Mergers and Acquisitions

Medicaid coverage provider Centene is spending about $6.3 billion to buy fellow insurer Health Net, as managed care companies look to bulk up while adjusting to the federal health care overhaul.

Bon-Ton, like a number of other retailers, is turning some of its real estate in to cash.

Warren Buffett's company is investing $500 million in Insurance Australia Group and taking on 20 percent of that company's new business.

Little Rock-based Acxiom Corp. said it is selling its information-technology infrastructure management operations to two private-equity firms in a potential $190 million deal.

Wall Street and Main Street gave banks a boost last quarter.

Apache Corp. says it is selling its Australian oil exploration and production subsidiary for $2.1 billion in cash.

Humana Inc. says it will sell its Concentra Inc. unit to MJ Acquisition Corp. for just under $1.06 billion in cash.

Takeover talks between retailer Express and private equity firm Sycamore Partners have ended, the companies said Tuesday.

Three Malaysian lenders say a proposed merger to create Southeast Asia's fourth-biggest commercial bank has collapsed after they failed to agree on terms.

Mississippi-based regional bank Renasant Corp. said Wednesday that it will acquire Georgia-based Heritage Financial Group, the parent of HeritageBank of the South for $258 million in stock.

The Blackstone Group has cancelled an initial public offering for IndCor Properties and will instead sell the industrial real estate company to Singapore's sovereign wealth fund for $8.1 billion.

In a big year for deal making, the health care industry is a standout.

Blackstone Group is spinning off its financial advisory business and combining it with financial advisory firm PJT Partners.

The initial public offering of OM Asset Management raised $308 million on Thursday, while shares of HubSpot climbed after its offering priced above expectations.

The investment bank Evercore Partners says it has an agreement to buy the International Strategy & Investment Group, a financial research firm.

Botox maker Allergan is suing a Canadian drugmaker and a hedge fund over their hostile takeover attempt, alleging insider trading and other fraud before their plan became public.

AOL offered to purchase BusinessInsider.com for more than $100 million but talks ultimately broke down when the two sides couldn’t agree on price, the FOX Business Network has learned.

RBS' 'bad bank' is part of a raft of measures designed to heal the bank's relationship with the British government and speed up privatization.

Just three years after acquiring Institutional Shareholder Services, MSCI said it may sell the influential proxy adviser. 

The bank received approval to buy the remaining stake in its wealth management business Smith Barney from Citigroup.