A rundown of the most important Pentagon contracts awarded Friday.

* Deal increase Tesoro's market share, but remains No. 2 * California atty general must also approve deal By Diane Bartz and Erwin Seba WASHINGTON/HOUSTON, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp. ...

We upgrade our recommendation on PVR Partners to Neutral from Underperform.

Tesoro (TSO) and Tesoro Logistics (TLLP) have reached an agreement for TLLP to acquire a portion of the Carson logistics assets from Tesoro for an expected transaction value of approximately $640M. Closing ...

Tesoro and Tesoro Logistics have reached an agreement for TLLP to acquire a portion of the Carson logistics assets from Tesoro for an expected transaction value of approximately $640M. Closing of the logistics ...

We reiterate our long-term Neutral recommendation on Virgin Media based on the company's strong financial results in the first quarter of 2013.

In an effort to strengthen its portfolio, Kimco Realty Corp. disclosed the purchase of the Marketplace at Factoria in suburban Seattle community of Bellevue, Wash.

Allied Electronics Corp., a maker of pay-television set-top boxes, offered to buy the shares it doesn’t already own in Allied Technologies Ltd. to simplify the structure of the two companies and make savings....

Delta Air Lines has filed with European antitrust regulators seeking approval for its deal to acquire a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic.

The Billion Dollar COPD Deal: Who Gains The Most?

LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - British healthcare property owner Assura Group said on Friday it had received a takeover approach from rival MedicX Fund, sending its shares higher. Assura said that MedicX had ...

TELUS Corporation has agreed to take over wireless carrier Mobilicity for $380 million.

David Karp. Image by Matthew Buchanan / Flickr via CrunchBase The Tumblr sweepstakes have begun. According to multiple reports (the first coming from All Things D), the social blogging site is in serious talks with Yahoo, which is looking to secure a strategic investment, partnership or even an outright acquisition. In …

Caterpillar Inc and China-based Mining Machinery Ltd said on Thursday they have settled outstanding issues related to Caterpillar's acquisition of mining equipment firm ERA and its Siwei unit through a ...

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Independent western U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp may take ownership of BP Plc's 240,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery in Carson, California, as early as June 1, sources familiar ...

In a bid to strengthen its storage business, Iron Mountain recently acquired three record management companies from Information Storage Consolidation Company.

In a bid to expand its operational roots, Mo.-based Commerce Bancshares, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement with Summit Bancshares, Inc., of Tulsa and Oklahoma City to acquire the latter.

Vodafone Signs Deutsche Telekom Deal

TransDigm recently signed a definitive agreement to acquire Arkwin Industries, Inc.

Yesterday, Arris Group announced that it has restructured its business model and provided the future financial guidance.

TC PipeLines LP entered into a deal with TransCanada Corporation to raise its stake in each of Gas Transmission Northwest LLC and Bison Pipeline LLC by 45%.

(The following statement was released by the rating agency) CHICAGO, May 16 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has placed the ratings of RPI Finance Trust (RPI FT), including the 'BBB-' Issuer Default Rating (IDR), ...

TransDigm hit an all-time high of $155.97 on May 15, 2013.

A shareholder coup at newly merged commodities group Glencore Xstrata ousted its chairman and all former Xstrata directors on Thursday, replacing him with former BP boss Tony Hayward, excoriated for his ...

InfiniBand chips developer Mellanox Technologies recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Kotura for approximately $82.0 million

Altera Corp. recently took over privately-held power converter chip maker Enpirion to produce more energy efficient FPGA chips.

Unions representing US Air and American ground workers agreed to work together to head off a Teamster takeover.

DDR Corp. has agreed to buy 30 of 44 shopping centers from its existing joint venture (JV) with The Blackstone Group L.P. for $1.46 billion.

CNBC's David Faber has the latest details on the satellite company's financing deal for its proposed merger with Sprint. Also, a look at financing and the Dell proposal.

Shares of Actavis Inc. rose Thursday after reports surfaced that one of the world's biggest generic drugmaker has drawn interest from some competitors considering an acquisition. The Parsippany, N.J., ...

Understanding Facebook's Waze

Shares of Actavis Inc. rose in premarket trading Thursday after reports surfaced that one of the world's biggest generic drugmaker has drawn interest from some competitors considering an acquisition. The ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will decide by June 20 whether to clear a bid by Delta Air Lines for a 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic, which would help Delta to better compete with rivals ...

Actavis - A Potential Deal With Warner Chilcott Would Further Spur Interest In Actavis Itself

You've got to be one heck of a business person to get called out by Jim Cramer. On Wendesday he called out five.

Paulson Takes Stake in Citi and Hess, Holds Steady on Gold

LKQ Corp., Sator Holding B.V. - M&A Call

Over the last several years, Mitsubishi UFJ has been striving hard to expand inorganically. The latest deal is also a step in that direction.

By Ilaina Jonas NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - DDR Corp, owner of shopping centers where big-box retailers are located, said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy from Blackstone Group LP the portion of 30 centers ...

By Soyoung Kim and Olivia Oran NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp has lined up four banks to finance its $25.5 billion (16.7 billion pounds) bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, escalating the bidding war against ...

Deal price of $286 million suggests TransDigm is getting a bargain price.

As expected, MedTech mergers and acquisitions are heating up in 2013.

Focus On M&A At Liberty Media And Liberty Global

Ares' CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

LONDON (Reuters) - Severn Trent rejected a takeover offer on Wednesday that sources with direct knowledge of the bid valued at just under 20 pounds per share, setting the scene for an extended battle for ...

* Including tax benefits, price was 'cheap': analyst * Itaú trumped Bradesco, Santander in race for units * Shares jump 2.1 percent, rise to highest in a week SAO PAULO, May 15 (Reuters) - Itaú Unibanco ...

The $765 million purchase involves major artists like Coldplay and Radiohead. To win approval in Europe, Warner Music agreed to sell assets to independent labels.

In furtherance of its strategy of reducing international operations, on Tuesday, the Brazilian unit of Citigroup Inc. (C) came up with the announcement of the sale of its credit card and consumer finance ...