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Devon CEO: ‘Stars align’ to acquire Coterra for $26B in combo of near equals as M&A mania returns

U.S. shale producer Devon Energy will acquire Coterra Energy for nearly $26 billion in a combination that creates a domestic oil and gas juggernaut trailing only household names Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips in sheer production volumes, the companies announced Feb. 2. After a couple of years of rapid consolidation in the energy sector, dealmaking…

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Five years after the short squeeze, GameStop’s CEO is betting on a ‘genius or totally foolish’ $100 billion-plus acquisition

GameStop was once the go-to destination for video games. Then it was the archetypal “meme stock” in 2021, when a band of Reddit-reading retail investors thwarted hedge funds’ shorts on the company stock, sending the company’s stock skyrocketing. There was even a movie about it. But its eccentric, some would say visionary, is back with…

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‘Largest LBO in history’: Warner rejects Paramount again, scoffing at $87 billion worth of debt in its $108 billion bid

Warner Bros. Discovery’s Board of Directors has again unanimously recommended that WBD stockholders reject the revised offer from Paramount Skydance (PSKY) announced December 22, 2025, and continues to recommend that stockholders approve the deal with Netflix, which said it welcomed Warner’s latest reaffirmation of their binding deal. “The Board unanimously determined that the Paramount’s latest offer remains inferior to our merger agreement with…

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