Mergers and Acquisitions

Laugh it up, Fuzzballs: Han Solo is getting his own movie, and it's going to be helmed by "Lego Movie" directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord.

H.J. Heinz Co on Thursday completed its purchase of Kraft, creating the third largest food and beverage company in North America and fifth largest worldwide.

Dollar Tree Inc. said Thursday it has been cleared by the Federal Trade Commission to acquire Family Dollar Stores Inc., bringing to a close a merger saga that started nearly a year ago.

The U.S. media company Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. has finalized an agreement for a controlling stake in Poland's largest commercial broadcaster, a 584 million-euro ($650 million) deal that comes as the U.S. company expands into Europe.

FourPoint Energy LLC will buy oil and gas assets from Chesapeake Exploration LLC and CHK Cleveland Tonkawa LLC for about $840 million.

The U.S. subsidiary of a Brazilian-based international meat processor is buying the pork division of Cargill Inc.

ConAgra Foods Inc. (CAG) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $209.2 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

Cisco said Tuesday that it plans to buy privately-held OpenDNS for $635 million to boost its network security business.

General Electric Co. is selling its U.S., Mexico, Australia and New Zealand fleet businesses to Element Financial Corp. for $6.9 billion.

Scientific instruments maker Thermo Fisher will spend $403 million to acquire a Massachusetts research chemicals producer.

Ohio on Tuesday renewed a contract to feed the state's 50,000 prison inmates with a company whose early troubles getting the job done led to criticism over privatizing the service.

Office Depot shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favor of the company's $6.3 billion acquisition by one-time rival Staples.

Portugal's government says it is granting Spain's Grupo Avanza the concession to operate Lisbon's subway and bus companies, which are publicly owned.