Mergers and Acquisitions

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.

Sin City is getting ready to launch its latest legal vice.

Sin City is getting ready to launch its latest legal vice.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Rite Aid Corp. scrapped their $9.4 billion merger agreement, the latest in a series of high-profile deals to be derailed by antitrust enforcers.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Rite Aid Corp. scrapped their $9.4 billion merger agreement, the latest in a series of high-profile deals to be derailed by antitrust enforcers.

Fred’s won't buy 865 Rite Aid stores after all, now that Walgreens and Rite Aid have scrapped their merger.

Drugstore chain Walgreens said on Thursday it terminated its agreement to buy Rite Aid, and would instead buy 2,186 Rite Aid stores and some distribution centers for $5.18 billion in cash

Drugstore chain Walgreens said on Thursday it terminated its agreement to buy Rite Aid, and would instead buy 2,186 Rite Aid stores and some distribution centers for $5.18 billion in cash

Sycamore Partners said on Wednesday it would acquire U.S. office supplies chain Staples for $6.9 billion.

Sycamore Partners said on Wednesday it would acquire U.S. office supplies chain Staples for $6.9 billion.

Blue Apron, the meal-kit delivery company, is slashing the price it expects to sell its shares by as much as 40 percent, a sign that the company may be having trouble attracting investors.

Halliburton is in late-stage talks to acquire a fast-growing U.S. oilfield equipment supplier backed by Oklahoma energy and banking billionaire George Kaiser, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it is suing its joint venture partner Western Digital over the U.S. company's opposition to a plan to sell the Japanese electronics and energy giant's memory chip unit.

Customers of the telephone and broadband services provider FairPoint Communications in northern New England won't notice much difference after it merges with an Illinois-based telecommunications provider, officials with the company merging with FairPoint said.

Customers of the telephone and broadband services provider FairPoint Communications in northern New England won't notice much difference after it merges with an Illinois-based telecommunications provider, officials with the company merging with FairPoint said.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday it will seek to stop the merger of DraftKings and FanDuel, because the combined company would control more than 90 percent of the U.S. market for paid daily fantasy sports contests.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday it will seek to stop the merger of DraftKings and FanDuel, because the combined company would control more than 90 percent of the U.S. market for paid daily fantasy sports contests.

A Walmart (NYSE:WMT) executive told FOX Business late Friday the world's biggest retailer has never been interested in making a bid for Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFM), removing a possible suitor for the struggling upscale grocer that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) said last week it would buy in a $13.7 billion deal.