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Sri Lanka’s shock interest-rate increase on Tuesday, May 26, is a reminder that the global oil shock is no longer just a story about higher gasoline bills or nervous bond markets. In more fragile economies, it is turning back into a balance-of-payments problem, one that can
Jardine Matheson’s A$3.4 billion agreement to buy I-MED Radiology Network looks like more than another private equity exit. It is a useful signal about where large pools of capital are heading when they want steadier growth, clearer control and an operational story that does not rely
The International Monetary Fund’s message to European Union finance ministers on May 23 was stark: the bloc’s next fiscal problem is not a single budget cycle or a temporary shock, but a 15-year collision between defense, energy, pensions and already-fragile public finances. Reuters reported from the
Estée Lauder’s decision to walk away from merger talks with Puig looks less like a failed beauty mega-deal and more like a market verdict on what investors want from large consumer companies in 2026. On May 21, Estée Lauder and the Barcelona-based beauty group said they had
AvalonBay Communities and Equity Residential agreed on May 21 to combine in an all-stock merger of equals that will create a rental housing company with an enterprise value of about $69 billion, more than 180,000 apartments, and one of the biggest platforms in the publicly traded apartment sector.
Target delivered its strongest comparable-sales performance in four years on May 20, offering one of the clearest signs yet that the retailer’s long reset may finally be moving from promise to evidence. First-quarter net sales rose 6.7% from a year earlier to $25.4 billion, comparable
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest rule package is not just another technical cleanup of securities law. The proposals released on May 19 amount to one of the clearest signs yet that Washington wants to make public markets easier to enter, easier to use, and less burdensome to stay
NextEra Energy’s agreement to buy Dominion Energy for about $66.8 billion is one of the clearest signs yet that the artificial intelligence boom is reshaping parts of the market far beyond chipmakers. The proposed all-stock deal, announced on May 18, would create what the companies describe as
Samsung Electronics entered a decisive stretch on Monday as its management and labor union opened last-ditch talks to avoid what would be the biggest strike in the company’s history, while a South Korean court imposed limits meant to keep any walkout from disrupting chip output. The combination matters
Britain’s decision to let Getty Images proceed with its $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock, provided Shutterstock sells its editorial business, says something important about where scale still matters and where regulators think it can go too far. The UK Competition and Markets Authority said Friday that the deal
The Federal Reserve said Friday that it had terminated enforcement actions against UBS Group AG and several Credit Suisse entities, effective May 12, removing one of the more visible US regulatory remnants of Credit Suisse’s Archegos collapse. The original 2023 order followed what the Fed called unsafe and unsound
