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Mergers & Acquisitions News 1 December 2025 - 2 December 2025

Fairstone to Buy Laurentian Bank in C$1.9 Billion Break-Up Deal as National Bank Takes Retail Business

Fairstone to Buy Laurentian Bank in C$1.9 Billion Break-Up Deal as National Bank Takes Retail Business

Montreal – December 2, 2025 Laurentian Bank of Canada is set to disappear as a stand‑alone full-service bank after striking a complex break‑up deal that will see Fairstone Bank of Canada acquire the institution for about C$1.9 billion in cash, while National Bank of Canada scoops up its retail and small‑business operations. Bloomberg+2MarketScreener+2 The move, announced on December 2, 2025, dramatically accelerates Laurentian’s shift into a specialized commercial lender and caps years of strategic uncertainty at Canada’s ninth‑largest bank. Newswire+2bankingdive.com+2 Deal Overview: Fairstone Buys Laurentian, National Bank Takes the Branch Customers Under the agreements announced Tuesday: The retail and SME portfolios being sold
2 December 2025
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Fresnillo PLC Stock Soars 325% in 2025: Price Today, Probe Gold Deal and 2026 Forecasts

Fresnillo PLC Stock Soars 325% in 2025: Price Today, Probe Gold Deal and 2026 Forecasts

Published: 2 December 2025 Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES, OTC:FNLPF) has turned from a slightly sleepy precious‑metals miner into one of the most explosive shares in the FTSE 100 this year. As of the morning of 2 December 2025, Fresnillo trades around 2,754p in London, down modestly on the day but still showing a 12‑month gain of roughly 325% from a low of 612p at the end of 2024. The stock hit a fresh 52‑week high of 2,850p on 1 December, giving the group a market capitalisation of around £19–20bn, a trailing P/E of about 56x and a forward dividend yield near
2 December 2025
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Anglo American plc (AAL.L) Stock on 2 December 2025: BHP’s Failed Bid, Teck Merger Vote and Copper Rally Reframe the Outlook

Anglo American plc (AAL.L) Stock on 2 December 2025: BHP’s Failed Bid, Teck Merger Vote and Copper Rally Reframe the Outlook

Anglo American plc shares are trading just below 2,900p on 2 December 2025 as investors weigh the end of BHP’s latest £40 billion takeover attempt, a decisive 9 December vote on the Teck merger, and a copper price sitting near record highs. Anglo American+3FT Markets+3Investing.com Canada+3 1. Price action on 2 December 2025 On the London Stock Exchange, Anglo American (ticker AAL.L) closed at 2,878p on Tuesday, 2 December 2025. The stock traded between 2,859p and 2,892p intraday, finishing down 14p, or ‑0.48%, on relatively light volume of about 164,000 shares. FT Markets Over the past 12 months, AAL has gained
2 December 2025
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Spectris plc (LON:SXS) on 2 December 2025: Share Price, £41.75 KKR Takeover, Latest News and Analyst Forecasts

Spectris plc (LON:SXS) on 2 December 2025: Share Price, £41.75 KKR Takeover, Latest News and Analyst Forecasts

London, 2 December 2025 – Spectris plc (LON:SXS), the precision‑measurement specialist at the centre of one of 2025’s biggest UK takeovers, is now trading almost entirely as a “deal stock”. The share price sits just below the £41.75‑per‑share cash offer from KKR, while regulators, index providers and large institutions line up their final moves ahead of the company’s expected delisting later this week. Reuters+2FT Markets+2 Spectris share price today: trading in the takeover “zone” Spectris shares closed on Monday 1 December 2025 at 4,136p on the London Stock Exchange. StockAnalysis On Tuesday morning, the Financial Times’ markets data showed the
2 December 2025
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Gujarat State Petronet Share Price Jumps 8% on December 2, 2025: How the GSPL–Gujarat Gas Merger Is Shaping the Stock’s Outlook

Gujarat State Petronet Share Price Jumps 8% on December 2, 2025: How the GSPL–Gujarat Gas Merger Is Shaping the Stock’s Outlook

