Mergers and Acquisitions

Facebook is buying Boston-based software company Confirm Inc, which specializes in authenticating government-issued identification cards, a person familiar with the acquisition told Reuters.

Bacardi has agreed to buy out Patron Spirits International in a deal valuing the top high-end tequila maker at $5.1 billion, highlighting the appetite big drinks groups have for the Mexican spirit.

The U.K.'s antitrust regulator has provisionally found the proposed acquisition of British pay-TV giant Sky by 21st Century Fox isn't in the public interest due to plurality concerns.

Puerto Rico's governor says he is privatizing the island's government-owned power company following decades of mismanagement, corruption and blackouts.

Celgene Corp said on Monday it would pay about $9 billion in cash to acquire the rest of Juno Therapeutics Inc and gain access to Juno's experimental gene therapy to treat cancer.

American International Group on Monday said it would buy property and casualty reinsurer Validus Holdings for $5.56 billion in cash to strengthen its general insurance business.

French healthcare group Sanofi has agreed to buy U.S. peer Bioverativ for $11.6 billion.

Investor Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason, major shareholders of Xerox, jointly plan to push the printer and photocopier maker to explore options, including a sale of the firm.

rivate equity firm Advent is in talks to buy 50 percent of Wal-Mart Stores Inc's. operations in Brazil

Archer Daniels Midland has made a takeover approach to Bunge Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter, setting up a possible bidding war after Glencore PLC earlier made an overture to the agricultural powerhouse.

Archer Daniels Midland has made a takeover approach to Bunge Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter, setting up a possible bidding war after Glencore PLC earlier made an overture to the agricultural powerhouse.

Wyndham Worldwide will acquire La Quinta's franchise and management businesses.

Wyndham is buying La Quinta's hotel franchise and management businesses for $1.95 billion in cash.

A California judge is siding with a former chief executive of the McClatchy newspaper chain and other company officials in a lawsuit alleging they mismanaged funds by buying a rival newspaper publisher and failing to diversify investments.

An attempt to oust President Donald Trump's hotel business from managing a luxury hotel in Panama has turned bitter, with accusations of financial misconduct.

Battery maker Energizer Holdings said on Tuesday it would buy the global battery and portable lighting business of Spectrum Brands in a $2 billion all-cash deal.