Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions Articles

As merger talks with Charter and Comcast have evaporated, a tie-up between Sprint and T-Mobile is once again moving to the front burner.
Yelp stock rocketed higher this morning after a bang-up earning report and the announced sale of its Eat24 delivery service to GrubHub, which is seeing its shares rise 10% as well.
Nissan was charged with unfair labor practices, Tesla may operate the batteries at wind farms off the Massachusetts coast, and more headlines.
Sprint's controlling shareholder, SoftBank, may make an offer for Charter Communications. It would be a major move for Softbank's empire-building chairman.
Charter Communications denies interest in buying Sprint, corporate earnings may be their best since 2008, and more headlines.
Twitter has a few financial positives many other large tech companies do not. That makes it a takeover target again, now that its market cap has dropped to close to as low as it has been in two years.
Facebook, Volkswagen and Huawei posted impressive results, Amazon.com plans to hire 50,000 Americans, and more headlines.
Viacom reportedly is willing to make a cash offer for Scripps Networks Interactive, the United Kingdom may ban the sale of new gas and diesel powered cars, and more headlines.
Michael Kors, which styles itself as affordable luxury, is slipping on a new shoe. The company said Tuesday it agreed to buy luxury footwear brand Jimmy Choo.
Softbank will try to buy a multibillion dollar position in Uber, Michael Kors will buy Jimmy Choo, and more.
KKR and Internet Brands have agreed to acquire online health services company WebMD in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $2.8 billion.
Shares of Scripps Networks and Discovery Communications are rising on reports of a merger.
Merrill Lynch had been a holdout AT&T bull for for some time. That has ended, ahead of the acquisition of Time Warner.
Activist investor Daniel Loeb continues to pressure Nestle to improve its stock and financial performance, the global investment in energy dropped sharply again in 2016 and Microsoft has a plan to...
The owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, the city's second-largest paper, may shutter it if the U.S. Department of Justice blocks Tronc, the owner of the largest paper in the city, from buying it.