A sign hangs above the front of a Pizza Hut restaurant on Feb. 9, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Yum Brands on Tuesday announced it is selling Pizza Hut to private equity firm LongRange Capital for roughly $1.5 billion. The deal excludes the pizza chain’s locations in mainland China; Yum China…
Public markets are beginning to reopen for biotech companies after several years of muted activity. But the strongest companies may still be more likely to sell themselves to Big Pharma rather than testing investor appetite in an IPO, according to JPMorgan’s top healthcare dealmakers. The IPO window has reopened for high-quality biotech companies, but investors…
Americans have more money invested for retirement in passive S&P 500 Index funds than any other investment. The Vanguard and BlackRock S&P 500 ETFs alone manage nearly $2 trillion in assets, with the Vanguard ETF (VOO) recently passing the $1 trillion mark. But they won’t be managing SpaceX shares any time soon for retail investors…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday that his bank could spend up to $20 billion on an acquisition in the coming years. A deal that size would be the largest of Dimon’s 20-year tenure atop JPMorgan and test regulators’ appetite for consolidation among the biggest U.S. banks. “I do think there might be opportunities,…
A cup of coffee and strawberry frosted donut with sprinkles at a Dunkin’ Donuts location in Los Angeles, Sept. 6, 2017. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dunkin’ and Buffalo Wild Wings owner Inspire Brands has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, the company announced on Friday. If Inspire goes public, it…
A sign is posted in front of the eBay headquarters in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images U.S. video game retailer GameStop announced Sunday it has made an unsolicited, non-binding offer to acquire eBay for $125 per share in a cash-and-stock deal, valuing the e-commerce platform at roughly $55.5 billion. The offer, split…
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 06: People visit Bugatti booth during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 on January 6, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Zhang Shuo | China News Service | Getty Images Porsche AG has agreed to sell its 45% stake in supercar brand Bugatti Rimac, fully exiting the joint venture that houses…
A Jersey Mike’s restaurant in Walnut Creek, California, Nov. 21, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jersey Mike’s has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, the company said Monday. The announcement comes more than a year after Blackstone bought a majority stake in the sandwich chain in a deal that reportedly…
American Airlines and United Airlines airplanes at the Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, US, on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. Aristide Economopoulos | Bloomberg | Getty Images American Airlines stock fell Monday after the company rejected talk of a potential megamerger with United Airlines late last week. The legacy…
An Uber Eats courier is seen in Krakow, Poland, on Aug. 21, 2025. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Uber on Friday agreed to purchase an additional 4.5% of shares of German food delivery firm Delivery Hero from the company’s biggest shareholder Prosus. Total gross proceeds to Prosus are approximately 270 million euros ($318…
