Yahoo! Shells Out $1.1 Billion in Must-Buy Deal for Tumblr

Google Inc., maker of the Android operating system, is considering buying map-software provider Waze Inc., setting up a possible bidding war with Facebook Inc., people familiar with the matter said.

Warburg Pincus LLC would reap more than a threefold return on its $1.7 billion equity investment in Bausch & Lomb Inc. if talks to sell the eye-care company for $9 billion bear fruit, a person with knowledge ...

By Ronald Grover and Greg Roumeliotis LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) has submitted a formal proposal to buy Hulu, joining a growing list of bidders for the video service owned by News ...

Yahoo has submitted a formal proposal to buy Hulu, joining a growing list of bidders for the video service owned by News Corp. and Walt Disney, two sources with knowledge of the bid told Reuters on Friday....

By Sarah McBride and Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is in talks to buy Waze, an Israeli mapping start-up that has held discussions with several large technology companies, two sources ...

Hungry for an acquisition, Valeant Pharmaceuticals sets its sights on privately held eye-care company Bausch & Lomb in a possible deal worth $9 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported around midday Friday ...

Office suppliers Office Depot Inc. and OfficeMax Inc. have enlisted The Boston Consulting Group to provide support for their pending merger. The two office-supply chains said in February they planned to ...

NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is nearing a deal to acquire eye care company Bausch & Lomb Holdings Inc from Warburg Pincus LLC for about $9 billion, a person ...

Duke Energy and Alinda Capital Partners are bringing the power company's telecom fiber unit known as DukeNet Communications to market, sources said.

IT management software provider SolarWinds recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire N-able Technologies for $120.0 million in cash

Royalty Pharma disclosed Friday that a negligible number of Elan Corp. PLC shareholders have voted their shares in favor of its offer to buy the company. The New York company offered to buy Elan in February ...

By Alastair Sharp and Euan Rocha TORONTO, May 24 (Reuters) - Manitoba Telecom Services Inc will sell its Allstream fiber optic network to a company controlled by telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris for C$520 ...

DISH Network Corp. has added Scotiabank to a list of four other banks

Marsh & McLennan's Marsh intends to acquire Peru-based Rehder y Asociados Group for an undisclosed amount.

On May 23, 2013, we reiterated our long-term recommendation on BlackRock, Inc. at Neutral based on its improved capital deployment activities and acquisition plans.

Google is considering buying the Israeli mobile satellite navigation startup, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook.

Google is the biggest company in the U.S. without a dividend, but that may change.

FTC Begins Probe of Google's Display-Ad Business

Cerberus Mulls Bid for Harris Teeter

May 24 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Philip Morris International's deal to buy out a minority shareholder in its Mexican subsidiary is the sort of acquisition ...

May 24 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Friday: * Toshiba Corp and U.S. private equity firm KKR & Co LP KKR.N are among those expected to bid for Panasonic ...

Actavis To Increase Operational Synergies By Acquiring Warner

The Ireland-based biotech firm's board unanimously declines the latest buyout offer.

May 23 (Reuters) - Google Inc is considering buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook Inc, Bloomberg news reported, citing people familiar ...

Waze is a mapping app for smartphones that's infused with cool social features.

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Brinker is set to buy 11 of its franchised Chili's restaurants based in Alberta, Canada from Speedy Creek Ltd., which has long been one of its franchisees.

Royalty Pharma has eased one of its conditions for completing its recently increased offer to buy Irish drugmaker Elan Corp. PLC for $12.50 per share, or about $7.5 billion. The New York company said Thursday ...

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s sweetened bid for wireless-network partner Clearwire Corp. has failed to persuade opponents to the takeover, raising speculation that the company will have to raise its price again....

Prologis and Blackstone are said to have struck a deal to acquire a portfolio spanning 17 million square feet of warehouse and distribution centers for about $960 million.

Sprint Nextel Corp. and Japan's SoftBank said Thursday that Softbank's acquisition of a majority stake in the wireless company has cleared all necessary state regulatory hurdles. Softbank has a $20.1 billion ...

Elan Corp.’s board of directors unanimously rejected a higher takeover offer from Royalty Pharma, an investor in royalty streams from pharmaceuticals, saying the proposal “substantially undervalues the ...

Fitch Ratings upgraded the Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of DDR Corp. to 'BBB-' from 'BB+'. The outlook was changed to 'Stable' from 'Positive'.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23 (Reuters) - Khosla Ventures said on Thursday it is adding another new hire to its investment team: Ben Ling, who brings additional consumer-Internet expertise to Khosla, known for ...

Elan Rejects Royalty Pharma Approach

Protective Life upgraded to Outperform, following its announced acquisition.

Elan rejected Royalty Pharma's increased $6.4 billion bid on Thursday, shortly after the U.S. firm cut the acceptance bar for its latest offer to 50 percent plus one share. Royalty raised its hostile cash ...

* Elan says new bid continues to grossly undervalue company * Royalty cuts acceptance threshold from 90 pct previously * Irish firm's fate likely to be decided at June 17 meeting By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, ...

Rue21 OKs $1.1 Billion Buyout; Apax To Add 700 Stores

As of late, this activist has had a couple of big wins. He's now setting his sights on another stock.

(Adds detail, background) OSLO, May 23 (Reuters) - Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq said it is in talks with bigger rival Marine Harvest and other parties about a potential deal after dropping its bid for ...

Clothing and accessories company Rue21 has agreed to be taken private in nearly $1 billion deal with private equity firm Apax Partners. Shares hit an all-time high Thursday. Apax will pay $42 per share, ...

OSLO, May 23 (Reuters) - Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq said on Thursday it had initiated talks with bigger rival Marine Harvest about a potential deal, but that it also established dialogue with other interested ...

Rue21 Agrees to $1.1 Billion Buyout by Apax

A private equity firm will pay $42.00 per Rue21 share in cash, representing a premium of 23% to the stock's Wednesday close.

Cerberus Mulls Harris Teeter Bid