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HES Jan 2026 120.000 put
- Yahoo Finance Video
Hess shareholders vote, approve $53 billion Chevron merger
Hess (HES) shareholders have ultimately given the green light for the energy giant to be acquired by Chevron (CVX). Yahoo Finance Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferré breaks down the latest on this merger and comments from Chevron after the Hess shareholders vote. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination Overtime. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
- Barrons.com
Why the AI Stock Market Divide Is Widening Amid Fed Rate Fears, and 4 Other Things to Know Today
Hess shareholders approve Chevron merger but challenges remain, OpenAI forms new safety committee as it rolls out next model, and other news to start your day.
- Reuters SG
Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
** Anglo American rejected BHP Group's last-ditch request for more time to discuss a $49 billion takeover offer, dismissing it as highly complex and ending a five-week pursuit by the bigger rival. ** A consortium of U.S. investment firm KKR and Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has emerged as the frontrunner to buy a minority stake worth $1 billion in one of Asia's biggest data centre providers, two sources said. ** The owner of Britain's Royal Mail has agreed to a 3.57 billion pound ($4.55 billion) takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, it said on Wednesday, in a take-private deal of one of the world's oldest postal firms.
