WLTW News and Press, Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company From 07/26/21

Melpomenem/iStock via Getty Images Willis Towers Watson's (WLTW) board approves an increase of $1B to its existing share repurchase program, which has ~$500M remaining on its current open-ended repurchase authority. The move comes as WLTW gets a $1B termination fee from Aon ([[AON]] +7.0%) af...

Zoom uses its expensive stock to enter adjacent market with the acquisition of Five9 for $14.7 billion. Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation's board supports the pending merger of MNR with Equity Commonwealth after receiving a competing offer from Starwood. Salesforce compl...

ARLINGTON, Va. and LONDON, July 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ:WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, announced that its Board of Directors approved an increase of $1 billion to its existing share repurchase program, w...

Aon and Willis Towers Watson Mutually Agree to Terminate Combination Agreement PR Newswire DUBLIN , July 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON) and Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW) announced today that the firms have agreed to terminate their...

Baron is an asset management firm focused on delivering growth equity investment solutions known for long-term, fundamental, active approach to growth investing. Baron Asset Fund increased 10.03% (Institutional Shares), while the Russell Midcap Growth Index increased 11.07%, and the S...

JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Willis Towers Watson (WLTW) gained 3.6% after a report that the AON (AON) has held settlement talks with the DOJ to try to resolve the matter so that DOJ will approve deal. AON could agreed to a "wide-ranging" remedies package to secure DO...

ARLINGTON, Va., July 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pay raises are making a comeback. U.S. companies plan to give employees larger raises next year as they recover from the economic fallout from the pandemic and face mounting challenges attracting and retaining employees, according to a new s...

M&A activity increases with eight new deals announced. Welbilt terminates its deal with The Middleby Corporation and agrees to be acquired by Ali Group. Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation receives an unsolicited acquisition proposal from a large private investment fir...

ARLINGTON, Va., July 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global life and property and casualty (P&C) insurers want to improve the efficiency and auditability of their processes and close the gap between their current use of automation and where they aspire to be in five years. These key learni...

Welbilt receives a second more lucrative offer from the Ali Group that is well above the current all-stock deal with Middleby. Regulatory agencies flex their muscles with China’s antitrust regulator blocking Tencent Holdings’ plan to merge Huya and DouYu. EU approves...