Mergers and Acquisitions

The executive who led American Airlines successfully through bankruptcy reorganization but did not remain long after a huge merger with another carrier has joined the board of Wal-Mart.

A tentative agreement has been reached to sell the assets of a home heating oil company seeking bankruptcy protection, New Hampshire's governor and attorney general announced Saturday.

Biofuel maker KiOR Inc. has filed for bankruptcy, although its Mississippi subsidiary has not, preserving the chance that its Columbus plant could be sold quickly.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Atlas Energy LP, up $4.84 to $37.25 Targa Resources is buying the energy company and a pipeline company in a deal valued at nearly $6 billion, creating a big energy transportation company.

Struggling electronics retailer RadioShack has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and says it will sell up to 2,400 stores.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said it has offered to buy U.S. railroad operator Norfolk Southern Corp to create a transcontinental railroad.

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.'

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.