All Star Healthcare Solutions Acquires Cross Country Healthcare's Locums Division

According to Reuters, Alphabet’s Google won a Spirit Airlines bankruptcy auction to buy Spirit’s internal business data for $10 million, outbidding offers including a $7.5 million bid from Mercor. The dataset includes about 100 million emails and 500 million Teams chats. Google says it will receive de-identified data after PII scrubbing, pending a U.S. bankruptcy judge’s approval.

Morningstar DBRS said American Family Mutual Insurance will acquire Bowhead Specialty Holdings under a definitive agreement, and the deal should not change Bowhead’s credit ratings or trends. DBRS cited American Family’s improving 2025 statutory net income of $3.2B and expects broader resources and distribution. Transaction values Bowhead at about $1.2B, expected to close before end-2026.

Germany’s Bundeskartellamt cleared Merck’s planned acquisition of Bio-Techne in the first phase of merger control, saying the firms’ activities are largely complementary and overlaps do not raise major competition concerns. Merck offered $73 per Bio-Techne share, valuing it at about $11.3B (€9.9B). Remaining approvals are needed; closing expected late 2026 or early 2027.

Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) says it completed via Ecopetrol Investimentos the acquisition of about a 51% controlling stake in Brava Energia S.A. for about US$1.2 billion, after a voluntary tender offer on B3 and a share purchase agreement. Brava reported 2026E reserves of 459 mmboe (1P) and 605 mmboe (2P), with June 2026 production of 84.4 kboed.

EQT Holdings shares rose 19.4% to A$20.66 after TPG Global submitted a non-binding takeover proposal valuing EQT at about A$657.8 million, or A$24.55 per share, a 41.8% premium, according to Investing.com. The offer is conditional on TPG review and due diligence, leaving execution risk.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger filed to intervene in the State Corporation Commission review of a proposed $67 billion merger between NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy. Her filing says the review should focus on affordable energy bills, protecting the utility workforce, and advancing reliable clean local power, with requests for more merger details.