Mergers and Acquisitions

The political strategist and online guru who was named President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign manager Tuesday has a close financial relationship with a penny-stock firm with a questionable history that includes longstanding ties to a convicted fraudster, according to an Associated Press investigation.

Comcast, the biggest cable operator in the United States, offered to pay $31 billion to buy Sky, the European pay-TV group that has agreed to be sold to Rupert Murdoch's Fox.

Berkshire has plenty of cash to purchase an airline, if Buffett chooses to do so.

DowDuPont is announcing the names of the three businesses it will become when it breaks itself into three, eight months after the Justice Department approved a $62 billion merger between the chemical giants Dow and DuPont.

U.S. delivery giant UPS has launched court action against the European Union's anti-trust regulator for blocking a merger with Dutch firm TNT and is seeking 1.742 billion euros ($2.14 billion) in compensation.

Qualcomm urged Broadcom to enter into direct negotiations on a price for merging the two companies.

The Weinstein Co.'s board of directors says the company is expected to file for bankruptcy protection after last-ditch talks to sell its assets collapsed.

The Latest on investor Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders (all times local): 8:45 a.m.

Investor Warren Buffett says the acquisition frenzy on Wall Street is making it hard for him to find deals at the right price, but his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate recorded a $29 billion gain because of the tax reforms Congress passed.

General Mills is buying Blue Buffalo Pet Products Inc. in a deal valued at about $8 billion.

U.S. packaged foods company General Mills will buy natural pet food maker Blue Buffalo Pet Products in an $8 billion cash deal,

China's insurance regulator is to take over management of insurer Anbang, owner of New York's famed Waldorf Astoria hotel.

Greece's supreme court has approved a large private urban development project on the prime seaside site of the old Athens airport, which is a key element of the country's bailout program.

The idea is to cause cancer cells to rupture and die, while also stimulating a wider immune system response in the body.

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday denied a request by AT&T Inc to compel the U.S. Justice Department to disclose any records of communications between the White House and government lawyers that detail President Donald Trump's views on the company's proposed $85 billion merger with Time Warner Inc.

The new deal puts pressure on fellow chipmaker Broadcom to decide if it will stick with a stipulation in its $121 billion bid for Qualcomm that the company not raise its previous $110 a share offer for NXP.

Rite Aid will get a bigger footprint in Albertson’s deal.