Takeover/Buyout

How PayPal went from Wall Street favourite to unwilling merger target

The company synonymous with digital payments got a $68 billion offer to be taken private by upstart rival Stripe and buyout shop Advent International.

Uber launches $19 billion offer for Delivery Hero to create food delivery giant

A takeover would create the world’s largest food-delivery firm outside China.

PayPal receives $68 billion takeover offer from Stripe, Advent: Sources

The offer, submitted earlier in July, is backed by about US$50 billion in committed financing from banks, said one of them.

EasyJet gets $9.9 billion offer from Apollo in possible bidding war

The two bids come at a time when EasyJet and other airlines face soaring jet fuel prices and suppressed demand after the Iran war.

Paramount’s Middle East billions in Warner bid get EU probe

The Paramount water tower is shown on the Paramount studio lot in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., on January 13, 2026.

Survivors of al-Fashir attack describe brutal escape from Sudan

Mona Mohamed, 33, a Sudanese refugee who fled Al-Fashir, reacts during an interview with Reuters, amid ongoing conflict in Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, at the Iridimi refugee camp, northwest of the town of Iriba, in Wadi Fira province, eastern Chad, November 27, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

EBay rejects GameStop’s $71 billion bid as ‘neither credible nor attractive’

EBay, which has roughly four times GameStop’s market value, stressed that its turnaround efforts under CEO Jamie Iannone have boosted growth, with its stock returning 201 per cent since he took the helm six years ago.

GameStop CEO selling stuff on eBay to help fund $71 billion takeover bid for it

The gaming retail chain made famous in the 2021 meme stock craze, made a US$56 billion bid for eBay that is four times its size.

Meme stock GameStop makes $71 billion bid for eBay in bid to rival Amazon

GameStop's offer of US$56 billion (S$71 billion) represents a premium of about 20 per cent to eBay’s last closing price on May 1, 2026.

No further action against Popiah King Sam Goi for breach of takeover code

The Securities Industry Council said it will take no further action against Mr Sam Goi for his 2023 breach of a rule in the Singapore code on takeovers and mergers.

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