On April 4, Krispy Kreme owner JAB Holdings signed a $7.5bn deal to acquire bakery chain Panera Bread – representing the biggest restaurant deal in US history. The news caused sh...
On April 4, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a $43bn merger between Swiss chemical company Syngenta AG and China National Chemical Corp (ChemCorp). While Syngenta hai...
A proposed €29bn ($30.7bn) merger between the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Deutsche Börse is under threat after the LSEG warned it was unlikely to receive approval fro...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reported a £7bn ($8.8bn) loss for 2016, prompting a new cost cutting plan that it is hoped will return the bank to profit in 2018. The figure...
On February 15, Japanese tech giant SoftBank announced an agreement to acquire Fortress; marking a drastic shift away from the company’s traditional focus on technology and commu...
On February 8, the proposed merger between rival insurance giants Anthem and Cigna was blocked due to competition concerns. Had the merger gone ahead, the company would have become...
While the UK’s popular vote to leave the European Union took place over seven months ago, Parliament had the final say on February 1: voting to officially trigger the legal proce...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average made financial history on January 25, breaking through the 20,000 barrier for the first time. The broader S&P 500 and the Nasdaq index also re...
Wall Street stalwart Goldman Sachs is set to pay an $100m exit package to Gary Cohn, its former President and COO. In December, Cohn announced he would be leaving his position at t...
On January 23, newly appointed US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to scrap the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), bringing an end to the US’ long held commitment t...