Eight deals crossed the wires on October 29. One of them is a $17 billion merger. The rest are a robot manicure roll-up, a stock exchange moving into crypto-native perpetuals, two power infrastructure bets, a reactor parts contract, a healthcare buyout and a debt swap. In most of them the headline number isn’t the one that tells you what happened. Here’s each deal and the figure worth keeping. DoorDash to Acquire Instacart DoorDash will pay $65.

Strategic Brief: Multipolar Volatility and Systemic Convergence SUBJECT: Global Risk Assessment: Geopolitical Compression and Infrastructure Fragility I. The Geopolitical Tectonic Shift The current global environment is defined by systemic compression, where disparate geopolitical, economic, and technological stressors have collapsed into a singular, high-pressure state. Strategic planning horizons have truncated from decadal projections to 90-day operational windows. The Middle East Kinetic Cycle: Tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran are no longer regional externalities; they are primary drivers of global fiscal policy.