Mergers and Acquisitions

Citigroup urged investors to sell BlackBerry said it sees no strategy to help the smartphone maker 'out of the strategic box it finds itself in.'

The struggling smartphone maker has abandoned plans to sell itself to Canadian investor Prem Watsa for $4.7 billion.

A possible deal for Citizens would represent one of the largest banking deals since the '08 crisis and substantially increase TD's U.S. footprint.

BlackBerry's co-founders said they are considering buying the smartphone maker after a separate take-private offer hit hurdles.

Private-equity firm Cerberus is reportedly among one of at least two distressed investors that has expressed interest in BlackBerry.

The loosely-structured deal was triggered by the smartphone maker's deteriorating business and plunging stock price.

Analysts are alarmed about the scale of BlackBerry's projected losses and its dwindling cash position.

Oracle of Ottawa? Canada’s 'Warren Buffett' has reportedly emerged as the front-runner to acquire the country’s beaten-down smartphone maker BlackBerry.

Loblaw, Canada's largest food retailer, unveiled plans to buy Shoppers Drug Mart for about $11.9 billion amid increasing competition. 

The grocery-store operator landed a huge deal to sell off its Canadian operations in a lucrative deal.

Blackstone and Glencore Xstrata are reportedly considering acquiring Rio Tinto's Canadian iron-ore business.

Comcast and Time Warner Cable scrapped their proposed merger Friday, balking at a fight with regulators over the $45.2 billion deal. So what's next?

AT&T ruled out attempting to acquire the U.K.'s Vodafone for the time being, despite ample speculation of a possible tie-up.

Analysts at Macquarie Capital said Time Warner Cable remains the most attractive takeover target in the cable industry, and Charter appears to have control of the remote heading into 2014.

The Italian automaker said a report by Bernstein Research mischaracterized a presentation by Sergio Marchionne, denying the CEO advised investors to avoid Chrysler's IPO.

Charter could look to acquire privately held Cox Communications or another target before making a play for Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC), analysts at Macquarie Capital said Wednesday.

Standard & Poor’s Ratings cut its credit rating on Nokia to “B+” from “BB-” on Monday but maintained its “stable” outlook.

CVS will buy the pharmacy benefits provider Omnicare in a deal valued at about $12.7 billion, putting it in a better position to get its prescriptions to the growing U.S. population living in senior-care facilities.

The nation's largest health insurer, UnitedHealth, is staking a bigger claim in pharmacy benefits management with a plan to buy Catamaran Corp. for more than $12 billion in cash.

The holiday shopping season is always a make-or-break period for struggling retailers.