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Skyworks and Qorvo approach October 5 merger target after regulatory clearance
The chipmakers still need to confirm closing. A separate debt-exchange extension supersedes the October 2 deadline in the clearance announcement.
Nayax completes $350M IPS smart-parking acquisition
Nayax (Nasdaq:NYAX) Completes all-cash $350 million purchase of IPS Group from Windjammer on Oct 1 — Completes IR + Form 6-K EX-99.1 seal; Aug 25 announce same dollars.
September jobs preview: hiring, revisions and wages face the Fed’s inflation test
The October 2 release will test whether August’s stronger hiring held up. Payroll revisions, unemployment and wage growth will matter alongside the headline job count.
Rogers completes C$4.35B MLSE buy to 100% ownership
Rogers (NYSE:RCI) Completes purchase of remaining 25% of MLSE from Kilmer Sports for C$4.35 billion on Oct 1 — Completes IR + Form 6-K EX-99.1 seal; ownership to 100% (July 6 announce same dollars).
FedEx completes $1.4B Supply Chain sale to CMA CGM
FedEx (NYSE:FDX) Completes sale of FedEx Supply Chain to CMA CGM Group on Oct 1 — IR/newsroom Completes seal; enterprise value $1.4 billion (also restated by CMA CGM Completes; July 1 announce same EV).
H2O America completes $540M Quadvest Texas water acquisition
H2O America (NASDAQ:HTO) Completes Quadvest Texas water acquisition on Oct 1 — Form 8-K Item 2.01 base purchase price $540 million subject to customary adjustments; $483.6 million / $56.4 million split from July 8, 2025 announce.
UL Solutions completes ~$670M Eurofins E&E acquisition
UL Solutions (NYSE:ULS) Completes Eurofins E&E acquisition on Oct 1 — IR/Business Wire Completes seal; approximately €575 million (approximately $670 million) enterprise-value economics from Apr 13 definitive agreement.
Dynatrace completes $915M Arize acquisition
Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) Completes Arize acquisition on Oct 1 — IR/Business Wire Completes seal; $915 million cash-and-stock economics from Aug 13 definitive agreement (~$815 million cash + replacement equity awards).
Matador closes $1.255B Paloma Permian acquisition
Matador (NYSE:MTDR) closes Paloma Permian acquisition for $1.255 billion cash, subject to customary post-closing adjustments; ~16,500 net Eddy/Lea County acres — Business Wire Completes Oct 1.
Pentair completes $1.4B Taco Group acquisition
Pentair (NYSE:PNR) completes Taco Group Holdings acquisition for $1.4 billion, subject to customary adjustments; hydronic and water-based solutions platform joins Water Solutions segment under Taco brand — Business Wire Completes Oct 1.
nVent completes $1.75B Maverick Power acquisition
nVent (NYSE:NVT) completes Maverick Power acquisition for $1.75 billion purchase price, with up to $550 million contingent cash for 2027–2028 metrics; data-center power distribution platform — GlobeNewswire Completes Oct 1.
Zurich completes Beazley takeover as scheme becomes effective
Beazley RNS 0500X confirms Zurich's scheme is Effective at 1,310 pence a share; LSE trading suspension and delisting follow.
Authentic Brands circles Mattel with $6 billion-plus takeover interest; shares jump 19%
The Journal reports the brand-licensing giant has approached the Barbie maker and discussed an offer above $20 a share -- but there's no formal sale process, no guarantee of a deal, and a new CEO arriving within weeks.
Modine completes ~$946M Performance Technologies spin into Gentherm
Modine completes Performance Technologies spin-off and Reverse Morris Trust combination with Gentherm; ~$946.4M PT valuation; 0.44619 THRM shares per MOD; ~$156M cash to Modine — Form 8-K AccNo 0001104659-26-112870.
Nike tops profit forecasts, then guides the year down: FY2027 revenue to fall high-single-digits
Nike earned 48 cents a share on $11.2 billion of revenue -- a profit beat, a sales miss -- then warned fiscal 2027 revenue will fall high-single-digits and guided EPS far below consensus.
Dealmakers hit the brakes: global M&A sinks 41% in Q3 as borrowing costs bite
Third-quarter M&A value fell to $993 billion as surging borrowing costs bit into the megadeal pipeline -- but with $3.9 trillion done so far this year, bankers say 2026 could still beat the 2021 peak.
onsemi cuts Synaptics deal to $5.7B all-cash after rival bid
onsemi (NASDAQ:ON) and Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) amend June 25 merger to $123/share cash (~$5.7B, down from ~$7B); expected close mid-2027 — agreement≠close (Acc 0001140361-26-038294 / 0001140361-26-038301).
Hawley, Murphy announce bipartisan bill to make AI companies criminally liable for agent hacking
The AI Agent Accountability Act would hold AI operators and developers criminally and civilly liable under the federal hacking law when their agents break into computer systems -- and let the AG and state AGs shut them down.
Treasury hits Iran-Russia shadow-banking network A7 with rare TCO designation and fund-transfer ban
Treasury designated the A7 Network a transnational criminal organization, proposed a FinCEN rule to ban fund transmittals tied to its Sub-Agents, and issued an Alert for banks -- escalating Operation Economic Outcast.
Lyft to pay $272.5 million to settle California driver wage-theft claims, the largest in state history
The settlement, subject to court approval, resolves claims from California and three cities that Lyft mislabeled drivers as contractors from 2016 to 2020 -- while the company insists its drivers were always properly classified.
Broadcom to lend Anthropic up to $42 billion for TPU chip leases, IPO filing reveals
The convertible-note facility would cover about a third of Anthropic's $125.2 billion TPU commitment and make Broadcom supplier, lessor and lender at once -- a structure the prospectus itself flags for conflicts of interest.
China suspends October fuel exports to protect domestic stocks, tightening war-strained markets
China withheld October fuel-export approvals from refiners; Brent rose back above $100. Separately, Washington told France and Germany to release emergency diesel stocks or face a potential U.S. export ban.
Factory prices surge back to Iran-war levels as ISM holds at 54.5
September manufacturing PMI dipped to 54.5, missing the 55.0 consensus, but the prices-paid index jumped 6.8 points to 77.9 -- the inflation counter-read against the post-PCE dovish tilt.
Accenture's beat has it on pace for its best day ever as the AI-fear trade unravels
Fiscal fourth-quarter earnings topped every major estimate -- $3.29 EPS, $18.68 billion in revenue, $22.17 billion in new bookings -- and the fiscal 2027 guide came in above consensus. Shares jumped 19 percent.
Trump's $200B Korea energy deal frays within hours as Seoul disputes Alaska LNG
The White House unveiled three Korean-funded US energy projects -- a Texas gas plant, eight nuclear reactors, Alaska LNG. Seoul says only one is fully approved and no decision was made on Alaska.