US stock futures climbed to historic figures amid signs of progress in trade negotiations between the US and other countries, setting up the major indexes for more all-time highs to end one of the most volatile first halves of a year.
THE LATEST NEWS ON MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS, CAPITAL MARKETS AND TECH TRENDS
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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures soar to record highs on trade optimism
US stock futures climbed to historic figures amid signs of progress in trade negotiations between the US and other countries, setting up the major indexes for more all-time highs to end one of the most volatile first halves of a year. Read here
US dealmakers hit $1.8T, powering 2025 M&A boom
Big-money takeovers of private companies helped drive mergers and acquisitions in the first half, as more than half of the 10 largest deals announced this year have involved a private target. Read here
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HP, Juniper finalize DOJ resolution on $14B merger
The American tech companies have wrapped up a settlement with the US Department of Justice allowing their previously announced combination to proceed by addressing antitrust concerns raised by the agency.Read here
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Meta, Anthropic win legal battles over AI ‘training’
Artificial intelligence developers won marginal legal battles when federal judges in California ruled that the California-based tech companies could “train” large language models on copyrighted books. Read here
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DEALS ROUNDUP
Senate GOP looks to pass test on ‘big, beautiful bill’> Read here
Home Depot’s SRS Distribution to buy GMS for $4.3B> Read here
Hyatt to sell Playa’s real estate portfolio for $2B> Read here
GE Vernova eyes sale of $1B Proficy software unit> Read here
Clearspeed raises $60M Series D led by Align Capital> Read here
Vellum Health completes Series A funding round> Read here
Certify secures $40M in Series B funds for growth> Read here
Niural closes $31M Series A round led by Marathon> Read here
Suno acquires AI digital audio workstation WavTool > Read here
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
Torrent Pharma to acquire stake in $3B JB Chemicals
The Indian drugmaker is set to take a 46.39% controlling share in its smaller peer from New York-based investment firm KKR, and plans to merge the two pharma companies. Read here
Orix to sell $1.3B stake
in Greenko to founders
The Japanese financial services group has agreed to transfer its 17.5% holding in the Indian renewable energy group, out of its total ownership of 20%, to AM Green Power. Read here
Zijin Mining to acquire Kazakh gold mine for $1.2B
China’s biggest gold and copper producer has agreed to buy the rights of RG Gold and RG Processing in one of the largest gold mines of Kazakhstan, the Raygorodok Gold Mine. Read here
Cato Networks lands $359M, valued at more than $4.8B
The Israeli cybersecurity firm has completed a late-stage private funding round led by Vitruvian and ION, which brings the total funding raised to more than $1 billion. Read here
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