Mergers and Acquisitions

Japanese media reports say automaker Mitsubishi Motors has decided to end production in the U.S. to focus on Asian markets.

A Michigan union pledged to try to stop a three-year, $158 million prison food contract approved Tuesday, questioning the lack of a new bid and saying state employees should again be doing the work instead.

Michigan is terminating a three-year $145 million contract with the company that feeds state prisoners.

GlobalFoundries announced Wednesday it had completed its purchase of IBM's microchip plants in Vermont and New York, giving a new lease on life to a big employer in Vermont and New York's Duchess County.

Martha Stewart Living is being acquired in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $353 million.

Here are milestones for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.

Here are milestones for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE United Technologies Corp., down $2.99 to $114.61 The conglomerate is shedding helicopter maker Sikorsky and will focus on high-technology products for the aerospace industry.

United Technologies Corp. has announced it will separate its Connecticut-based Sikorksy Aircraft business as it exits the helicopter business.

U.S. antitrust regulators say Holcim and Lafarge agreed to sell assets including cement plants and transportation assets to complete their merger, which will make the world's largest cement company.

Dean Foods will place all of its regional milk labels under one brand as part of a move to boost its business and tout the quality of its product.

A plant that makes lottery ticket vending machines will be closing its doors and laying off 44 employees following the merger of two gaming companies.

CBRE Group Inc. said Tuesday that it will pay $1.475 billion in cash to buy a unit of Johnson Controls Inc. that manages spaces for corporations.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc., up $3.03 to $31.86 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating the safety of the company's laminate flooring made in China.

Alcoa has announced plans to cut production at the Suralco alumina refinery in Suriname and to pursue a sale to the government of the South American country.

New Hampshire's largest utility has agreed to sell its power plants after months of negotiations with state officials, saying it will save customers at least $300 million.

Daimler AG says it will spend about $500 million and create 1,300 jobs with a new plant near Charleston that will build its Sprinter vans.

A power plant at the heart of two failed deals to sell Atlantic City's former Revel casino wants a bankruptcy court judge to cancel the latest proposed sale and appoint a trustee to liquidate the property instead.

Months after he landed in Florida's Manatee County Jail, Jovon Frazier's pleas for treatment of the intense pain that radiated from his left shoulder to his elbow were met mostly with Tylenol.

Tennessee-based Verso Paper Corp. has announced the completion of its acquisition of its larger rival NewPage Holdings in a $1.4 billion deal.