Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions had the strongest start ever in the 1Q.

The deal would be big: Humana currently has a market value of about $37 billion.

U.S. financial exchange operator CME is taking over London-based peer Nex in a deal that values the British company at 3.9 billion pounds ($5.4 billion).

U.S. exchange operator CME Group is buying Michael Spencer's NEX Group of the UK.

The CEO of Turner says the network pays $2 billion annually in deals with the NBA, NCAA and others.

Shares in Irish drugmaker Shire Plc are up sharply after Japanese rival Takeda said it's considering a takeover offer.

Brookfield Property Partners and GGP have reached an agreement for Brookfield to buy the remaining shares of the mall owner it doesn't already own.

Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis says it is selling its stake in a consumer health care joint venture with GlaxoSmithKline to the British company for $13 billion.

Novartis will sell its 36.5 percent stake in a consumer healthcare joint venture to GSK for $13.0 billion in cash.

Could plans to turn a California ghost town into a marijuana mecca be going up in smoke?

The Houston-based Fiesta Mart chain is being acquired by a California grocer to create what's being billed as one of the largest Hispanic-focused supermarket companies in the U.S. El Super is based in Paramount, California.

One of Virginia's largest breweries is up for sale after laying off 15 percent of its employees and suspending distribution in 32 of the 50 states.

Ride-hailing giant Uber is selling its business in Southeast Asia to regional rival Grab while gaining a robust stake in the fast-growing ridesharing, food delivery and financial services business.

Fast growing ridesharing, food delivery and financial services business Grab says it is acquiring Uber's Southeast Asian business operations.

The maker of Lance peanut butter sandwich crackers and Snyder's of Hanover pretzels is set to be taken over by one of the largest U.S. packaged food companies.

The leader of Google's self-driving car spinoff Waymo says he is confident in the company's technology and its capability to interact with pedestrians.

Media stocks are ripe for more M&A.