Mergers and Acquisitions

Dell will hold a special meeting for shareholders on July 18 to vote on its founder's proposed $24 billion buyout.

The special committee of Dell's board of directors asked the billionaire investor for more details on his proposed offer for the computer maker.

Micron Technology Inc and Western Digital Corp are in talks with SanDisk Corp about a possible acquisition, Bloomberg reported.

Everyone debating the merits of the deal and its valuation is missing the point: It’s a high-risk move born of desperation by Zuckerberg and company.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen wants the company's new CEO to weigh a potential spinoff of its consumer business. 

The software maker is reportedly discussing a sale of its data managing operations.

Google is considering buying the Israeli mobile satellite navigation startup, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook.

Yahoo deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash will use about one-fifth of Yahoo's $5.4 billion in cash and marketable securities.

Dell's special committee sent another letter to the activist investors seeking more information about their takeover proposal.

Trulia inked a $355 million deal to acquire real-estate software maker Market Leader.

Standard Pacific Corp. and Ryland Group Inc. have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction that will create a single homebuilder with operations in 17 states.

Toll Brothers is set to buy Shapell Homes for $1.6 billion in cash, a deal that will expand the luxury homebuilder’s footprint in California.

American Realty Properties agreed to buy American Realty Trust for about $3.1 billion to grow its net-lease assets.  

American Realty agreed to pay $807 million for a portfolio of GE Capital properties comprised primarily of restaurants.

Bank of America has sold a chunk of its $110 billion commercial mortgage servicing rights portfolio to Keycorp for an undisclosed amount. 

The Justice Department says it won't challenge travel booking site Expedia's $1.3 billion purchase of competitor Orbitz, saying the deal is unlikely to hurt competitors or consumers.

The private equity firm Blackstone will buy real estate investment trust Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. in a cash deal valued at $3.93 billion.

The U.S. government is suing to stop Electrolux from buying General Electric's appliance division, saying the combined company would dominate sales of kitchen appliances to customers like home builders, property managers, hotels, and governments.

The monolithic hotel casinos that billionaire Kirk Kerkorian built on the sparkling Las Vegas Strip spoke for themselves.

The Tropicana hotel and casino in Las Vegas is being sold for $360 million.