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Cerebras (CBRS) IPO debut jumps 89% as AI test starts
Cerebras IPO debut lifted shares 89% above the offer price, giving Wall Street its first live test of AI hardware valuations in 2026.
Olaplex (OLPX) stock jumps 51% after Henkel's $1.4bn deal
Olaplex stock jumped about 51 per cent after Henkel agreed to buy the premium hair-care brand for $1.4 billion, offering $2.06 a share.
Chinese brands buy western labels as home growth slows
Chinese brands are buying western labels as price wars, deflation and weaker demand at home make overseas growth and margins look cheaper.
AI IPO wave tests Wall Street capital capacity in 2026
AI IPO wave is turning into a Wall Street capacity test as SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic chase demand that smaller issuers also need.
Uber Delivery Hero takeover offer lands at €33 a share
Uber's Delivery Hero takeover offer values the German group at €33 a share as the bid tests cross-border food-delivery consolidation.
OpenAI's IPO has a Sam Altman problem
OpenAI IPO investors may accept huge losses and a $1 trillion story, but Sam Altman's control and conflicts are the harder risk to price.
SpaceX Starship test clears key IPO execution hurdle
SpaceX Starship test cleared major flight milestones, giving IPO investors a live read on execution risk behind Musk's valuation pitch.
IMAX (IMAX) sale talks test appetite for premium cinema assets
IMAX sale talks put a $1.86bn premium cinema asset back in play, highlighting buyer appetite for branded exhibition businesses in a selective deal market.
Lime IPO filing shows $887 million revenue, Uber reliance
Lime's IPO filing reported $886.7 million in 2025 revenue, $675.8 million due within a year and 14.3 per cent of sales tied to Uber.
Anthropic's $30 billion round tests the AI IPO endgame
Anthropic's $30 billion round at a valuation above $900 billion shows AI financing is still setting IPO-scale prices before any listing.
First Carolina files for IPO as US bank listings revive
First Carolina IPO filing adds a regional lender to the 2026 listing queue after quarterly profit rose and U.S. bank offerings regained momentum.
Anthropic share frenzy exposes the risks in the private AI secondary market
Anthropic shares are pulling buyers into opaque SPVs and fee-heavy side deals just as revenue growth sharpens the race to public markets.
TotalEnergies explores sale of 50% stake in European green assets
TotalEnergies is exploring a sale of a 50 per cent stake in 1.2 gigawatts of European wind and solar assets, a move that could raise several hundred million euros.
Estée Lauder ends Puig talks, shares jump 10% on turnaround focus
Estée Lauder shares rose more than 10 per cent after Reuters reported the company and Puig had ended merger talks, leaving management to focus on its Beauty Reimagined turnaround.
Oil and gas M&A 2026: high crude prices fuel more deals
Oil and gas M&A hit $38 billion in Q1 2026, and higher crude prices may turn a megadeal-led quarter into a broader wave of shale consolidation.
China data centres deal: buyout funds eye $1bn exit
China data centres deal talks have entered the final stretch as Princeton Digital Group weighs a sale of its mainland assets for about $1 billion.
Hapag-Lloyd bids $4.2bn for ZIM in shipping tie-up
Hapag-Lloyd's $4.2bn bid for ZIM at $35 a share gives investors a 58 per cent premium and turns shipping consolidation into a live M&A test.
Tuas M1 deal collapses after Singapore regulator probe
Tuas M1 deal collapse followed Singapore's review freeze after a spectrum probe, stripping Keppel of a $1.1 billion exit path.
BD-Waters merger closes at $18.8bn, BD gets $4bn cash
BD said its Waters combination closed at an $18.8 billion valuation, delivering $4 billion in cash and leaving BD shareholders with 39.2 per cent of the merged company.
SpaceX IPO filing targets record $1.8tn June debut
SpaceX IPO filing targets a $1.8 trillion valuation and a June Nasdaq debut, with the S-1 showing $4.694 billion of first-quarter revenue.
SoftBank Surges 20% as OpenAI's IPO Pipeline Starts Pricing Into Related Equities
SoftBank Group shares surged nearly 20 per cent in Tokyo morning trading after reports that OpenAI and SB Energy are preparing US IPOs, proving the anticipated listings are already pricing into related equities weeks before any S-1 filing.
OpenAI to Confidentially File IPO Draft Friday: Sources
OpenAI prepares to confidentially file a draft IPO prospectus as soon as Friday with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as lead underwriters, sources say.
Blockchain.com confidentially files for US IPO as crypto firms push for public listings
Blockchain.com has confidentially filed for an IPO with the SEC, joining Circle, Gemini, and BitGo in a wave of crypto-native companies seeking public listings as the regulatory environment shifts.
Cheap AI models threaten OpenAI, Anthropic trillion-dollar IPOs
Chinese AI labs charge $1.74 per million tokens versus $25 to $30 for Western models. Enterprise CFOs are routing 69% of workloads to cheap alternatives — just as OpenAI files for a $1 trillion IPO.
Oura IPO filing adds consumer tech to 2026 window
Oura IPO filing adds a consumer-tech name to the 2026 listing rush, testing whether investors will back wearables beyond AI's biggest offerings.
