Mergers and Acquisitions

Pfizer will pay $81.50 a share, a 21% premium to Medivation's closing stock price Friday. Medivation shares traded up 20% to $80.47 in early trading as Pfizer shares fell 5 cents to $34.92.

Pfizer makes it official. The company is acquiring cancer drug company Medivation in a deal worth $14 billion

Immediately after the UK voted to leave the European Union, dealmakers thought they were dead in the water...

Aetna warned Justice Department antitrust officials in early July that if Humana deal was blocked, it would reduce its presence in the Affordable Care Act exchanges.

This year has seen large mergers including Comcast and Time Warner Cable fall apart, but it has not deterred other companies from combining. It is shaping up to be the year of the mega deal, with 2015 on track to break a record in big M&A.

Dell Inc is offering $27.25 per share in cash for data storage company EMC Corp in addition to a specialized stock in cloud software company VMware Inc, Re/code reported.

Smartphones, tablets and other gadgets aren't just changing the way we live and work.

M&A activity in the tech sector surged 57% in the second quarter, from the same three months in 2013, to $52.4 billion, according to a new report.

Oracle agreed to acquire Micros Systems in a $5.3 billion deal, giving the software giant a bigger presence in the hospitality industry.

Oracle is reportedly closing in on a deal to buy Micros Systems for at least $5 billion.

SanDisk said it would buy flash storage device maker Fusion-io Inc for about $1.1 billion.

Weeks of due diligence and a leaked video from Dr. Dre may have forced Apple to lower its offer price for Beats Music.

Zebra Technologies is set to acquire Motorola Solutions' enterprise business for $3.45 billion, as the maker of barcode printers looks to widen its footprint.

Analysts applaud the jaw-dropping deal, valued at about 8% of Facebook's market cap, while shares of the social giant are off a mere 2%.  Blackberry Shares Pop After WhatsApp Deal | M&A Dealers Enjoy Rare Buying Burst

IBM has reportedly hired Goldman Sachs to explore strategic alternatives, including a possible sale, of its traditional semiconductor business.

Verizon Communications reached a deal Tuesday to acquire Intel's online television venture, expanding its presence in streaming video.

The computer security software company said it would acquire Stonesoft Oyj for about $389 million in cash.

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc said it would buy Post Properties Inc for about $3.88 billion to create the largest publicly traded multifamily apartment real estate investment trust by units.