Mergers and Acquisitions

Portugal's government is trying for the second time in two years to sell flag carrier TAP Air Portugal.

A former Atlantic City Boardwalk casino will find new life as a satellite campus for a southern New Jersey college.

The shipping company with the largest share of the Hawaii market said Tuesday it will buy the Alaska operations of its competitor.

Plains All American Pipeline LP said Thursday that it plans to buy Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s 50 percent stake in a pipeline company for $1.075 billion.

Cott Corp., a Canadian beverage maker, plans to expand into water and coffee delivery by buying privately held DSS Group Inc.

Perrigo is expanding its reach into Europe through the acquisition of one of the continent's biggest suppliers of non-prescription medicines in a deal valued at about $3.1 billion.

Raytheon Co. said Wednesday that it bought privately held cybersecurity company Blackbird Technologies for about $420 million.

American Realty Capital Properties Inc. is fighting back after investment firm RCS Capital Corp. said Monday that it called off its $700 million deal to buy Cole Capital Partners from the real estate investment trust.

The parent company of the Chicago Sun-Times announced Friday it has sold six daily newspapers and 32 weeklies in the Chicago suburbs to Tribune Publishing Co., casting the sale as an effort to more forcefully move into digital media.

Omega Healthcare is buying rival real estate investment trust Aviv in an all-stock deal worth about $3 billion.

Berkshire Hathaway's media unit is selling its marketing company to a Wisconsin group, so it can focus more on its newspapers.

American Airlines and US Airways will combine their frequent flier programs early next year and, for now, will continue to base free flights on how many miles customers fly.

Canadian drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. says it will raise its offer for Botox maker Allergan Inc. to $200 or more per share.

Australian drugmaker CSL Ltd. said Monday it will buy Novartis' flu vaccine business for $275 million.

Chiquita Brands International Inc. has agreed to sell itself to two Brazilian companies for approximately $681 million, just days after the fresh produce company's shareholders rejected plans to merge with Irish fruit importer Fyffes.

AT&T Inc. said Friday that it has completed its $2 billion sale of its Connecticut wireline business, fiber network, video and satellite business to Frontier Communications Corp.

Chiquita shareholders have rejected plans to merge with Irish fruit importer Fyffes that would have made the world's largest banana supplier.

Alcoa is selling its stake in a South Carolina aluminum smelter to Century Aluminum Co. for $67.5 million.

Norfolk Southern Corp.'s CEO doesn't think railroad mergers are a good idea even if regulators might approve one.

Daimler AG says it has sold its 4 percent stake in electric car maker Tesla for $780 million.