With approval from the Department of Justice, Sinclair Broadcasting Group completed acquisition of 21 Fox Regional Sports Networks and Fox College Sports from The Walt Disney Company on Friday to the tune of $9.6 billion.
Read moreGenesee & Wyoming shareholders claim in a federal class action that directors are selling the short-line railroad company too cheaply through an unfair process to Brookfield Infrastructure, for $112 per share or $6.5 billion.
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Conagra Brands Inc. faces a shareholder derivative alleging the company’s top officers withheld wrongfully withheld information about internal issues spurred by its acquisition of Pinnacle Foods Inc.
Read moreTwo of the largest newspaper companies agreed to a merger Monday, creating by far the largest newspaper company in the United States.
Read more(CN) – The Delaware Chancery Court dismissed a class action in its entirety after shareholders failed to state a claim for breach of fiduciary duty in challenging an $18 billion merger between Tower Watson & Co. and Willis Group Holdings PLC because of a potential conflict in the compensation of Tower’s CEO.
Read moreSprint agreed Friday to divest parts of its prepaid wireless business for federal approval of its merger plans with T-Mobile.
Read moreDirectors are selling El Paso Electric Co. too cheaply through an unfair process to Sun Jupiter Holdings, for $68.25 a share or $4.3 billion, shareholders say in a federal class action.
Read moreDirectors are selling Sotheby’s too cheaply through an unfair process to BidFair USA, for $57 a share or $3.7 billion, shareholders say in a federal class action.
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Diebold Nixdorf and two of its top officers face a shareholder class action for allegedly withholding information about the company’s business operations as well as disseminating misleading statements that preceded a 23 percent drop in Diebold shares last year.
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The European Union has cleared telecom operator Vodafone’s acquisition of Liberty Global’s operations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania but has imposed some conditions.
Read moreDirectors are selling Tableau Software too cheaply through an unfair process to Salesforce.com, in a stock swap of 1.1 Salesforce share for each share of Tableau, a $15.3 billion deal, shareholders claim in a federal class action.
Read moreDirectors are selling Array BioPharma too cheaply through an unfair process to Pfizer, for $48 a share or $10.6 billion, shareholders claim in a federal class action.
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Apple has bought a struggling self-driving car startup as the iPhone maker continues to explore the potential market for robotic vehicles, despite recently curtailing its work on the technology.
Read moreAntitrust regulators are close to settling charges over the $26.5 billion merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, a lawyer said Friday, as four more states prepare to join a related challenge.
Read moreThe United States asked a federal judge to stop the merger of Quad/Graphics and LSC Communications, the two largest U.S. publishers of magazines, catalogues and books.
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(CN) – Shareholders claim in a class action that digital printing technology firm Electronics for Imaging Inc. filed an incorrect
Read moreDirectors are selling Buckeye Partners too cheaply through an unfair process to IFM Global Infrastructure Fund, for $41.50 a share or $10.3 billion, shareholders of the oil and gas storage and transport company claim in a federal class action.
Read moreA coalition of state attorneys general took to federal court Tuesday to block a proposed $26.5 billion merger between telecommunication giants T-Mobile and Sprint.
Read moreZayo Group Holdings shareholders claim in a federal class action that directors are selling the tech and communications infrastructure company too cheaply through an unfair process to Front Range TopCo et al., for $35 a share or $14.3 billion.
Read moreFiat Chrysler’s surprise decision to withdraw a merger offer with French carmaker Renault stunned the industry, collapsing Thursday on fundamental differences over when Renault’s long-time alliance partner, Nissan, would be brought in.
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