Mergers and Acquisitions

Ford continues its deal-making in Silicon Valley.

During an interview on the FOX Business Network’s Mornings with Maria EY U.S. CEO Steve Howe said the deal making environment will get even hotter.

During an interview on the FOX Business Network’s Mornings with Maria EY U.S. CEO Steve Howe said the deal making environment will get even hotter.

EU authorities are accusing General Electric, drugmaker Merck and electronics manufacturer Canon of violating European rules to push through mergers or acquisitions.

Liberty Interactive, the owner of QVC, is buying the rest of HSN, the parent company of the Home Shopping Network.

Liberty Interactive, the owner of QVC, is buying the rest of HSN, the parent company of the Home Shopping Network.

EU antitrust regulators accused Germany's Merck KGaA, General Electric and Japan's Canon of providing misleading information during their merger deals.

The European Union has approved French automaker PSA's acquisition of Opel and British brand Vauxhall from General Motors.

U.S. antitrust regulators have ended their investigation into Bass Pro Shops' $4 billion deal to buy Cabela's, Cabela's said Wednesday.

The EU said GM's deal to sell its European division to the parent company of Peugeot doesn't raise antitrust concerns.

J.P. Morgan doesn’t plan on jumping in the ring to buy Worldpay, the British payments processor that accepted a $10 billion offer from U.S. rival Vantiv.

Britain's largest payment processing company has agreed to get taken over by U.S. rival Vantiv.

Britain's largest payment processing company has agreed to get taken over by U.S. rival Vantiv.

Troubled Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena's relaunch plan includes the disposal of 28.6 billion euros ($32.5 billion) in bad loans, key to the European Commission's approved plan for the Italian government to take temporary control of the bank.

The merger of Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's has received the go-ahead from antitrust regulators.

The merger of Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's has received the go-ahead from antitrust regulators.

Vantiv Inc., a major U.S. credit-card processor, has made an offer valuing U.K. payments group Worldpay Group Inc. at $10 billon, potentially beating out rival bidder J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.  Worldpay said in a statement Wednesday that it had agreed a deal in principle with Vantiv.

Vantiv Inc., a major U.S. credit-card processor, has made an offer valuing U.K. payments group Worldpay Group Inc. at $10 billon, potentially beating out rival bidder J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.  Worldpay said in a statement Wednesday that it had agreed a deal in principle with Vantiv.

J.P. Morgan Chase made a preliminary approach to acquire U.K. payments business Worldpay Group, potentially marking one of the biggest deals for a U.S. bank since the financial crisis.

Illinois-based Consolidated Communications and North Carolina-based FairPoint have closed on a deal that created a telecommunications company operating in 24 states, including Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.