Mergers and Acquisitions

Real Estate

Redfin to buy RentPath for $608M in all cash deal

Real-estate brokerage Redfin Corp. has agreed to buy apartment search site operator RentPath Holdings Inc. out of bankruptcy for $608 million, in a deal that would combine operators of leading U.S. property listing websites for purchasing and renting a home.

Energy

Chevron, Exxon Mobil executives discussed merger

The chief executives of Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM -2.65% and Chevron Corp spoke about combining the oil giants after the pandemic shook the world last year, according to people familiar with the talks, testing the waters for what could be one of the largest corporate mergers ever.