DuPont Co is planning to sell a business making herbicides help reduce potential antitrust sticking points to a $59 billion merger with U.S. competitor Dow Chemical Co., according to people with knowledge of the...
Verizon Is Said to See Yahoo Breach Affecting Acquisition
Verizon Communications Inc.’s top attorney said it would be reasonable to assume that the hack into Yahoo! Inc.’s e-mail accounts represent a material impact on the phone carrier’s acquisition of the internet company’s...
China Planning Merger of Sinochem, ChemChina
China is planning to merge Sinochem Group and China National Chemical Corp. as the government continues its overhaul of state-owned enterprises, according to a person familiar with the matter. Details of the deal, which...
Stanley Black & Decker to Buy Newell Tools for $1.95 Billion
Stanley Black & Decker Inc agreed to buy Newell Brands Inc.’s tools business for $1.95 billion in cash, helping the workshop giant push deeper into consumer and industrial equipment. Stanley will gain the Irwin...
Costly Rule Changes to Spark More M&A by Europe’s Asset Managers
The biggest acquisition in the asset-management industry this year began with a casual conversation between chief executive officers in February about how firms in Europe will be forced to charge their clients for...
Merging Chinese Steel Giants Gain by Limit As Trade Resumes
The listed units of Shanghai Baosteel Group Corp. and Wuhan Iron & Steel Group Corp. rose by their daily limit after resuming trade on Monday, playing catch-up with rival Chinese steelmakers that had rallied during...
Qualcomm and NXP Should Meet in the Middle on Merger Price
Qualcomm and NXP Semiconductors are reportedly just $10 a share apart in price negotiations over their potential merger. What would a deal look like if they just met in the middle? Talks between the two companies are...
Sompo to Buy Endurance for $6.3 Billion in Its Biggest Deal
Sompo Holdings Inc. agreed to buy Bermuda-based insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. for about $6.3 billion, the company’s biggest acquisition as it expands outside of Japan. The buyer offered $93 a share in cash...
AT&T Turns to Media Acquisitions as Its Video Ambitions Grow
AT&T Inc. has gone from a regional phone company to a national telecommunications powerhouse over the last decade. Its next big expansion will see it buying businesses to transform into a media and entertainment...
Team Health Buyout Is Better Than Nothing
Team Health isn’t going to get an over-the-top offer from private equity bidders, but a buyout may still be its best option. The $3 billion providers of physician outsourcing services are reportedly exploring a...
Scripps Networks’s Food Network, HGTV Keep It on M&A Lists
Scripps Networks Interactive, the $8.3 billion owners of the HGTV and Food Network channels, has always been among the littler of the big guys when it comes to TV content. So that’s why in recent years, as cable...
Insurer Sompo Said Poised to Purchase Endurance for $6.5 Billion
Sompo Holdings Inc. is poised to buy Bermuda-based insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. for about $6.5 billion, a person with knowledge of the matter said. The Japanese insurer plans to announce the deal later...
