Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions Articles

Credit card giant Visa on Monday announced that it is acquiring venture-funded fintech company Plaid for $5.3 billion. Visa bided its time before entering the fintech fray, but this deal was worth...
While much attention has been given to efforts of moving beyond fossil fuel use in the twenty-first century, many infrastructure entities from utilities to investment companies to government-related...
Aerospace industry firms Woodward and Hexcel are merging to create a company with combined revenues of more than $5 billion to become one of the industry's largest suppliers.
Dermira shares made a handy gain to close out the week after it was announced that Eli Lilly would be acquiring the firm.
Food delivery service Grubhub got a boost Thursday on reports of a sale or merger. The company denied the reports and the share price is tumbling Friday. What does that say about the company?
Occidental Petroleum has agreed to reduce its stake in Western Midstream to less than 50% this year and give up some control of Western's general partner. Oxy also sheds about $7.8 billion in debt,...
Brazil's Natura & Co has announced that it will complete its acquisition of Avon on January 3.
Fantasy sports and online sports betting site DraftKings has agreed to a combination with special-purpose acquisition group Diamond Eagle that will lead to a public listing in the first half of next...
When most investors and consumers think of antitrust issues and monopolies, they probably think of big giant multinational companies with billions of dollars in sales and assets and likely even...
The proposed merger of equals between Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot will create the world's third-largest automaker by revenue.
Energy pipeline operator Tallgrass Energy Partners has agreed to be acquired by affiliates of Blackstone for about $4 billion in cash.
Oil and gas producer WPX Energy on Monday announced a deal to acquire privately held Felix Energy for $2.5 billion in cash and stock. Investors like the deal.
A trial beginning Monday pits 14 state attorneys general against the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. The states claim that the merger is uncompetitive and will raise consumer prices. They...
Audentes Therapeutics shares more than doubled on Tuesday after the firm announced that it would be acquired by Astellas. Although Audentes has only been public for just over three years, this...
Iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs will acquire steelmaker AK Steel in an all-stock deal valued at $1.1 billion. Investors are less than excited.