Mergers and Acquisitions

The biggest U.S. investment bank is planning on selling its NYSE floor unit as human-based trading at the Big Board dwindles. 

Global initial public offerings have soared 70% to a combined $28.2 billion so far this year, according to data from Thomson Reuters.

Global initial public offerings have soared 70% to a combined $28.2 billion so far this year, according to data from Thomson Reuters.

While companies that make acquisitions typically see their shares drop, that trend appears to be reversing as investors urge use of vast cash hordes.

Nasdaq OMX Group reported a higher 3Q profit beating expectations, and helped by recent acquisitions and increased market data revenue.

The proposed merger of BATS Global Markets and Direct Edge cleared a regulatory hurdle from the Justice Department.

The all-electronic exchange is more diversified than its peers, has a brand that still resonates in Silicon Valley and is hardly the only firm to suffer a tech glitch.  • Nasdaq: Series ‘Unprecedented Events’ Sparked Flash Freeze

NYSE Euronext said shareholders approved the exchange operator's $8.2 billion takeover by IntercontinentalExchange.

Pfizer's talks to acquire Allergan Plc in a $150 billion deal that would see the U.S. drug giant redomicile in Ireland accelerated as the U.S. Treasury prepared to clamp down further on such tax inversions.

Shares of two companies with the word 'Oculus' in their name are mistakenly rallying amid confusion over Facebook's $2 billion acquisition of privately held Oculus VR. 

ICE's transformative acquisition of NYSE Euronext creates a juggernaut in the exchange world and ends more than 200 years of independence for the Big Board.

The conglomerate is exploring a potential initial public offering of what would be the fifth-largest commercial bank in the U.S.

The SEC approved IntercontinentalExchange’s proposed $8.2 billion cash-and-stock takeover of NYSE Euronext.

Bob and Karin Weber built their dream home 14 years ago, creating an 11,000-square-foot mountaintop oasis.

The takeover carries a 12.4% premium on the scrap mill servicing company's Friday close.

A former senior finance analyst at Merck & Co. is facing an insider trading charge after authorities said Tuesday that he passed secrets to a friend he met at college that earned $722,000 in illegal profits.

The U.S. Virgin Islands has filed a lawsuit against American oil company Hess Corp. for more than $1 billion, alleging the firm abandoned a massive oil refinery it had pledged to run through the year 2022.

The U.S. Virgin Islands has sued American oil company Hess Corp., alleging that the company abandoned a massive oil refinery it had pledged to run through the year 2022.

A Delaware bankruptcy judge has tentatively approved the sale of Standard Register Co.'s assets to a company run by billionaire businessman Glen Taylor, owner of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves and the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper.

Delaware or Chicago: Troubled casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. should find out early next week where a subsidiary's Chapter 11 bankruptcy case will be decided.