Mergers and Acquisitions

PPG Industries will not launch a formal bid for Dutch peer Akzo Nobel after repeated informal offers were rejected, it said on Thursday.

The owner of Three Mile Island, site of the United States' worst commercial nuclear power accident, says it will shut down the plant in 2019 without a financial rescue from Pennsylvania.

The European Union has approved the takeover of the reactor business of Areva by nuclear giant EDF in an all-French transaction, arguing it will not affect healthy competition in the sector.

The European Union has approved the takeover of the reactor business of Areva by nuclear giant EDF in an all-French transaction, arguing it will not affect healthy competition in the sector.

Coach made its bid for Kate Spade official on Friday.

Coach made its bid for Kate Spade official on Friday.

U.S.-based Huntsman and Switzerland's Clariant said on Monday they are combining to create a chemical manufacturer with a market value of more than $14 billion.

U.S.-based Huntsman and Switzerland's Clariant said on Monday they are combining to create a chemical manufacturer with a market value of more than $14 billion.

The Republican chairman of a House panel is urging lawmakers to turn the nation's air traffic control operations over to a new non-profit corporation, saying no other infrastructure change has as much potential to improve travel for American fliers.

The Republican chairman of a House panel is urging lawmakers to turn the nation's air traffic control operations over to a new non-profit corporation, saying no other infrastructure change has as much potential to improve travel for American fliers.

A federal judge has ordered Uber to stop using technology that a key executive downloaded before he left Waymo, the Alphabet Inc. autonomous car arm that was spun off from Google.

A for-sale sign has been put on the Chicago Sun-Times, and the company that operates rival Chicago Tribune has announced it is interested in owning the newspaper.

A for-sale sign has been put on the Chicago Sun-Times, and the company that operates rival Chicago Tribune has announced it is interested in owning the newspaper.

The Latest on plans by tronc Inc. to acquire the Chicago Sun-Times (all times local): 4:15 p.m.

The Latest on plans by tronc Inc. to acquire the Chicago Sun-Times (all times local): 4:15 p.m.

Credit ratings agency Moody's Corp. is buying software company Bureau van Dijk for about $3.27 billion.

Credit ratings agency Moody's Corp. is buying software company Bureau van Dijk for about $3.27 billion.

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world's largest maker of scientific instruments, said on Monday it would buy Dutch drug ingredients maker Patheon for about $5.2 billion in cash.

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world's largest maker of scientific instruments, said on Monday it would buy Dutch drug ingredients maker Patheon for about $5.2 billion in cash.

Spain's Abertis transport infrastructure group says it is the target of a friendly takeover bid by Italian company Atlantia that values the Spanish firm at 16.4 billion euros ($18 billion).