Mergers and Acquisitions

Investors beat back the bears with the S&P and Dow chalking up wins.

Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff has jumped to the front of the class as the preeminent dealmaker in the industry.

Salesforce's purchase of Slack is its largest ever.

The battle for control of the cloud-based communication, increasingly critical as more Americans work remotely, is heating up amid reports Salesforce.com is in advanced talks to buy workspace messaging platform Slack Technologies.

The mega deal, which includes $4.8 billion of debt, is a sign that deal-making activity is accelerating as breakthroughs in developing COVID-19 vaccines improve the economic outlook.

Goldman Sachs is using drone technology to conduct virtual tours of companies and close merger and acquisition deals amidst the coronavirus pandemic. 

Salesforce may be eyeing its largest acquisition ever.

McCormick & Co. is nearing a deal to buy hot-sauce maker Cholula, according to people familiar with the matter, seeking to capitalize on demand for spicy condiments.

Mars announced that it is acquiring Kind North America, the maker of Kind bars, in an effort to expand the partnership that started three years ago.

Home Depot said it plans to buy industrial wholesale giant HD Supply Holdings for about $8 billion, setting itself up to regain control over the industrial material wholesaler after spinning it off over a decade ago.

The companies have agreed that Simon will pay $43 a share for Taubman under the new deal, they said Sunday. That is down from the original price of $52.50.

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Inspire Brands Inc. said Friday that it is acquiring Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. for $11.3 billion, including the Dunkin’ Brands’ debt that Inspire will be taking on.

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Nestle agreed to buy healthy-meal delivery service Freshly on Friday for as much as $1.5 billion.

Dunkin' and Baskin-Robbins will operate as distinct brands within Inspire

Sony Corp is in final talks with AT&T to acquire U.S. animation-streaming service Crunchyroll in a deal worth more than $957 million.

Marvell Technology Group has agreed to buy Inphi Corp. for about $10 billion in cash and stock, making for the second mega chip deal this week.

Amazon and Apple will lead Thursday's earnings parade.