Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions Articles

Independent oil and gas company Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE: MRO) announced Monday morning that it has signed a definitive purchase and sale agreement to acquire PayRock Energy Holdings. Marathon will...
In a terse letter to the Federal-Mogul, activist investor Carl Icahn's Icahn Enterprises on Monday morning raised its offer for the remaining shares of Federal-Mogul that Icahn doesn't own.
Shares of Elizabeth Arden skyrocketed early Friday following the announcement that the company will be acquired by Revlon.
Do analysts and investors alike hate this merger? The price reaction would indicate that they do. Analyst notes indicate a much more mixed view.
One rule of thumb about slow-growing companies in a fast-growing sector is that it does not take a lot of employees to stop growing. At least job cuts improve margins, if only temporarily.
Dataram Corp. (NASDAQ: DRAM) has watched its shares fall over the course of Tuesday following the announcement of an acquisition. The company recently announced that it has entered into a definitive...
Microsoft has announced early that it would acquire LinkedIn. 24/7 Wall St. put together a montage of what analysts are saying about LinkedIn.
NXP Semiconductors traded down slightly Tuesday morning after the announcement that it will divest its Standard Products business to a consortium of financial investors.
Big tech companies looked at their M&A strategies as the LinkedIn deal hit the news. Did any of them even seriously think about Twitter as a target? There only needs to be one.
Mednax has announced that it will acquire Cardon Outreach, one of the nation's largest providers of integraded revenue cycle management services.
Symantec has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Blue Coat for roughly more than $4 billion in cash.
Microsoft announced on Monday morning that it would acquire LinkedIn in an all-cash transaction valued at more than $26 billion
Merck and Afferent Pharmaceuticals reportedly have signed a definitive agreement under which the former will acquire the latter.
Though Polycom received a revised non-binding acquisition offer from a private equity firm worth more than $1.6 billion, it reaffirmed its previous commitment to merge with Mitel Networks.
According to The New York Post, embattled companies Twitter and Yahoo have talked about a merger.