Gujarat State Petronet Limited (GSPL), the state-backed gas transmission company, woke up sharply on 2 December 2025, with the share price surging around 8% intraday and decisively outperforming both its sector and the broader market. Markets Mojo+2Business Standard+2 The move comes against a backdrop of soft earnings, a complex merger–demerger with Gujarat Gas, and cautious broker commentary – exactly the kind of cocktail that can make a mid-cap utility stock much more interesting than it sounds on paper. Gujarat State Petronet share price today (2 December 2025) Across major data providers, the picture on 2 December 2025 (late morning IST)
2 December 2025
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CapitaLand Investment Limited (SGX: 9CI) Stock: Q3 2025 Results, New Funds, Merger Talk and Analyst Forecasts to 2026

CapitaLand Investment Limited (SGX: 9CI) Stock: Q3 2025 Results, New Funds, Merger Talk and Analyst Forecasts to 2026

CapitaLand Investment Limited (CLI), the Temasek‑backed real estate investment manager listed on the Singapore Exchange under ticker 9CI, is ending 2025 in a curious position: the business is leaning harder into fee income and global funds, analysts overwhelmingly rate the stock a “buy”, yet the share price is still trudging along in the lower half of its trading range. As of 2 December 2025, the stock trades around S$2.65–2.66, with a market cap of about S$13.3 billion, a trailing P/E of ~30.7x, forward P/E near 20x, and a dividend yield of roughly 4.5%. StockAnalysis+1 Across multiple data providers, 12‑month target
2 December 2025
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AUB Group (ASX:AUB) Plunges After $5.25bn Takeover Collapses – Is the Stock Now Undervalued?

AUB Group (ASX:AUB) Plunges After $5.25bn Takeover Collapses – Is the Stock Now Undervalued?

Updated: 2 December 2025 Key points What just happened to AUB Group’s share price? AUB Group Limited, a major insurance broking and underwriting group in the S&P/ASX 200, has just experienced one of its sharpest single‑day falls on record. On 1 December 2025, AUB announced that the private‑equity consortium led by EQT AB and CVC Asia Pacific would not proceed with a previously flagged A$45 per share takeover proposal valuing the company at around A$5.25 billion. Insurance Business+3Reuters+3TradingView+3 The result: By 2 December 2025, some of that shock had begun to fade: For context, AUB’s 52‑week range is about A$27.21–40.28,
2 December 2025
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Union Pacific (UNP) Stock on December 1, 2025: Merger Risks, Dividend Strength and Wall Street’s 2026 Price Targets

Union Pacific (UNP) Stock on December 1, 2025: Merger Risks, Dividend Strength and Wall Street’s 2026 Price Targets

Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) heads into December 2025 trading in the middle of its 52‑week range, with investors trying to balance a powerful earnings and efficiency story against unusually high regulatory and merger risk. At the close on December 1, 2025, Union Pacific stock changed hands at $231.36, giving the railroad giant a market value of about $137 billion. The shares sit between a 52‑week low of $204.66 and a high of $256.84, trade on roughly 19.6x trailing earnings and carry a 2.4% dividend yield based on an annualized payout of $5.52 per share.StockAnalysis Year‑to‑date, UNP has delivered a
1 December 2025
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Exact Sciences (EXAS) Stock: Abbott’s $23 Billion Deal, Q3 Earnings Beat and What Investors Should Watch Now

Exact Sciences (EXAS) Stock: Abbott’s $23 Billion Deal, Q3 Earnings Beat and What Investors Should Watch Now

Exact Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAS) has turned into one of the most closely watched healthcare stocks heading into December 2025, thanks to a blockbuster takeover agreement with Abbott Laboratories, strong Q3 results, and a rapid share‑price rally that has pushed EXAS to all‑time highs. As of mid‑day on December 1, 2025, the stock trades around $101 per share, just below the agreed $105 per‑share cash buyout price. Exact Sciences Investor Relations+1 Below is a deep dive into the latest news, earnings, analyst forecasts, and key risks around Exact Sciences stock as of December 1, 2025. Exact Sciences Stock Today: Trading
1 December 2025
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Q32 Bio (QTTB) Stock Explodes After $592 Million Akebia Deal – Latest News, Analyst Targets and 2027 Outlook

