Mergers and Acquisitions

After Microsoft scooped up LinkedIn, everyone’s wondering why nobody is buying Twitter. Apparently, nobody is that dumb.

Office Depot Inc, whose merger with larger rival Staples Inc was scrapped due to antitrust concerns, said it planned to hire 8,000 temporary and full-time workers during the busy back-to-school season.

Office Depot Inc, whose merger with larger rival Staples Inc was scrapped due to antitrust concerns, said it planned to hire 8,000 temporary and full-time workers during the busy back-to-school season.

Microsoft agreed to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in cash, the companies said in a statement on Monday.

Microsoft agreed to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in cash, the companies said in a statement on Monday.

Buyer and Monsanto are taking takeover talks private as officials look to negotiate the old-fashioned way.

Buyer and Monsanto are taking takeover talks private as officials look to negotiate the old-fashioned way.

Buyer and Monsanto are taking takeover talks private as officials look to negotiate the old-fashioned way.

Verizon Communications on Monday planned to submit a second-round bid of around $3 billion for Yahoo's core internet business, a person familiar with the matter said.

Verizon Communications on Monday planned to submit a second-round bid of around $3 billion for Yahoo's core internet business, a person familiar with the matter said.

Great Plains Energy, the parent of regulated utility Kansas City Power & Light, said it would buy rival Westar Energy Inc for $8.6 billion in cash and stock.

Great Plains Energy, the parent of regulated utility Kansas City Power & Light, said it would buy rival Westar Energy Inc for $8.6 billion in cash and stock.

Verizon Communications is working on its bid for Yahoo's core assets with an investment bank which was, as recently as last year, one of the U.S. internet company's top advisers.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International received a joint takeover offer this spring that the Canadian drugmaker rejected.

Bayer's $62B offer for Monsanto is about alot more than massive M&A.

Anthem Inc Chief Executive Officer Joseph Swedish said on Tuesday the health insurer was pushing for approval from antitrust regulators reviewing its acquisition of Cigna Corp and expects to hear a decision in July.