Monthly Archives: July, 2025

Office Space: MCME Carell to Acquire City Office REIT for $1.1B

As the commercial real estate market seeks to find its footing, City Office REIT, Inc. (NYSE: CIO) announced plans to be acquired by MCME Carell...

Analytics Reveal Freedom of Information Act Litigation Over a Decade

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a powerful statute. Enacted in 1966, it established a mechanism for members of the public to request...

Q2 Roundup: The [Mergers] Must Go On

Global M&A rebounded during Q2 2025 with an 11% increase in total deal value year-over-year. Economic growth, declining interest rates, and the resilience of...

How the Media Probes Trump’s Trade and Immigration Enforcement

FOIAengine: Requests Run the Gamut from Child Detentions to China Trade In the six months since President Trump’s inauguration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has...

Back to the Beach: Hyatt sells Playa Portfolio to Tortuga Resorts for $2B

Hyatt Hotels announced plans to sell its Playas real estate portfolio, just acquired from Playa as recently as June 17, 2025, for $2 billion...

Some Research Into Short-Seller Culper Research

FOIAengine:  How a Proxy Requester Masks Its Identity On April 14, 2021, online forums where retail investors and short sellers exchange research, rumors, and trading...

Builder Buyout: Home Depot Acquires GMS for $5.5B

The world's largest home improvement retailer, Home Depot, announced plans to acquire GMS, a leading North American specialty building products distributor, for $5.5 billion....

ExodusPoint Gains A Unique Advantage

FOIAengine: Decoding How a Hedge Fund Tracks FDA Requests ExodusPoint burst onto the hedge fund scene in 2018 with the largest launch in history —...