Mergers and Acquisitions

Viacom Inc is considering selling a minority stake in its Paramount Pictures movie studio, Chief Executive Philippe Dauman said on Tuesday.

Time Inc, the publisher of Sports Illustrated, People and Time magazine, is considering a deal to buy the core business of Yahoo, citing people familiar with the matter.

Worldwide mergers and acquisitions deals have fallen 23 percent to $336 billion so far this year compared with last year, but cross-border activity by amount targeting U.S.-based companies reached a record high.

International Business Machines Corp said it would buy Truven Health Analytics, a provider of cloud-based healthcare data, for $2.6 billion, the company's fourth major health-related acquisition since launching the Watson Health unit in April last year.

International Business Machines said on Thursday it plans to acquire Truven Health Analytics, a provider of healthcare data and analytics, for $2.6 billion, marking its fourth major health data-related deal in the past year.

Private-equity firm Apollo Global Management announcing this morning that it will acquire ADT for $42 per share.

U.S. toymakers Mattel Inc and Hasbro Inc have held talks about a possible merger, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

China's state-owned ChemChina will make an agreed $43 billion bid for Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta, marking the largest ever overseas acquisition by a Chinese firm

China's state-owned ChemChina is nearing a deal to take over Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta for roughly 470 Swiss francs ($460.5) per share, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said it would acquire Alere for $5.8 billion to boost its global diagnostics presence.

Battle of the Suits: Jos. A. Bank rejected a $1.5 billion takeover bid from Men's Wearhouse as the fight between the apparel companies marches on. 

Charter is nearing an agreement to secure financing as it pursues a bid for larger rival Time Warner Cable.

Private equity firm Cerberus is reportedly close to a deal with two BlackBerry co-founders to jointly pursue a bid for the smartphone maker. Qualcomm was also said to be in talks.

BlackBerry executives reportedly met with Facebook in California to gauge the social media giant’s possible interest in a bid for the smartphone maker.

Liberty Global agreed  to sell nearly all of Chellomedia, its international content division, to AMC Networks for about $1 billion.

The buyout of Onavo highlights Facebook's intense focus on the mobile side of its business.

The $3.8 billion acquisition is aimed at expanding Regency's geographic footprint to Appalachia and the Mid-Continent region.

The $38.50-a-share deal for the two companies represents a 42% premium to the average closing price Friday of Molex's two classes of stock.

Sirius XM Radio inked a deal to buy the connected vehicle business from Agero for $530 million in cash.