Mergers and Acquisitions

Crossing Signals? Dish Network's chairman reportedly approached DirecTV's CEO about a potential tie-up between the two satellite TV providers. 

The Federal Communications Commission signed off on AT&T’s $1.2 billion buyout of Leap Wireless after the telecom giant agreed to divest spectrum and make network upgrades.

Very public opposition from U.S. antitrust officials has reportedly caused Sprint to rethink its efforts to buy smaller rival T-Mobile US.

A blessing from Europe helps clear the way for Microsoft’s biggest-ever transaction, aimed at cementing its shift to a devices-and-services company.

Ottawa reportedly rebuffed efforts by Chinese electronics company Lenovo to acquire BlackBerry due to worries about national security.

Approval from CFIUS likely clears the path for the largest buyout of a U.S. company ever by a Chinese buyer.

First Citizens Bank agreed to buy 1st Financial Services, which operates Mountain 1st Bank branches in N.C.

The U.S. hospital operator has reportedly received buyout interest from Community Health Systems and others.

Sprint called Dish Network's proposal to acquire Clearwire Corp 'not actionable' because some of its provisions violate Delaware law.

Shares in BASF fell after a media report that the world's top chemicals group by sales was evaluating a counter bid for DuPont which late last year agreed to merge with Dow Chemical.

Yahoo's CEO has reportedly been meeting with executives from Hulu and may be getting closer to making an offer for the video premium service.

Yahoo will not acquire a majority stake in the online video website due to objections by the French government.

Yahoo Inc's board of directors on Friday is in the third and final day of meetings that could decide the future of one of Silicon Valley's most prominent but troubled companies.

Several Internet giants have inquired about buying Flipboard Inc., maker of a newsreader app that has recently signaled it is open to acquisition discussions, according to people familiar with the matter.

Several top automakers and car-hailing service Uber are reportedly clamoring to buy Nokia’s HERE mapping unit.

Yelp Inc, the operator of consumer review website Yelp.com, is exploring a sale that could fetch more than $3.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

A new book on Elon Musk says the Tesla founder and CEO was on the verge of selling the electric car maker to Google two years ago.

Last year saw a 58% rise in the number of global technology transactions from 2013, the most in over five years, according to a new report from CB Insights that identifies 2,886 tech deals, with 79 IPOs and 2,809 M&A transactions taking place.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is losing a precious security blanket now that she is spinning off the Internet company's prized stake in China's Alibaba Group.