Mergers and Acquisitions

CF Industries will acquire the distribution networks of Netherland's OCI N.V.

Irish drugmaker Shire PLC Is offering to buy Baxalta Inc. for about $30 billion in stock in a move to solidify its position in rare disease treatments.

The new owner of the Rocky Gap Casino Resort in western Maryland is in no hurry to make changes.

Barnes & Noble completed the spinoff of its college book store business, made up of more than 720 stores on college and university campuses.

Germany's HeidelbergCement AG says it plans to buy Italy's Italcementi, starting with the 1.67 billion euro ($1.85 billion) acquisition of a 45 percent stake.

Electronic dance music promoter SFX Entertainment said Monday that it hasn't received any formal competing offers, putting the $490 million sale of the company to its CEO one step closer to closing.

Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. says it is purchasing Dublin-based Allergan PLC's generic pharmaceuticals business for $40.5 billion.

Allergan PLC, the Dublin-based pharmaceutical giant, announced Sunday it has agreed to buy Naurex, a developer of drugs for depression and other central nervous system disorders, for $560 million.

Tens of thousands of workers at Brazil's state-owned Petrobras went on a nationwide 24-hour strike on Friday to protest the oil company's plans to sell $15.1 billion worth of assets by the end of next year to help pay off a debt of about $120 billion.

The Home Depot Inc. is buying Interline Brands Inc., which distributes maintenance and repair products, for just under $1.63 billion in cash.

St. Jude Medical Inc. will buy Thoratec Corp. for about $3.4 billion in cash, adding more medical devices aimed at heart conditions to its portfolio.

Auto parts maker Magna International Inc. will pay about US$1.93 million (1.76 billion euros) to buy the Getrag Group, a German supplier of automotive transmissions for car manufacturers such as Ford, BMW, Daimler and others.

Car parts maker Magna International Inc. is buying Getrag, a German-based manufacturer of automotive transmissions, in a 1.75 billion euro ($1.9 billion) deal.

Activist investment firm Starboard Value says retailer Macy's could boost its share price by spinning off its real estate into a separate company or forming a joint venture, saying the shares are worth almost double their current price.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Jarden Corp. (JAH), up $2.69 to $55.01 The consumer products company is buying disposable tableware maker The Waddington Group Inc. for about $1.35 billion.

Spain's leading El Corte Ingles department store chain says it has sold a 10 percent stake to a Qatari sheikh for 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion).

Depomed has adopted a "poison pill" plan less than a week after Horizon Pharma went hostile with a $2.1 billion takeover bid.

Jarden is buying disposable tableware maker The Waddington Group Inc. for about $1.35 billion as it looks to get into the business-to-business market more.