Mergers and Acquisitions

BlackBerry bought a minority stake in health IT firm NantHealth in a bid to improve data sharing and communication in the health-care industry.

G Asset Management unveiled a proposal to buy a 51% stake in Barnes & Noble in a deal that would value the struggling bookseller at a hefty premium.

Mike Lazaridis, co-founder of BlackBerry, disclosed a smaller stake in the company and also officially abandoned plans to make a bid.

If it hopes to avoid a drawn out and contentious buyout process, BlackBerry's board can learn a few lessons from the drama surrounding Dell.

Hasbro is speeding up its move into the mobile gaming market through strategic partnerships and acquisitions. 

The $307 million acquisition represents SanDisks' fourth buyout in the enterprise storage space.

Merck remains committed to its $8.4 billion acquisition of Cubist Pharmaceuticals even though a federal court invalidated most of the company's patents protecting its top-selling antibiotic just hours after the deal was announced this week.

Vivus has acquired a group of patents covering one of the main ingredients behind its weight loss drug Qsymia from Janssen Pharmaceuticals.

Exclusive: BlackBerry CEO John Chen said the struggling device maker does not plan to exit the handset business, but rather it plans to make money on it. 

Private-equity firms have kicked the tires of BlackBerry's operating system and patents. 

The Machinists union sued Wichita-based aircraft parts maker Spirit AeroSystems Friday over its reported efforts to sell off its fabrication operations, contending such outsourcing would violate its labor contract and put in imminent danger the jobs of at least 1,400 employees.

CEOs have the urge to merge as global M&A hits $4 trillion for just the second time in history topped off by Activision's $6 billion purchase of Candy Crush maker King. 

Fidelity National Information Services is buying rival financial software company SunGard to bolster the services it can offer clients.

Chipmakers Intel Corp and Altera Corp have resumed talks on a possible deal that could top $13 billion, the New York Post reported.

Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday it will sell its Snapfish online photo business to District Photo as HP prepares to split into two companies.

Nielsen said Wednesday it is buying eXelate, a company that provides data and technology to buy and sell ads that get seen by the right audience.

Intel Corp. said Monday that it bought PasswordBox, a service that saves and remembers passwords so that users can log into different websites without having to remember or type in their passwords.

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says IBM's electronics plant in Essex Junction is expected to keep operating in the state as IBM plans to sell its semiconductor production business to GlobalFoundries.

Health information technology company Cerner Corp. is buying the health information technology business unit of German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG for $1.3 billion in cash.

Memory chipmaker SanDisk Corp is in advanced talks to sell itself to hard disk drive maker Western Digital Corp, Bloomberg reported on Monday.