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Deals
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thames Water rescue math shifts as politics reprices the deal
Political uncertainty is no longer background noise for Thames Water's rescue. It is changing how creditors price the deal, the regulatory trade-offs and the odds of a durable recapitalisation.
Lincoln International IPO raises $421M as US window widens
Lincoln International IPO raised $421 million, offering a fresh test of whether US demand for new listings now reaches beyond marquee tech issuers.
Cerebras IPO tests how far the AI IPO market can widen
Cerebras IPO shows the AI IPO market is reopening selectively, with investors backing giant hardtech names while smaller issuers still face a crowded queue.
Merck (MRK) buys Cidara for $9.2bn as biopharma M&A tops $93bn
Merck said it would buy Cidara for $9.2 billion in cash, extending a biopharma M&A wave that reached $92.98 billion in the first four months of 2026.
OpenAI court win lifts IPO overhang after Musk lawsuit fails
A California jury's rejection of Elon Musk's lawsuit strips away a legal overhang that had threatened to complicate any future OpenAI IPO.
SpaceX IPO 2026 could squeeze Europe’s smaller listings
SpaceX IPO 2026 could pull capital and attention away from smaller European flotations, leaving an already selective market even tighter.
Europe VC market 2026: AI winners pull capital away
Europe VC market 2026 is being driven by AI, with late-stage winners masking weaker deal volume, thinner funding and smaller exits elsewhere.
IPO fundraising hits a two-year low as big deals dominate
IPO fundraising in 2026 has fallen to a two-year low as volatility, geopolitics and giant deals push smaller issuers to wait.
DayOne weighs Singapore-US dual IPO worth up to $5bn
The mooted DayOne deal would test whether AI-linked data-centre demand can support a multibillion-dollar cross-border IPO rather than a U.S.-only listing.
Vida Global (VIDA) closes $15 million IPO at $4 a share
Vida Global raised $15 million in a $4-a-share IPO and began trading under VIDA, giving investors a same-day read on how narrowly the 2026 AI issuance window is open.
Foreign buyers turn UK discount into $192bn deal surge
Foreign bidders have pushed UK M&A to $192 billion in 2026, but the bigger story is what the surge says about Britain's valuation gap and the pricing power of overseas capital.
NextEra (NEE) to buy Dominion (D) in $66.8bn AI-power deal
The NextEra-Dominion deal ties AI-led data-centre electricity demand to a new round of US utility consolidation and regulatory scrutiny.
When IPO windows narrow, venture exits move private
Venture exits are shifting into private deals as the IPO market stays selective, changing liquidity, pricing power and timing in 2026.
