Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions Articles

The competition to buy Starwood Hotels & Resorts heated up Monday morning with the announcement that Marriott raised its offer to more than $13 billion.
IHS and Markit, two well-known names in the information and analytics world, announced an all-stock merger Monday morning.
Sherwin-Williams and Valspar announced Sunday that the two paint companies have agreed to a deal in which the former will acquire the latter for $113 per share in cash.
The announced $10 billion acquisition of Columbia Pipeline gives TransCanada a solid foothold in the natural gas-producing Marcellus and Utica shale plays.
With an aging population, and larger health care companies looking to add new technologies and capabilities, the chances for mergers and acquisitions activity to jump are very real.
ON Semiconductor has announced that it has extended its previously announced tender offer to purchase all the outstanding shares of Fairchild Semiconductor.
Tribune Publishing will buy Freedom Communications, owner of the Orange County Register. It was an ideal arrangement until the U.S. Department of Justice decided to block it.
Credit Suisse started new analyst coverage on many health care related stocks on Wednesday, issuing very positive views on Rite Aid and on would-be acquirer Walgreens Boots Alliance.
The two largest stock exchange operators in Europe have agreed to combine in a merger that would create an exchange operator with a market cap of almost $30 billion.
The FCC reportedly is about to give the green light to the proposed merger between Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable.
After a brutal year for oil pricing, some companies may be looking very attractive to majors and the large exploration and production companies. We found four well-known stocks on the RBC list.
In what is a yearly and very all-encompassing report, the analysts at RBC again go through every sector looking for possible takeover candidates.
Shares of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide popped about 10% in Monday's premarket following an announcement that the company it has received a new buyout offer.
Specialty grocery store chain Fresh Market has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Apollo Global Management for approximately $1.36 billion
GM announced Friday that it is acquiring a Silicon Valley startup that is developing technology for self-driving vehicles.