03:27 PM EST, 11/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were lower late Monday afternoon, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) down 0.6% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) shedding 1.3%. In corporate news, Havas Chief Executive Yannick Bollore denied reports that the company is in acquisition talks with WPP ( WPP ) , Bloomberg...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Generational Group, a leading mergers and acquisitions advisory firm for privately held businesses, is pleased to announce the sale of P3 Cost Analysts Franchise, LLC to Guideboat Capital Partners. The acquisition closed October 22, 2025. Based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, P3 Cost Analysts Franchise, LLC is a cost-reduction consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses uncover hidden savings and...

03:56 PM EST, 11/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Sinclair (SBGI) has accumulated an 8.2% stake in E.W. Scripps (SSP), contemplating a possible merger with the fellow broadcast station owner amid rising industry competition. Sinclair said in a regulatory filing Monday that it has engaged in constructive discussions with Scripps for several months regarding a potential combination. Diversified media company Sinclair owned...

Definitive Agreement Signed for Medica to Acquire Certain UCare Contracts and Assets. Transaction will Expand High-Quality, Affordable Health Care Coverage for more than 300,000 Minnesotans MINNETONKA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medica and UCare, both Minnesota-based nonprofit health plans, today announced a definitive agreement for Medica, with more than 1.4 million members across nine states, to acquire certain contracts and assets of...