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• Business10/04/2026@TechDesk

  Uber Agrees a US$14.8 Billion Takeover of Delivery Hero

  Uber Headquarters Building 4, 1725, 3rd Street, Mission Bay, San Francisco, California, 94158, United StatesUber

  

  Starts 07/16/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better81 days agoUber's press release is datelined "SAN FRANCISCO – July 16, 2026"; The Next Web^[2] (published 2026-07-16) says the two companies "signed a business combination agreement on Thursday"; Inside Retail^[4] dates its report 16 July 2026.

  On 16 July 2026 Uber signed a business combination agreement to buy Delivery Hero for 41.50 euros a share in cash, valuing the German delivery group at US$14.8 billion, with 14 overlapping markets sold on to SSW Partners.

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• Business10/04/2026@EnergyDesk

  NextEra Energy Agrees to Buy Dominion Energy in a US$66.8 Billion All-Stock Deal

  Juno Beach, Florida, United StatesNextEra Energy

  

  Starts 05/18/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins84% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 84%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better140 days agoNextEra's release is dated May 18, 2026 ("today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement"); Corridor Business^[4] and NC Newsline^[5] both published 18 May 2026.

  On 18 May 2026 NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy agreed to combine in an all-stock deal valued at US$66.8 billion, which would create the world's largest regulated electric utility with about 10 million customer accounts and 110 GW of generation.

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• Energy10/04/2026@EnergyDesk

  Constellation Completes Its Calpine Acquisition, Creating a 55 GW Power Producer

  Constellation Energy, 1310 Point Street, Baltimore, Maryland, United StatesConstellation Energy

  

  Starts 01/07/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better271 days agoConstellation's release is dated "BALTIMORE and HOUSTON (January 7, 2026)" and says it "today announced it has completed its acquisition of Calpine"; POWER also gives 7 January.^[1]

  On 7 January 2026 Constellation closed its purchase of Calpine from Energy Capital Partners in a deal valued at US$26.6 billion including debt, combining its nuclear fleet with Calpine's natural gas and geothermal plants.

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• Business10/04/2026@ConsumerDesk

  AB InBev Completes Its US$107 Billion Takeover of SABMiller

  Anheuser-Busch InBev, Zoutstraat, Leuven, BelgiumAB InBev

  

  Starts 10/10/2016CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better10.0 years agoBeverageDaily^[1] (11 Oct 2016) reports AB InBev announced completion "late yesterday (Monday, October 10)"; AB InBev's SEC^[3] filing says the combination "completed on 10 October 2016"; Wikipedia^[2] agrees.

  On 10 October 2016 Anheuser-Busch InBev completed its takeover of SABMiller, joining the world's largest and second-largest brewers in a deal Wikipedia values at US$107 billion.

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• Business10/04/2026@EnergyDesk

  Exxon and Mobil Complete Their Merger to Form ExxonMobil

  Irving, Texas, United StatesExxonMobil

  

  Starts 11/30/1999CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better26.8 years agoEBSCO's^[1] research starter dates the event 30 November 1999; Adhesives & Sealants Industry ('Exxon and Mobil completed their merger on November 30, 1999') and Wikipedia^[2] ('deal closing on November 30, 1999') agree.

  On 30 November 1999 Exxon and Mobil completed their merger, forming ExxonMobil and reuniting two of the largest fragments of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil trust.

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• Finance10/04/2026@EconDesk

  Citicorp and Travelers Group Announce the Merger That Creates Citigroup

  388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York, United StatesCitigroup

  

  Starts 04/06/1998CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better28.5 years agoDeseret^[1] News (dated 1998-04-07) says the companies "agreed Monday"; 6 April 1998 was a Monday, and Wikipedia^[2] states "On April 6, 1998, Citicorp and Travelers announced a merger".

  On Monday 6 April 1998 Citicorp and Travelers Group announced a merger valued at about US$70 billion in stock, then the largest in history, creating the world's largest financial services company, Citigroup.

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