Companies & CEOs
European Commission launches antitrust investigation against Red Bull - 11/14/2025
The European Commission has initiated an inquiry into Red Bull, an energy drink company. According to the Financial Times, the regulator is looking into whether the Austrian firm has misused its strong position in the market. The EC believes Red Bull may have created a strategy across Europe that affected the sales of other energy drinks that are bigger than 250 ml in stores like supermarkets and...
Semiconductor manufacturer Infineon returns to quarterly profit - 11/13/2025
German semiconductor producer Infineon Technologies AG announced a net profit and higher revenue for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2025, which ran from July to September. During this quarter, the company's revenue rose by 1% compared to the same period last year, reaching €3.94 billion. The company's net profit was €231 million, a significant improvement from a loss of €84 million in the...
Goldman Sachs to receive record $110 million fee for Electronic Arts sale - 11/12/2025
Goldman Sachs Group will get a fee of $110 million for helping Electronic Arts (EA) with a deal where a group of investors is buying the video game company for $55 billion. This is the biggest M&A fee ever recorded for the investment bank, as reported by the Financial Times. Before this, the largest fee Goldman Sachs had publicly shared was for advising on the $36 billion sale of Kellanova to...
Warren Buffett announces "going low" and giving $1.3 billion to charity - 11/11/2025
Legendary investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, who is ranked 10th on the Forbes online billionaires list with a net worth of $148.2 billion, released a letter to shareholders in which he stated he would be "going low." This means he will no longer conduct annual earnings calls and will stop speaking at the company's shareholder meetings. Buffett also revealed plans to increase the...
Anthropic to open offices in Paris and Munich - 11/10/2025
American AI startup Anthropic has revealed plans to establish new offices across Europe, marking an expansion of its operations in the region where interest in its AI, Claude, is consistently increasing. The company will set up its initial European offices in France and Germany, located in Paris and Munich. This brings the total number of Anthropic's European offices to five. In 2024, the...
Starbucks to form JV with Boyu Capital to manage coffee shop chain in China - 11/06/2025
American Starbucks Corp. has formed a joint venture with Chinese investment firm Boyu Capital, as reported by Xinhua. Under the agreement, Boyu will hold a 60% stake in the new venture, which will oversee the operation of Starbucks coffee shops in China. Boyu will be responsible for licensing the Starbucks brand and its intellectual property to the joint venture, with the remaining 40% owned by...
Kimberly-Clark to acquire Kenvue for $48.7 billion - 11/04/2025
Kimberly-Clark Corp. has struck a deal to purchase Kenvue Inc., placing the value of the consumer healthcare products manufacturer at $48.7 billion, inclusive of debt. A joint press release states that Kimberly-Clark will compensate Kenvue shareholders with $3.50 in cash and around 0.15 of its own shares for each share. The proposal prices Kenvue shares at $21.01, roughly 1.5 times the closing...
Starbucks' US delivery sales exceed $1 billion - 10/31/2025
Starbucks, the operator of the world's largest coffee shop chain, revealed that its US delivery service is continuing to expand quickly, with a year-over-year increase of almost 30% during the fourth quarter of its 2025 fiscal year. Delivery sales surpassed $1 billion in fiscal year 2025, which ended on September 30. The company explained that delivery orders are generally almost twice the size...
Nvidia becomes first company in history with $5 trillion market cap - 10/30/2025
Nvidia has become the first public company in history to reach a $5 trillion market value, according to Bloomberg, which is citing market data. On October 29, the company's shares went up by 5.3% during trading, reaching a high of $211.63. Just four months ago, Nvidia's market value crossed the $4 trillion mark, and its growth has been speeding up since then. Only two other companies have reached...
Water utilities American Water and Essential Utilities to merge into $63 billion company - 10/28/2025
American Water Works and Essential Utilities, two companies that provide water and wastewater services in the United States, have announced their intention to merge, as stated in a formal release. The merger will be carried out through a stock exchange. Shareholders of Essential Utilities will receive 0.305 shares of American Water for each share they currently own. Following the merger, American...
