MELBOURNE: Regis Healthcare Limited has appointed Andrew Kinkade as its next managing director and chief executive officer, effective July 20, 2026. Kinkade joins Regis from Bupa Villages & Aged Care, where he currently serves as managing director, leading 8,000 employees across 57 locations. He brings more than 20 years of experience spanning aged care, healthcare,…
In a move that reshapes the Canadian energy landscape and signals a major vote of confidence in natural gas, Shell plc has struck a definitive agreement to acquire ARC Resources Ltd. (TSX: ARX). The all-in enterprise value of $16.4 billion ($13.6 billion equity plus $2.8 billion debt) is not just another corporate merger. It transforms…
STOCKHOLM: Carasent has today committed to acquire Infosolutions Sverige AB, including its wholly-owned subsidiaries (“Infosolutions”), which is a key player in connecting EHR systems with other actors in the ecosystem, in particular labs and radiology. Carasent’s organic growth and margin targets remain unchanged including Infosolutions. Infosolutions’ software connects the healthcare provider’s EHR system with laboratories…
JERSEY CITY: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., India’s largest drugmaker, said Sunday it will acquire Organon & Co. for $14 per share in an all-cash deal valued at $11.75 billion, a transaction that would vault the Mumbai-based company into the ranks of the world’s top 25 pharmaceutical firms. The boards of both companies have approved the…
PERTH: Loyal Metals Ltd, an Australian-listed exploration company, has agreed to be acquired by PT Bumi Resources Tbk, Indonesia’s largest thermal coal producer, in an all-cash deal valued at approximately A$79.1 million. Under the scheme of arrangement, Loyal shareholders will receive A$0.45 per share, representing a 40.6% premium to the company’s last closing price of…
SYDNEY: Nido Education Ltd. has expanded its early childhood education portfolio, completing the acquisition of four child care services for $9.1 million, the company announced Monday. The acquired centers, which were previously part of Nido’s incubator program, add 348 licensed places across South Australia and Western Australia. Nido projects the sites will generate an estimated…
WASHINGTON: The average tax refund is running 11.3% higher so far this season compared with the same period in 2025, according to Internal Revenue Service filing data through Tax Day. As of April 17, the average refund amount for individual filers was $3,275, up from $2,942 about one year ago, the IRS reported Friday. The…
BOCA RATON: DigitalBridge Group Inc. stockholders voted to approve the company’s $16-per-share cash acquisition by SoftBank Group Corp., clearing a key hurdle for the deal that remains on track to close in the second half of 2026. At a virtual special meeting held April 23, about 96% of votes cast favored the transaction, DigitalBridge said…
MILAN: Zenith Energy Ltd. has acquired a 5 MWp photovoltaic development project in the Puglia region of southern Italy, the company announced Tuesday, expanding its solar development pipeline to 178.5 MWp. The acquisition includes about 5 hectares of land near a motorway in an area classified as suitable for solar PV development under Italian regulations….
LONDON: Hydrogen Utopia International PLC (LSE: HUI) said Wednesday its Saudi subsidiary has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with a domestic waste management company to secure up to 200,000 tonnes per year of unrecyclable plastics and end-of-life tyres for a planned clean fuels facility. The agreement with RECYCLEE, a Saudi Arabia-based technology-enabled waste platform,…
LONDON: Bluebird Mining Ventures Ltd. said Thursday it has entered into an agreement with Digital Carpenters to invest in a 4.8-megawatt bitcoin mining project in Texas, marking the company’s first step into revenue generation. The London-listed gold streaming and treasury firm (LSE: BMV) said it has completed an initial investment and plans to commit about…
SANTA CLARA: Marvell Technology Inc. has acquired Polariton Technologies, a Swiss developer of high-speed, low-power plasmonics-based silicon photonics devices, the company announced Tuesday. The deal strengthens Marvell’s optical technology portfolio by adding advanced modulation capabilities that support continued scaling of bandwidth, power efficiency and integration for next-generation coherent and optical interconnect platforms, the company said….