lee, a seasoned corporate development executive from Google, as its head of corporate development, signaling a strategic pivot toward **acquisitions and investments** to...
The U.S. Treasury has rejected a cashless bid led by U.S. bank Xtellus Partners to acquire Lukoil’s foreign assets, a decision that preserves existing sanctions constraints on transactions...
KKR & Co. has submitted a counteroffer to acquire Mandom Corp, Japan's leading personal care products maker, at more than ¥2,800 per share—a premium exceeding 10% over the existing...
Brazil's Vivo, a Telefónica subsidiary, has reacquired Telefónica Tech's cybersecurity division in Brazil, known as CyberCo Brasil, in a deal valued at up to **R$232 million ($41 million)**,...
Thoma Bravo is advancing talks to merge its portfolio company Auctane, a leading shipping software provider formerly known as Stamps.com, with third-party logistics firm WWEX Group, aiming to create...
Orange, the French telecom giant, is advancing toward full ownership of its Spanish joint venture **MásOrange** by acquiring stakes from private equity partners in a transaction valued at **€4.25...
Lotte Hotels & Resorts, a flagship arm of South Korea's Lotte Group, has agreed to acquire the land beneath its iconic Lotte New York Palace hotel in Manhattan for $490 million (approximately...