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Deals

Copart to Buy ACV in $1.9 Billion Cash Deal

The online vehicle-auction operator will pay $10.50 a share to add a digital dealer-to-dealer wholesale platform and close by year-end 2026.
September 11, 2026 · 3 min read

Axogen to Buy BioCircuit Technologies in $200 Million Cash Deal

The peripheral-nerve-repair company said the purchase of NerveTape, the first FDA-approved sutureless repair device, will broaden its addressable market.
September 11, 2026 · 2 min read

ConnectOne Bancorp to Buy First Community Bank for $1.05 Billion

The Southeast regional lender will pay $10.50 a share in cash and stock, a 25% premium to First Community’s September 9 close.
September 11, 2026 · 2 min read

Modine to Combine Performance Technologies With Gentherm

The Reverse Morris Trust deal is expected to close October 1, 2026, creating a scaled thermal-management company with Modine shareholders owning 40%.
September 11, 2026 · 3 min read

Going Public (IPOs)

A Data-Infrastructure IPO Prices Above Range, Then Trades Through It

The first sizeable software listing of the half priced at $31 and closed its first session well above, reopening a shut window.
IPO Watch · July 21, 2026 · 1 min read

Deal Scrutiny

Second Request Lands on a $9 Billion Medical-Device Merger

Antitrust reviewers asked for more information, pushing the expected close into next year and putting the overlap analysis on the record.
Legal Watch · July 23, 2026 · 1 min read

Mergers & Acquisitions

Modine to Combine Performance Technologies With Gentherm

The Reverse Morris Trust deal is expected to close October 1, 2026, creating a scaled thermal-management company with Modine shareholders owning 40%.
Deals · September 11, 2026 · 3 min read

ConnectOne Bancorp to Buy First Community Bank for $1.05 Billion

The Southeast regional lender will pay $10.50 a share in cash and stock, a 25% premium to First Community’s September 9 close.
Deals · September 11, 2026 · 2 min read

Axogen to Buy BioCircuit Technologies in $200 Million Cash Deal

The peripheral-nerve-repair company said the purchase of NerveTape, the first FDA-approved sutureless repair device, will broaden its addressable market.
Deals · September 11, 2026 · 2 min read

Arrow Financial to Acquire Skene Valley Agency

The Glens Falls bank holding company said the deal will expand Upstate Agency’s insurance operations in Washington County.
Deals · September 11, 2026 · 2 min read

Copart to Buy ACV in $1.9 Billion Cash Deal

The online vehicle-auction operator will pay $10.50 a share to add a digital dealer-to-dealer wholesale platform and close by year-end 2026.
Deals · September 11, 2026 · 3 min read

Sysco to Buy Jetro Restaurant Depot

The foodservice distributor said the deal would create a preeminent multi-channel foodservice distribution platform.
Deals · September 10, 2026 · 2 min read

Plains All American Completes 100% Stake in EPIC Crude

The pipeline operator now owns the full EPIC Crude Holdings system and serves as operator of record of the Cactus III Pipeline.
Deals · September 10, 2026 · 1 min read

NorthWestern Energy to Merge with Black Hills in All-Stock Deal

The combination of two Midwest utilities is structured as a merger of equals that would create a parent named Bright Horizon Energy.
Deals · September 10, 2026 · 2 min read

Enbridge to Buy Tallgrass Energy in $2.55 Billion Cash Deal

The Canadian energy company said the purchase links Bakken, Powder River Basin and Denver-Julesburg crude through Cushing and complements its Express-Platte system.
Deals · September 10, 2026 · 2 min read

Centerspace to Merge With Independence Realty Trust in $8.1 Billion Deal

The all-stock combination of two middle-market apartment REITs is expected to be about 5% accretive to 2027 Core FFO per share on a leverage-neutral basis.
Deals · September 10, 2026 · 3 min read