Mergers and Acquisitions

Despite the potential political backlash facing companies seeking to avoid paying U.S. taxes, analysts believe the practice will continue.

Irish eyes are smiling in the world of mergers and acquisitions, with Milwaukee’s Johnson Controls becoming the latest U.S. company to capitalize on Ireland’s welcoming tax rates.

Kodak is selling its camera-film business to U.K. retirees in exchange for erasing pension obligations.

A survey found retiring baby boomers are impacting the M&A market because their retirement date is a “key factor” in deciding when to sell their business.

IntercontinentalExchange Group reportedly acquired Algo Technologies to speed up software matching buyers and sellers at the New York Stock Exchange.

The biggest U.S. investment bank is planning on selling its NYSE floor unit as human-based trading at the Big Board dwindles. 

The biggest U.S. investment bank is planning on selling its NYSE floor unit as human-based trading at the Big Board dwindles. 

The biggest U.S. investment bank is planning on selling its NYSE floor unit as human-based trading at the Big Board dwindles. 

Global initial public offerings have soared 70% to a combined $28.2 billion so far this year, according to data from Thomson Reuters.

Global initial public offerings have soared 70% to a combined $28.2 billion so far this year, according to data from Thomson Reuters.

While companies that make acquisitions typically see their shares drop, that trend appears to be reversing as investors urge use of vast cash hordes.

Nasdaq OMX Group reported a higher 3Q profit beating expectations, and helped by recent acquisitions and increased market data revenue.

The proposed merger of BATS Global Markets and Direct Edge cleared a regulatory hurdle from the Justice Department.

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NYSE Euronext said shareholders approved the exchange operator's $8.2 billion takeover by IntercontinentalExchange.

Pfizer's talks to acquire Allergan Plc in a $150 billion deal that would see the U.S. drug giant redomicile in Ireland accelerated as the U.S. Treasury prepared to clamp down further on such tax inversions.

Shares of two companies with the word 'Oculus' in their name are mistakenly rallying amid confusion over Facebook's $2 billion acquisition of privately held Oculus VR. 

ICE's transformative acquisition of NYSE Euronext creates a juggernaut in the exchange world and ends more than 200 years of independence for the Big Board.

The conglomerate is exploring a potential initial public offering of what would be the fifth-largest commercial bank in the U.S.

The SEC approved IntercontinentalExchange’s proposed $8.2 billion cash-and-stock takeover of NYSE Euronext.