Mergers and Acquisitions News Today
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13 headlines on Mergers and Acquisitions appeared in our news feed in the last 7 days with a measured price reaction attached. 6 of them moved the underlying at least 0.35% in the minutes after the headline crossed. The largest measured reaction was +144.18% over 10 minutes on ULBI, after the headline at Oct 27, 16:15:00 ET.
Price action when the news broke
16:15:00 ET
What moved — last 7 days
| Time | Ticker | Headline | 1 min | Reaction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 15:10:18 ET | TSLA | SF Standard reports that reservations for Tesla (TSLA)'s Optimus robot are expected to open later this year. | 0.00% | -0.32% · 10m |
| Oct 29, 17:05:33 ET | CRM | Salesforce signs definitive deal to buy military logistics technology provider Rune Technologies, expanding Missionforce's logistics capabilities | +0.28% | -0.02% · 10m |
| Oct 29, 16:55:46 ET | SBUX | Starbucks (SBUX) expects China to account for half of international FY27 openings and projects FY27 CapEx at 5% of net revenues, with 90‑100 net new North American openings forecast for FY27.Volume 7.8K shares in 10 min | +0.08% | +0.19% · 10m |
| Oct 29, 16:06:07 ET | SBUX | $SBUX Starbucks Q4 Earnings Adjusted EPS $0.80, est. $0.71 | Net revenue $9.10B, est. $9.23B | Adjusted operating margin 14%, est. 12.7%Volume 52.7K shares in 10 min | +2.80% | +2.24% · 10m |
| Oct 29, 16:05:51 ET | SBUX | Starbucks Q4 Adj. EPS $0.80 Beats $0.72 Estimate, Sales $9.141B Miss $9.228B EstimateVolume 50.1K shares in 10 min | -2.25% | -2.31% · 10m |
| Oct 29, 16:00:00 ET | CRM | Salesforce to acquire defense technology company Rune Technologies to grow its Missionforce business serving the US military and government agenciesVolume 5.8K shares in 10 min · 1.1× normal | -0.02% | -0.37% · 10m |
| Oct 29, 15:50:02 ET | CRM | NYSE reports a 405,015-share buy-side order imbalance in Salesforce (CRM)Volume 1.8M shares in 10 min · 7.9× normal | +0.20% | +0.36% · 10m |
| Oct 28, 10:31:50 ET | TSLA | US stocks fluctuate as Tesla and Apple weakness offsets chip gains ahead of the Fed decision | +0.03% | +0.05% · 10m |
| Oct 28, 09:39:00 ET | TSLA | CFTC approves Rothera’s first swap linked to a publicly listed company’s KPI, with Tesla named as the example | -0.17% | -1.07% · 10m |
| Oct 27, 16:27:42 ET | ULBI | EnerSys to buy Ultralife for about $320 million in cash, including assumed net debt; $16-per-share offer carries a 166% premium to the October 26, 2026 close, with completion expected in the first quarter of 2027Volume 79.8K shares in 10 min | 0.00% | -0.26% · 10m |
| Oct 27, 16:15:00 ET | ULBI | EnerSys to acquire Ultralife for $16 per share in cashVolume 250.6K shares in 10 min | +141.98% | +144.18% · 10m |
| Oct 27, 15:50:07 ET | CRM | Salesforce (CRM) has a NYSE buy-side order imbalance of 1,574,927 sharesVolume 2.9M shares in 10 min · 9.3× normal | +0.15% | +0.08% · 10m |
| Oct 26, 09:43:57 ET | TSLA | Tesla shares reach a more-than-three-month high, last up 5.5% | -0.31% | +0.33% · 10m |
Moves are measured against the price two minutes before each headline crossed, using validated 1-minute bars captured at publish time. A dash means no bar was available for that window. Reaction pending means the measuring window for that headline is still open. Not attributed means the headline does not name the company the move was measured on, so we hold the number back. Times are New York ET. Headlines appear here 1 minute after they cross the live tape.
Our analysis
Why Ultralife (ULBI) Stock Jumped 144%: EnerSys Agrees to Acquire Ultralife for $16 a Share
Wednesday, Oct 28, 2026 · EnerSys will pay $16.00 a share in cash for Ultralife, a 166% premium. The stock jumped from $6.36 to about $15.50 after hours and settled just …
EQT Agrees to Buy Qiagen for €46.50 a Share, Six Years After Thermo Fisher's Bid Failed
Thursday, Oct 22, 2026 · EQT's private equity arm agreed on October 21, 2026 to buy Qiagen for €46.50 a share in cash, about €10.8 billion including debt. It needs only …
Why Was Salesforce Stock Moving on Oct 22, 2026?
