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Health🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Radial acquires MSO behind Mindful Health Solutions to build largest US brain medicine network
Fashion🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 ScanSource to acquire MicroAge for $220.5M
Marketing🇨🇦Aug 20, 2026 Volaris Group buys Canada's LoginRadius to expand security portfolio
FintechEl SalvadorAug 20, 2026 Tether's $134M stablecoin play sees shares slide toward NYSE delisting
🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 KKR bids $9B for UGI as chip stocks drag Wall Street lower
Fintech🇲🇾Aug 20, 2026 Thaivivat Holdings buys 25.1% of Tune Insurance for 60.24M baht
Telecom🇨🇳Aug 20, 2026 Shanghai Baud Data Communication (BDCOM) acquired by FS.COM
Telecom🇨🇦Aug 20, 2026 AlphaPay absorbs Motion Pay as Payment Asia lands Canadian MSB licence
Energy🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Continental Resources acquires FireBird Energy II
Media🇸🇪Aug 20, 2026 Bonnier's Di buys Ny Teknik Group after five years of rising profits
Energy🇯🇵Aug 20, 2026 Mitsubishi Electric to buy energy software firm PCI for $1.4B
Telecom🇬🇧Aug 20, 2026 Complii acquires Leeds lift firm White Lift Services to grow northern reach
🇮🇳Aug 20, 2026 Chopra takes 49.82% of Niraj Cement as open offer draws near-zero interest
Jobs RecruitmentRussiaAug 20, 2026 HeadHunter buys 51% of A Happy Job
🇬🇧Aug 20, 2026 AB Dynamics buys eMpulse Test Systems for $11m upfront
Transportation🇨🇳Aug 20, 2026 Beijing Chaoweijing Biotechnology: Chery takes 10% stake in Nio energy unit
🇮🇳Aug 20, 2026 Blue Blends promoters take 94.87% stake in insolvency revamp
Energy🇮🇱Aug 20, 2026 Nofar Energy to acquire 92.5% of Enlight Renewable Energy
Travel🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Google buys bankrupt Spirit Airlines for $10M to train AI on its data
Marketing🇮🇳Aug 20, 2026 Adfactors takes majority stake in SenateSHJ
Health🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Aditxt sells Pearsanta subsidiary, keeps up to $2.5M royalty upside
Real Estate🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 John To Go buys Bravo Site Services to deepen tristate route density
🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup
Fintech🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Stripe agrees to acquire OpenRouter for $7.5B, months after $113M raise
🇫🇷Aug 19, 2026 Lochner rebrands as Egis after 2025 merger
Food🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 European Guarantee Services bids $42M for Cavitation Technologies and its Alchemy stake
Health🇨🇦Aug 19, 2026 Internode Pharma acquired by Aurora Cannabis for £2.1M
Fintech🇸🇬Aug 19, 2026 Flora Growth (FLGC) and Memecore's $1B token-stock swap draws skepticism
Media🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Static Media buys Mom.com, adding first parenting brand to its portfolio
Real Estate🇨🇦Aug 19, 2026 Sanatana Resources sells Lawa Gold stake to Founders Metals for $17M
Robotics🇨🇭Aug 19, 2026 FTS Global acquires Generation7group (Goldner Fashion Group) in centenary handover
Enterprise Software🇨🇦Aug 19, 2026 Osapiens buys Nasdaq's ESG platform Metrio to crack the US market
Fintech🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Liberty Press buys Hungary's Népszava to secure its future
Legal🇬🇧Aug 19, 2026 Marco Capital to merge PoloWorks and Pro Global into 1,400-staff insurance services group
Energy🇩🇪Aug 19, 2026 Tiven buys Sonnen from Shell, capping a billion-euro loss for the oil major
Travel🇨🇭Aug 19, 2026 Hotel Investments AG buys stake in AI property manager Novumstate
Fintech🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Datavault AI to buy Wyoming bank BankWyse to complete its tokenization stack
Energy🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Veralto to buy Cleanwater1 for $465M to expand water treatment reach
Health🇨🇦Aug 19, 2026 Kodeon acquires Breethe in eight-figure deal
FintechAug 19, 2026 Paynet unit invests 17.2B soums to take control of GOINVEST
Transportation🇬🇧Aug 19, 2026 Ridgeview strikes £545M deal to take Pinewood.AI private
🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 HPS and Oaktree seize Hollywood supplier MBS in debt-for-equity deal
Aug 19, 2026 NCB Cayman shifts to Clarien under NCBFG reorganisation
Legal🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Elevate acquires AI-native legal platform Lupl to expand software arm
Security🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Munich Re to acquire At-Bay for $575m, down from $1.35bn 2021 valuation
HealthAug 19, 2026 Asker buys Baltic medtech firm Ambercell, adding SEK 250M in revenue
🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Acko: General Atlantic raises stake above 25%
Fintech🇬🇧Aug 19, 2026 Mintus grabs Brisbane's Underwood Marketplace for $62.5M
Energy🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 AQR takes 4.7% stake in energy SPAC ahead of Hecate merger
🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 KKR takes minority stake in India's BookMyShow
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