Rockwell Collins Inc. is making its biggest-ever acquisition in a bet that airplanes will get smarter, as everything from lie-flat seats to toilet valves send live data to in-flight crews and maintenance workers. The $6...
JPMorgan Heralds M&A Bonanza as Companies Seek New Ways to Grow
As companies get more creative in their pursuit of growth, they’re increasingly looking outside their own immediate sector for targets, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s head of M&A in North America. “People...
American Midstream to Buy JP Energy in All-Stock Deal
American Midstream Partners LP will acquire JP Energy Partners LP to expand operations in North American basins including the Permian, Gulf of Mexico and Eagle Ford. The unit-for-unit transaction is valued at $8.63 per...
How China’s Dealmakers Pulled Off a $207 Billion Global Spree
When a Chinese home-appliance company announced a plan in May to become the largest shareholder in one of Germany’s most advanced robot manufacturers, the backlash was immediate. German politicians and European...
Monsanto Talked to Three Other Companies Before Bayer Deal
Monsanto Co. talked to three other companies about potential transactions in the months leading up to its agreement to be acquired by Bayer AG for $65.7 billion, the largest ever agricultural takeover. Details of the...
Verizon’s Buyer’s Remorse Has Gone Too Far
Enough whining already, Verizon. Verizon is steaming mad — and with good reason — that Yahoo maybe didn’t disclose a tiny problem of a hulking cyber attack before Verizon agreed to fork over $4.8...
Loeb Reinsurer Cites Lesson of Failed Marriages in Shunning M&A
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., co-founded by hedge-fund manager Dan Loeb, likened the risk of mergers and acquisitions to picking a spouse without being aware of how much can go wrong. “Just like marriage, in M&A the...
Dell CEO Sees More Acquisitions, Investment in Third ‘Act’
Michael Dell, just weeks after completing his company’s massive merger with EMC Corp., said he plans to keep making acquisitions and investing, taking advantage of the freedom to make long-term bets as a closely held...
St. Jude, Abbott Sell Products to Terumo for $1.12 Billion
Abbott Laboratories and St. Jude Medical Inc. will divest some of their cardiovascular products to Terumo Corp. for $1.12 billion in order to complete the $25 billion deal between the two medical device giants. The all...
Polish Merger Market Heats Up as Growth, Nationalism Spur Deals
Poland’s sharp turn toward what its year-old government calls economic patriotism has activated the deal market. Economic growth at more than twice the rate of the euro area, a nationalist government that wants to forge...
Goldman’s Fels Cites TIAA, MassMutual Deals as New M&A Phase
Patrick Fels, a dealmaker at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., said insurers that don’t have publicly traded stock are becoming increasingly active in mergers and acquisitions. “Organic growth and putting capital to work at...
Italy’s Biggest Bank Merger Since 2007 Wins Investor Backing
The approval of Italy’s biggest banking merger in almost a decade marks the first step in a process of consolidation urged by regulators, investors, and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. But plenty of obstacles remains to...
