Mergers and Acquisitions

Loup Ventures Managing Partner Gene Munster on a potential Amazon acquisition of Target.

Brookfield Business Partners LP is buying Westinghouse Electric Co. in a deal worth about $4.6 billion.

Jan 4 (Reuters) - An affiliate of Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc plans to acquire Westinghouse Electric Co LLC, the bankrupt nuclear services company owned by Toshiba Corp, for $4.6 billion.

The Latest on the acquisition of a beleaguered South Carolina utility by Dominion Energy after the failure of a nuclear construction project (all times local): 1:45 p.m. Environmentalists say a deal to acquire a troubled South Carolina utility "falls far short of protecting ratepayers" from absorbing costs of a failed nuclear construction deal.

Alphabet's Google is exploring a potential sale of Zagat, the U.S. restaurant review guide which the search giant bought for $151 million in 2011, Reuters reported.

Dominion Energy Inc said on Wednesday it would buy Scana Corp in an all-stock deal worth about $7.9 billion, offering the troubled utility a way out from dealing with spiraling costs and unhappy customers.

Spectrum Brands is looking for a buyer for its batteries and appliances businesses.

Israeli high-tech acquisitions and initial public offering activity soared to $23 billion in 2017 from $10 billion in 2016 due to the $15.3 billion purchase of Mobileye by Intel Corp., data published on Wednesday showed.

Money transfer company MoneyGram says its proposed acquisition by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma's Ant Financial Services Group has been called off after a U.S. government security panel rejected the $1.2 billion deal.

A U.S. government panel rejected Ant Financial's acquisition of U.S. money transfer company MoneyGram International over national security concerns.

U.S. health insurer Humana Inc and two private equity firms agreed to buy home healthcare and long-term care operator Kindred Healthcare Inc on Tuesday for about $782 million, the latest expansion by an American health insurer into patient care.

MoneyGram International and Alibaba's Ant Financial Services Group said on Tuesday they have agreed to terminate their amended merger agreement.

International Airlines Group, the parent of British Airways and Iberia, says it's acquiring much of bankrupt Air Berlin's Niki division.

Goldman Sachs is expecting a $5 billion hit to profits during the fourth quarter because of the tax overhaul signed into law last week.

From CVS and Aetna, to Amazon and Whole Foods, 2017 has been a year filled with M&A activity across many industries, a trend that could continue well into next year.

Home Depot has held internal discussions in recent months to buy XPO Logistics, one of the largest publicly traded U.S. freight-hauling and logistics companies, technology news website Recode reported on Friday.

Swiss drugmaker Roche will buy U.S. cancer drug specialist Ignyta for $1.7 billion in an agreed deal to broaden its oncology portfolio, the firms said on Friday.

Home Depot bought home-decor and textiles retailer the Company Store from Hanover Direct for an undisclosed amount.

Big U.S. companies have been piling up cash for years, but have spent little of it on buying equipment and raising wages and other things to grow the economy.

Humana will buy part of Kindred Healthcare's home health business, the latest example of a health insurer growing more involved in the delivery of health care on top off simply handling medical bills.