The healthcare logistics firm Owens & Minor announced Monday (Jan. 10) it will acquire the home health equipment provider Apria in a transaction worth $1.6 billion. Owens & Minor President and CEO Edward A. Pesicka said in a news release that the deal will let...
Logistics and transportation company Ryder announced Jan. 4 that it has completed two acquisitions that will accelerate growth in its supply chain solutions business, expand its eCommerce fulfillment network and add multi-client warehousing capability. On Jan. 1, Ryder completed its acquisition of Whiplash, a national...
Smartly.io, an advertising SaaS platform for creative and performance marketers, announced its acquisition of Ad-Lib.io, the next-generation optimization platform, on Wednesday (Jan 5). The company said the acquisition will advance Smartly.io’s reach beyond social media to include “dynamic creative optimization across programmatic, CTV and the...
AMC Networks announced Wednesday (Jan. 5) it has acquired anime distributor Sentai and its Hidive streaming service, giving the entertainment platform another targeted streaming service along with Shudder, IFC and SundanceTV, according to a press release. The deal also included Sentai Studios, the Anime Network...
Primary care provider Vera Whole Health is acquiring health data firm Castlight in a deal with an equity value of $370 million that will be structured as an all-cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Castlight, according to a press release. The combined...
iFast has grabbed a majority stake in Bahrain’s BFC Bank through an agreement with bidding company Eagles Peak, a move that gives the Singapore-based FinTech a stronger foothold in the U.K., according to a Finews.asia report Friday (Jan. 7). As part of the deal, iFast...
The New York Times will buy The Athletic in an all-cash deal to value the sports media startup at $550 million, per a Thursday (Jan. 6) report from Axios. The Athletic has been looking for a deal for months now, and had previously been looking...
Société Générale’s Paris-listed car leasing business ALD on Thursday (Jan. 6) announced it is buying TDR Capital-owned rival LeasePlan for 4.9 billion euros ($5.5 billion) in cash and shares to create Europe’s largest car leasing group, according to the Financial Times. The 2 billion euro...
The Canadian payments company PayFacto has acquired iShopFood Inc., a Quebec-based firm that makes online ordering software for the restaurant industry. The company announced the deal in a news release Thursday (Jan. 6), saying the acquisition allowed it to “complement its current product and service...