Q32 Bio (QTTB) Stock Explodes After $592 Million Akebia Deal – Latest News, Analyst Targets and 2027 Outlook

On December 1, 2025, Q32 Bio Inc. (NASDAQ: QTTB) suddenly became one of the most-watched small-cap biotech stocks on Wall Street. Shares of Q32 Bio surged intraday by roughly 90%–170% at various points in Monday’s session, with trading volume soaring from a typical few hundred thousand shares to tens or even hundreds of millions, after the company announced a major asset sale to Akebia Therapeutics. TipRanks+224/7 MarketNews+2 At the center of the move: the sale of Q32 Bio’s Phase 2 complement inhibitor ADX-097 to Akebia in a deal worth $12 million in upfront and near-term cash and up to $592
1 December 2025
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ServiceNow (NOW) Stock on December 1, 2025: Q3 Beat, AI Awards, $1B Veza Deal Talk and What 2026 Price Targets Signal

ServiceNow (NOW) Stock on December 1, 2025: Q3 Beat, AI Awards, $1B Veza Deal Talk and What 2026 Price Targets Signal

Published: December 1, 2025 — informational only, not investment advice. ServiceNow stock today: trading around $820 after a rough autumn As of the latest trade on Monday, December 1, 2025, ServiceNow, Inc. (NYSE: NOW) is changing hands at roughly $820 per share, with intraday quotes around $818–$821. Barchart.com That puts the workflow‑software and AI platform company: Market cap sits around $170 billion, leaving ServiceNow firmly in large‑cap territory even after the pullback. Barchart.com+1 In other words: the business is hitting new highs, but the stock is in a correction, trading below its 50‑day and 200‑day moving averages since late July,
1 December 2025
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Zeekr Group Stock (NYSE: ZK): Merger Countdown, November Deliveries and 2026 Price Targets

Zeekr Group Stock (NYSE: ZK): Merger Countdown, November Deliveries and 2026 Price Targets

Published: December 1, 2025 Overview: Where Zeekr Group Stock Stands Today Zeekr Group, officially ZEEKR Intelligent Technology Holding Limited (NYSE: ZK), enters December 2025 at a pivotal moment: At the same time, ZK is subject to a $26.87 per ADS cash take‑private offer from Geely, or a share‑swap alternative, which now dominates the stock’s risk‑reward profile. Finviz 1. Latest Zeekr Stock News as of December 1, 2025 1.1 Strong November 2025 Deliveries On December 1, 2025, Zeekr reported November 2025 delivery data via a press release that has been summarized by GuruFocus: GuruFocus The article highlights that Zeekr continues to
1 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

Meta stock faces an AI split: ad gains vs a $135 billion bill

Meta stock faces an AI split: ad gains vs a $135 billion bill

7 February 2026
Meta shares dropped 1.3% to $661.46 on Friday after the company projected 2026 capital spending of up to $135 billion, raising investor concerns over cash flow. Meta reported Q4 revenue of $59.89 billion, up 24% year-over-year, with ad impressions rising 18%. Analysts remain divided on whether AI-driven ad gains can offset the steep spending ramp.
IAG share price jumps toward a 52-week peak — what to watch before London reopens

IAG share price jumps toward a 52-week peak — what to watch before London reopens

7 February 2026
IAG shares rose 4.33% to 438.50 pence Friday, near their 52-week high, ahead of full-year results due later this month. The company reported 162,073,135 treasury shares and total voting rights of 4,565,128,012. Brent crude fell 2.2% Thursday to $67.93 a barrel. South Europe Ground Services logged 712,340 operations in 2025 and seeks approval to operate in Portugal.
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