Thursday, Oct 22, 2026 · Salesforce agreed to buy Braze for $47.50 a share in cash, about $5.66 billion, its largest deal of 2026. CRM rose 1.24% in the 15 minutes …
Why Lionsgate Studios (LION) Stock Fell 2.35% in 10 Minutes on Oct 20, 2026
Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 · The 2.35% drop was larger than any reaction MoveSurge measured after Lionsgate Studios headlines between Jul 22, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026; the largest of those …
Why Salesforce (CRM) Stock Rose 1.32% in 10 Minutes on Oct 20, 2026
Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 · The 1.32% gain was larger than any reaction MoveSurge measured after Salesforce headlines between Jul 22, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026; the largest of those was …
Schneider Electric Sells €6 Billion of New Shares at €240 to Help Pay for PTC
Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 · The overnight placement priced 4.99% below Monday's close and added about 4.32% to Schneider's share capital. The price is 12% below where the stock closed on …
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Weighs a Sale After Outside Interest, as Losses Widen
Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 · The candy maker disclosed a strategic review with its October 19, 2026 results. Its stock jumped 8.25% in ten minutes after the close, then gave most …
Kimberly-Clark Prices $4.9 Billion of Bonds to Pay the Cash Part of Its Kenvue Takeover
Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 · The five notes priced on October 19, 2026 carry coupons from 5.1% to 5.8%. Every one must be repaid at 101% if the Kenvue deal is …
Tradeweb to Acquire Trumid for $1.97 Billion, Mostly in Cash, to Grow in Corporate Bonds
Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 · Tradeweb announced the deal after the close on October 19, 2026. It pays $1.75 billion for the business and about $220 million for tax assets, three …
FTC Order Clears Publicis's $38.50-a-Share LiveRamp Deal With Five Years of Equal Access for Rivals
Monday, Oct 19, 2026 · The proposed consent order of October 19, 2026 keeps LiveRamp open to Publicis's competitors. LiveRamp's gap to the $38.50 offer narrowed from 2.8% to 0.8%.
DXC in Talks to Sell Insurance Software Unit to Eldridge for $2.4 Billion, More Than Its Own Market Value
Monday, Oct 19, 2026 · Reuters reported advanced talks on October 19, 2026. The price is a little more than DXC's own stock market value, for a unit that brings in …
MKS Sells Ophir Optics to TTM Technologies for $650 Million: Why the Two Sides Quote Different Multiples
Monday, Oct 19, 2026 · MKS calls the price more than 18 times this year's earnings; TTM calls it 10.3 times next year's. The gap shows the growth TTM is paying …
Silgan (SLGN) Stock Rises on $3.4 Billion Trivium Deal: How the AIP Partnership Works
Monday, Oct 19, 2026 · Silgan is folding its metal can business into a 60/40 partnership with American Industrial Partners, which buys Trivium Packaging for cash.
Merck KGaA to Buy Silence Therapeutics (SLN) for $20 a Share: Why the Stock More Than Doubled
Monday, Oct 19, 2026 · Merck KGaA of Germany is paying $20.00 per ADS in cash, about $1.3 billion, for the maker of the blood-cancer drug divesiran.
Why GoPro (GPRO) Stock Rose 10.41% in 10 Minutes on Oct 19, 2026
Monday, Oct 19, 2026 · The 10.41% gain was larger than any reaction MoveSurge measured after GoPro headlines between Jul 21, 2026 and Oct 18, 2026; the largest of those was …
Daiichi Life offered A$11.80 a share for the rest of Challenger, and the stock jumped to its highest since 2018
Monday, Oct 19, 2026 · The non-binding proposal values Challenger at about A$7.94 billion, a 19.8% premium. The shares rose 16.65% to A$11.49 on October 19, 2026.
