Mergers and acquisitions

Trump says CNN should be sold as part of Warner Bros Discovery deal

Trump told reporters CNN should be sold either as part of a larger deal or separately.

|ByREUTERS
US President Donald Trump looks on during a signing ceremony with President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi and President of Rwanda Paul Kagame (not pictured) at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, US, December 4, 2025.
The Netflix logo is seen on a TV remote controller, in this illustration taken January 20, 2022.

Netflix–Warner Bros $72b merger slammed as ‘unprecedented threat’ to jobs, cinemas

Netflix, the force behind "Stranger Things" and "Squid Game," could gain control of marquee Warner Bros titles such as "Batman" and "Casablanca."

|ByREUTERS
Copies of The Daily Telegraph are displayed on a rack in a supermarket in London, Britain, January 20, 2024

Daily Mail strikes $650 million deal to buy the Telegraph in UK media merger

The deal comes a week after US-based RedBird Capital Partners withdrew its bid, paving way for a purchase that would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain.

|ByREUTERS
A handshake between two businesswomen (illustrative)

Merger talks underway to create mega Israeli law firm

If a merger deal is completed, it will be the second within three years for the Yigal Arnon firm. In 2022, it merged with Tadmor Levy.

|ByAMIRAM GILL/GLOBES/TNS

Israeli company sold in staggering $7.1 billion deal

The deal represents the second largest sale or "exit" of an Israeli company, only surpassed by Intel's purchase of Mobileye for $15.3 billion in 2017.

MAY 7, 2018ByEYTAN HALON
Employees of International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) manipulate perfume components on December 8, 2016 at the company's laboratory near Paris.

Israel’s Secret Weapon

Israel must look outwards for people and ideas if it wants to marry the startup nation to the global economy.

APRIL 19, 2018ByJON MEDVED
Hi-tech employees attend Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference in Tel Aviv last month, held for the first time in Israel

Value of Israeli mergers and acquisitions deals drops in 2017

The average price of each transaction fell by about 38%, but there was a slight 9% in the number of transactions this year, up to 131 M&A deals.

DECEMBER 26, 2017ByMAX SCHINDLER
Tel Aviv stock exchange