Mergers and acquisitions
Watch CNBC’s full interview with GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss details of the company’s offer to buy eBay for $56 billion, the rationale behind the offer, how the combined company would rival Amazon, and more. Source
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Meme stock GameStop makes $56 billion bid for eBay in bid to rival Amazon
A sign is posted in front of the eBay headquarters in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images U.S. video game retailer GameStop announced Sunday it has made an unsolicited, non-binding offer to acquire eBay for $125 per share in a cash-and-stock deal, valuing the e-commerce platform at roughly $55.5 billion. The offer, split […]
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SoftBank reportedly weighs $100 billion valuation for new AI and robotics spinout in potential U.S. IPO
CANADA – 2025/08/07: In this photo illustration, the SoftBank Group (Soft Bank) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images SoftBank Group is planning to create and list a standalone artificial intelligence and robotics company in the U.S. as […]
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Finland’s Kone to buy German rival TK Elevator in blockbuster $34.4 billion deal
A TK Elevator (TKE) elevator on display at the Microsoft Corp. booth at the Hannover Messe 2026 trade fair in Hannover, Germany, on Monday, April 20, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Finland’s Kone has agreed to buy German rival TK Elevator in a deal valued at 29.4 billion euros ($34.4 billion), marking one […]
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Porsche is selling its Bugatti Rimac stake and walking away from Rimac
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 06: People visit Bugatti booth during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 on January 6, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Zhang Shuo | China News Service | Getty Images Porsche AG has agreed to sell its 45% stake in supercar brand Bugatti Rimac, fully exiting the joint venture that houses […]
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Convenience store owner Yesway is stealing customers from fast-food chains, CEO says
Thomas Trkla, chairman and and chief executive officer of Yesway Inc., during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Deep-fried burritos and chimichangas from convenience store chain Allsup’s are helping its parent company Yesway steal customers […]
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Sandwich chain Jersey Mike’s confidentially files for IPO
A Jersey Mike’s restaurant in Walnut Creek, California, Nov. 21, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jersey Mike’s has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, the company said on Monday. The announcement comes more than a year after Blackstone bought a majority stake in the sandwich chain in a deal that […]
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American Airlines falls 3% premarket after dismissing United megamerger
American Airlines and United Airlines airplanes at the Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, US, on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. Aristide Economopoulos | Bloomberg | Getty Images American Airlines stock fell in premarket trading on Monday after it rejected talks of a potential megamerger with United Airlines late last […]
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Uber raises stake in Delivery Hero in $318 million deal
An Uber Eats courier is seen in Krakow, Poland, on Aug. 21, 2025. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Uber on Friday agreed to purchase an additional 4.5% of shares of German food delivery firm Delivery Hero from the company’s biggest shareholder Prosus. Total gross proceeds to Prosus are approximately 270 million euros ($318 […]
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Crypto asset manager CoinShares to begin trading on Nasdaq through SPAC merger
Crypto investment firm CoinShares said it will begin trading on Nasdaq Wednesday through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. The company is merging with Vine Hill Capital to form the holding company CoinShares PLC. The deal closed late Tuesday, CNBC has learned. It was first announced in September, and it values […]
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