The desk
Sophia Brennan
Wall Street Correspondent
Covers IPOs, buybacks, and the capital-markets calendar out of New York.
Stories
Finance
Surgery Partners Acquisition: Buyer Waives Charity DefenseFinance
MarketAxess Acquisition: ICE Price Clears DCF Floor by $0.49Finance
Braze Acquisition: Salesforce Products Off Limits, $300M FeeFinance
Silence Therapeutics Acquisition: Outside the Takeover CodeFinance
Copart ACV Acquisition: Tender Tally Rose from 48% to 68%Finance
Varonis Proofpoint Acquisition: Noteholders Can Claim $460MFinance
CCC's $7.75 GTCR Deal Pays Out $116M in SPAC EarnoutFinance
Penske Automotive Take Private Needs Only $4B in New MoneyFinance
Galderma ZO Skin Health Deal Puts Growth Off to Year TwoFinance
IonQ Elisity Acquisition Earnout Pays for Partial MissesFinance
Starbucks Chipotle Merger Denial Fits Its Debt PaydownFinance
CCC Intelligent Solutions Sale Would Trigger Earnout SharesFinance
Pacira Viatris Deal Pays Convertible Holders Above ParFinance
Option Care Health Buyout Has No Antitrust Breakup FeeFinance
Ultragenyx Sells Rare Disease Voucher for $210 MillionFinance
Skydance Corporation Announces Tender and Exchange ResultsFinance
Priority's $8.05 Buyout Waits as Polar Rejects SolidionFinance
Radiant Logistics Acquires Whitacre Dallas OperationsFinance
VineBrook Homes Trust Reports Tender Offer ResultsFinance
Matt Gaudio Named CEO at TuskerFinance
HDOT Expands Digital Hazard Alert System StatewideFinance
Solidion Reaffirms Terms After Polar RejectionFinance
SeAH Besteel Mass-Produces Advanced Special SteelFinance
BC Partners Credit Announces LIV Golf InvestmentFinance
Aurora Maintains No Action Recommendation on Curaleaf BidFinance
Atlanta Traffic Wears Mercedes and BMW BrakesFinance
Zydus and MSN Launch First Generic Adempas in U.S.Finance
WZC Networking Marks 20 Years of Radio CoverageFinance
Metropolitan Dermatology Expands into Ocean CountyFinance
CAAS AP04 EPS Platform Meets ASPICE 4.0 CL2Finance
Landmarks Glow Orange for Bullying Prevention CampaignFinance
Early Holiday Cheer for Shelter PetsFinance
Temu and ICQRF Partner to Protect GIs OnlineFinance
LiLic Sidecar Debuts at YOTTA 2026Finance
Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Results at the VEINS 2026Finance
SiBionics and PharmaSens Showcase Niia SignatureFinance
Coastal Financial Investigated over BaaS Credit RiskFinance
Govee Enlists Sarah Michelle Gellar for Halloween PushFinance
Aetna Announces 2027 Medicare PlansFinance
ORSNN Names New Leaders for Loan TradingFinance
Long Island Operation Locates 34 Missing YouthsFinance
Google AI Fact-Check Rule Now Covers MetadataFinance
Hilton Opens Hale Hokuala Kauai as Curio ResortFinance
CHAI Offers Engineers 50% More Cash CompensationFinance
State Controller Publishes 2025 Payroll DataFinance
Farm4Profit Media Wins Inaugural MACA Industry ImpactFinance
California Enacts Senate Bill 1087Finance
Inner Circle Recognizes Martinez and SalamidoFinance
PANTHEON ACR's HOP Events Targets 25 Cities and 250 Annual Experiences in Global ExpansionFinance
Autoliv appoints Natalie Draisin and Thomas Manfred Müller to Research Advisory BoardFinance
Baker SoftWash to exhibit at Lake Norman Community Opportunities Vendor Festival in MooresvilleFinance
Habanos, S.A. debuts Montecristo Fragata travel humidor for duty-free and travel retailFinance
Mally Mall produces five tracks on Seyi Vibez's SWAGUU, debuting at No. 1 globally on SpotifyFinance
Saitama prefecture launches international campaign to promote SAYAMA-CHA teaFinance
RedHammer partner Scott Franchini joins Intuit Lighthouse Construction Customer Advisory BoardFinance
SAS and NC State launch AI think and do tank to advance health researchFinance
I Peace Named Top 10 Awardee in 2026 Longevity Breakthrough AwardsFinance
Mike Maroone Honda to host 9th annual car show for Habitat for HumanityFinance
Vero Fiber and MontanaSky Complete Merger to Form Northwest Montana Broadband ProviderFinance
Stryker faces investor scrutiny following disclosure of persistent peripheral vascular manufacturing issues