M&A

• Worthington Steel to buy Kloeckner & Co in $2.4 billion deal  Reuters

• Mitsubishi to Buy Aethon US Gas Assets in $5.2 Billion Deal Bloomberg

• OpenAI invests in Sam Altman’s brain computer interface startup Merge Labs. Techcrunch

• ‘Dune’ Studio Sells Stake to Japan’s TBS at $4 Billion Valuation   Bloomberg

• Boston Scientific to Buy Penumbra for $15 Billion in Cash, Stock. Wall Street Journal

  
  

• Wall Street bankers shift focus to busy 2026 after cashing in on big deals Reuters

  
  

• BMO-Led Lenders Push for Ssense Liquidation Over Founder Buyout Bloomberg 

  
  

•  Rio Tinto and BHP team up for iron ore savings in Australia  Financial Times