The Justice Department faced an uphill battle Thursday in its bid to have the D.C. Circuit block the $85 million merger of AT&T and Time Warner after a federal judge approved it unconditionally.
Read moreNexstar is offering to buy Chicago’s Tribune Media for about $4 billion Monday, four months after the collapse of a similar bid from Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Read moreTwo former Autonomy Corporation executives were indicted in San Francisco on Thursday for allegedly defrauding company shareholders, after an $11 billion acquisition by hardware firm HP vaporized billions of dollars in shareholder value amid revelations of accounting irregularities by the British software company.
Read moreFor years, France’s Renault and Japan’s Nissan struggled to make money in the global auto business.
Read moreDirectors of Hortonworks are selling the cloud-platform and data-analysis company on the cheap through an unfair process to Cloudera, in a stock swap valued at $5.2 billion, shareholders claim in a federal class action.
Read moreA panel of Eighth Circuit judges grappled Tuesday with the question of whether two of the largest health care providers in North Dakota should be allowed to merge amid concerns the deal will result in a monopoly detrimental to patients in the Bismark area.
Read moreCharter Communications was hit with a breach-of-contract suit Tuesday from Compass Productions International, which says its on-demand network, The Jewish Channel, was supposed to get a distribution upgrade following Charter’s merger with Time Warner Cable.
Read moreRowan Companies shareholders brought a federal class action to protest the merger of the oil and gas driller with Ensco in an all-stock deal that will leave Ensco shareholders with 61 percent and Rowan shareholders with 39 percent of the combined company, whose estimated value will be $12 billion.
Read moreA shareholder class action challenges the sale of Pandora Media to Sirius XM Holdings in a 1:1.44 stock swap valued at $3.5 billion, in Alameda County Court.
Read moreThe European Commission on Tuesday approved Disney’s planned acquisition of 21st Century Fox, but ordered Disney to divest its interests in “factual channels” like the History Channel and Lifetime to address competition concerns.
Read moreA federal shareholder class action claims directors are selling Sonic Corp. too cheaply through an unfair process to Arby’s parent Inspire Brands for $43.50 a share or $2.3 billion.
Read moreShareholders claim in a federal class action that directors are selling the medical-device company K2M Group Holdings too cheaply through an unfair process to Stryker Corp., for $27.50 a share or $1.4 billion.
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Essendant Inc. faces a class action from investors after terminating a merger agreement with Genuine Parts Co. in favour of an offer from Staples.
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(CN) – Shareholders claim in a class action that the acquisition of Sprint by rival T-Mobile for an estimated $59
Read moreThe Justice Department on Wednesday gave its preliminary approval to CVS’s $69 billion purchase of Aetna after the two companies agreed to spin off Aetna’s Medicare Part D prescription drug plan business.
Read moreShareholders brought a class action to challenge the sale of KMG Corp. to Cabot Microelectronics for $863 million, at $55.65 a share plus 0.2 shares of Cabot for each KMG share.
Read moreShareholders brought a federal class action to challenge the sale of the office-supply company Essendant to Staples for $482 million or $12.80 a share.
Read moreAerospace giant United Technologies Corporation can pay $30 billion to acquire Rockwell Collins, but not without divesting two of the latter’s businesses, the Justice Department concluded Monday.
Read moreThe FTC blocked a merger Monday between two large providers of marine water treatment chemicals and related services — the Drew Marine Group and Wilhelmsen Maritime Services dba Resolute Fund II — finding that it would reduce competition.
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