Israel's startup scene has taken another big step forward today. Pitango Venture Capital , the Israel-based investment company behind like Apple-acquired Anobit , Samsung-acquired Boxee and many others, ...

Newmont Mining has joined the race for Glencore Xstrata's Peruvian copper mining project, underlining the US's largest gold producer's attempts to diversify its business. Glencore is selling Las Bambas ...

The former CEO of mining company Xstrata has a new venture to keep him busy. Mick Davis has brought together his former management team, all of whom had to go job hunting after the massive Glencore-Xstrata ...

African Minerals has struck a deal under which China's biggest iron trader will plough $600m into its flagship mining project in Sierra Leone and a take a 10 per cent equity stake in the Aim-quoted company. ...

Executive chairman of Applied Materials - the world's largest chip equipment maker - told CNBC on Wednesday that he was confident that its merger with rival Tokyo Electron would not face any regulatory ...

Dexia, the Franco-Belgian bank that had to be bailed out three times by taxpayers, offloaded its asset management division for ?380m to New York Life, matching the price of a deal that fell through earlier ...

Faced with some of the toughest conditions in the global technology industry, it isn't hard to see why a giant cross-border acquisition that promises to squeeze out costs and boost cash returns to shareholders ...

Business in Brazil has been key in a summer of scheming in Milan that finally led to Telefónica agreeing a deal to buy a bigger stake, and have a greater say, in the future of its Mediterranean rival, ...

Telecom Italia's Italian shareholders have struck a deal with Telefónica that will see the Spanish operator gradually increase its stake in Italy's largest telecoms provider through their shareholder pact. ...

US regulators on Monday approved plans for a joint venture on transatlantic routes between Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic. The US Department of Transportation is granting Delta and Virgin immunity ...

Telefónica is close to agreeing a deal to take a larger stake in Telecom Italia's controlling shareholder pact to resolve a long-running stand-off with its Italian partners in the southern European rival. ...

BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY) is in serious trouble on its own. The company’s only hope is a buyout under its search for strategic alternatives, and now have the first summation of a deal. The company ...

The science behind Huntsman's Corporation's $1.3bn acquisition this week of Rockwood Holdings titanium dioxide (TiO2) business is as much about financial engineering as chemistry. Such financial engineering ...

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) Acquisition of Vodafone Conference Transcript September 3, 2013 8:00 AM ET Executives Mike Stefanski - Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Lowell McAdam - Chairman ...

Not that anyone should be shocked. The deal has been rumored for days. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) bought out the minority interest of Verizon Wireless owned by Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD). ...

Amgen Inc. (AMGN) Analyst and Investor Conference August 26, 2013 8:30 AM ET Executives Arvind Sood - Vice President of Investor Relations Robert A. Bradway - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, ...

In theory, any investment firm with enough money could make an offer for TheStreet.com (NASDAQ: TST). The major hurdle to a takeover is that, without Jim Cramer, the founder and face of the public company, ...

For people who hate coffee, free WiFi, scones and obnoxious baristas, Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has entered the yogurt business, which is among the most crowded food businesses in the world. But Starbucks ...

Trian Fund Management, L.P., under Nelson Peltz, owns a stake more than $1.3 billion in shares of PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP). Now the fund group is becoming more of an activist as the group has just issued ...

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Tumblr CEO David Karp spoke with CNBC in the first television interview since the $1.1 billion deal was announced.

Two titans of online food ordering agreed to merge Monday. Chicago-based Grubhub and New York-centric Seamless agreed to join forces, creating an as-yet-unnamed entity aimed at signing up more restaurants ...

With the statute of limitations on civil cases in the US usually limited to five years, many of the root causes of the US financial crisis are now falling beyond the civil courts’ reach. So a lawsuit before ...

Look out the window and you'll probably see pigs flying by. Jim Cramer just recommended an airline stock.

Office supply retailers Office Max and Office Depot are near a merger that could be announced this week, according to people familiar with the matter.

Warren Buffett told CNBC Thursday that even after teaming up with 3G Capital Management in a $28 billion deal to acquire Heinz, he's still looking for another big acquisition and has the cash to pay for ...

H.J. Heinz confirmed Thursday that it agreed to be acquired by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and 3G for $28 billion.

Dell's shares surged following a report that the personal computer maker is in talks with private-equity firms over a potential buyout.

Oracle isn't planning on making any large acquisitions over the next couple of years and instead is focused on growing organically, CEO Larry Ellison said on CNBC on Tuesday.