Why GlobalFoundries (GFS) Stock Fell 3.00% in 10 Minutes on Oct 14, 2026
Wednesday, Oct 14, 2026 · MoveSurge measured three earlier GlobalFoundries headlines with an attributed reaction between Jul 16, 2026 and Oct 13, 2026. The largest was -6.40% in 15 minutes, on …
Starbucks (SBUX) stock fell 6% in a minute on a Chipotle takeover report, then recovered by the close, October 8, 2026
Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 · The FT said Starbucks had worked with advisers on a possible bid for Chipotle, the company its chief executive used to run. SBUX dropped 5.99% in …
Brink's (BCO) wins UK in-principle acceptance of its NoteMachine remedy for the NCR Atleos deal, October 2026
Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 · The CMA will consult on Brink's plan to divest its UK ATM business, and Brink's still expects to close in early 2027. At Brink's October 7 …
Boots sold to the Weston family for $8.9 billion, with Fairfax funding up to $2.3 billion for half the equity
Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 · Wittington Investments buys Boots from Sycamore Partners and the Pessina family, about 37% of what Sycamore paid for all of Walgreens Boots Alliance in 2025. Closing …
C.H. Robinson agrees to buy RXO for $5.8 billion: why CHRW stock fell 9.6% and what the $30.25 offer is worth now
Monday, Oct 5, 2026 · Part of the price is paid in C.H. Robinson shares, so the 9.57% drop cut the RXO package to about $29.46 from the $30.25 in the …
Schneider Electric agrees $205-a-share PTC takeover: why Schneider stock fell almost 10% on the $22.6 billion deal
Monday, Oct 5, 2026 · Schneider is paying $205 a share in cash, a 42.3% premium, and funding it with new debt, new shares and a buyback pause. Its stock fell …
Why Nu Holdings (NU) stock rose after it said it is not pursuing a Monzo deal
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 · A Sept. 30 filing said Nu is not pursuing a transaction with Monzo. NU gained 4.82% in a minute, far more than its last earnings report …
Intesa Sanpaolo raises its Monte dei Paschi offer: what a 25% increase in the cash portion is worth
Sunday, Oct 4, 2026 · Intesa added 25 euro cents of cash per MPS share on October 3, 2026 and tied the whole bid to a shareholder vote on October 29.
Why Haoxin Holdings stock spiked 18% and reversed within ten minutes on a U.S. trucking acquisition search
Friday, Oct 2, 2026 · Haoxin hired a business broker and asked one U.S. trucking company for due diligence documents. It named no target, no price and no source of funds.
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery Will Be Called Skydance. WBD Stock Did Not Move
Friday, Oct 2, 2026 · David Ellison named the merged Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery "Skydance" on October 2, 2026. WBD was unchanged in the first minute, pinned to its all-cash …
Flux Power stock jumped, then faded, after its board rejected Solidion's cash proposal on October 2, 2026
Friday, Oct 2, 2026 · Solidion's own letter said its cash price would likely sit below Flux Power's last close, so the rejection removed a bid that pointed under the market.
Why ON Semiconductor stock rose after it switched the Synaptics deal from stock to $123 in cash
Thursday, Oct 1, 2026 · onsemi replaced a 1.350-share exchange ratio with $123 in cash per Synaptics share on October 1, 2026, after a third party made a competing proposal.
You Can See Workday's Trading Halts in the Price Data
Friday, Aug 14, 2026 · Reuters reported at 18:36 UTC that Silver Lake is in talks to buy Workday. Our one-minute bars show what happened next: a jump to $198.70, then …
Dynatrace Is Paying $915 Million to Watch AI Models Misbehave
Thursday, Aug 13, 2026 · Dynatrace agreed on August 13, 2026 to buy Arize, an AI observability platform, for $915 million — about $815 million of it cash. The company says …
National CineMedia Is Paying $275 Million to Follow Its Audience Out of the Theater
Tuesday, Aug 11, 2026 · National CineMedia agreed to buy Captivate — the elevator- and lobby-screen advertising network — from Generation Partners for $275 million. The deal adds more than 26,000 …
Ambarella (AMBA): NXP Reported in Talks to Acquire Edge-AI Chipmaker
Saturday, Aug 1, 2026 · On July 31, 2026, the Financial Times reported NXP Semiconductors was in talks to acquire Ambarella.
Why Was Ambarella Stock Up on Aug 1, 2026?
Saturday, Aug 1, 2026 · Ambarella jumped 16% after the Financial Times reported NXP Semiconductors is in talks to acquire the edge-AI chipmaker.
Integer Holdings (ITGR): KKR Reported Near $4.3 Billion Buyout at $127 a Share
Saturday, Aug 1, 2026 · On July 31, 2026, the Wall Street Journal reported KKR was nearing a deal to acquire Integer Holdings at $127 a share, about $4.3 billion.
Why Was Integer Holdings Stock Up on Aug 1, 2026?
Saturday, Aug 1, 2026 · Integer Holdings jumped 20% after the Wall Street Journal reported KKR is nearing a deal to buy the medical-device manufacturer at $127 a share.
Why Was Tesla Stock Moving on Oct 22, 2026?
Thursday, Oct 22, 2026 · Tesla beat third-quarter 2026 profit forecasts and cut its 2026 spending plan to about $20 billion, then Bloomberg and Reuters reported new details of SpaceX merger …