This week, Novelis gets a thumbs up to move forward with Aleris, Avira is acquired by Investcorp and the North American Speedo brand is reunited with its global counterparts.

This week, Gilead takes out FortySeven, Apple acquires start-up Voysis and Infor is purchased by Koch Industries.

This week, Letgo is acquired by OfferUp, T-Mobile and Sprint finally merge after a long legal battle and IKEA gains AI imaging startup Geomagical Labs.

This week, The New York Times Company pursues audio by gaining Audm, Thoma Bravo acquires Instructure and FaceBank Group and fuboTV enter into a merger agreement.

This week, Costco bolsters its supply chains by acquiring Innovel Solutions. LexisNexis acquires Emailage Corp. and Macquarie wins a bidding war to acquire Cincinnati Bell.

This week, WebMD strengthens with the acquisition of StayWell, OpenText acquires XMedius Solutions and Nasdaq pairs its EVestment Inc. with Solovis.

This week, Thoma Bravo expands its portfolio in cybersecurity with the acquisition of Sophos. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. makes strides in molecular diagnostics with QIAGEN and Yum Brands invests in fast food leadership training with its acquisition of Heartstyles.

This week, Facebook continues its VR push by acquiring Sanzaru Games. Salesforce expands its vertical capabilities with Vlocity and Intuit grows with the purchase of Credit Karma.

This week, Eli Lilly makes moves in healthcare by buying Dermira, Morgan Stanley is planning to make one of the biggest deals in the last decade and eBay sells StubHub to Viagogo.