Finance Updates – Page 101

Canada’s Critical Minerals Tipping Point: Regulation vs Economics in Investment Hurdles

Americas Policy Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

Ottawa is ramping up tax credits, infrastruct...

A B.C. review finds many EA-approved mines ar...

Industry disputes that conclusion, arguing pe...

The policy push versus perceived regulatory b...

How Place-Based Investment & Clean Energy Power Economic Turnaround in Fossil Fuel Regions

Americas Policy Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

Carbon-specialized regions have seen steep fo...

Place-based federal investments like EDAs Bui...

Even with some post-2021 fossil employment re...

Success hinges on sustained, large-scale fund...

Canada GDP Growth Slows: Mining Holds Up While Manufacturing Faces Pressure

Global FYI Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

Canadas real GDP rose 0.1% in March 2025 afte...

Resource extraction jumped (mining, quarrying...

Services improved with retail trade up 0.8% a...

Momentum faded in April as GDP slipped 0.1% w...

Norway Set to Pour NOK 363B into Industry in 2025: Shifting from Oil to Clean Energy

Europe Forecast Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

Total investment across oil & gas, manufactur...

Oil & gas investment is forecast at a record ...

Overall investment still edges up in 2026 (ab...

Forecast uncertainty is high due to commodity...

Regulatory Approval Clears Way: Huntington-Cadence $7.4B Merger to Close Feb 1, 2026

Americas M&A Retail Banking

Cadence Bank and Huntington Bancshares have r...

The $7.4B all-stock deal offers 2.475 Hunting...

The combined bank will operate in 21 states w...

Huntington says it does not plan branch closu...

How FTC’s New Merger Regime Raises the Bar for Deal Makers in 2025 +

Global FYI Financial Services

The FTC under Chairman Andrew Ferguson is req...

Mars’s $36B acquisition of Kellanova received...

Synopsys’s $35B acquisition of Ansys was appr...

For 2025, HSR thresholds and fees increased, ...

Huntington’s Cadence Acquisition: A Strategic Leap Into Southern Banking Markets

Americas M&A Commercial Banking

Huntington Bancshares’ $7.4B all-stock acquis...

The merger would create a ~$276B-asset bank w...

Management projects ~10% EPS accretion, mild ...

The OCC’s 56-day approval highlights faster b...

Elon-Queens Merger Set for 2026: What It Means for Charlotte’s Higher Education

Americas M&A Healthcare

Elon University and Queens University of Char...

The merger is contingent on SACSCOC and U.S. ...

Until approvals, the schools remain separate ...

The deal aims to expand scale and student opp...

Heritage Financial Secures Approval for ~$176.6M All-Stock Olympic Bancorp Deal, Targeting 18% EPS Gain

Americas M&A Commercial Banking

Heritage Financial has secured all regulatory...

The $176.6 million all-stock deal uses a fixe...

The merger adds 17 branches and about $1.7B i...

Heritage also strengthens its low-cost deposi...

Huntington’s $7.4B Cadence Deal: $276B Bank, Southern Growth & Trade-Offs

Americas M&A Commercial Banking

Huntington Bancshares has received all requir...

Cadence shareholders will receive 2.475 Hunti...

The combined bank is expected to have about $...

Management expects roughly 10% EPS accretion ...