Mergers and Acquisitions

The acquisition is expected to generate annual synergies of $160 million within three years and also boost Advance Auto's EPS. 

The $625 million deal is a bid to boost exposure in emerging markets, and gives the cigarette maker a 25% stake in an Algerian joint venture.

The $625 million deal is a bid to boost exposure in emerging markets, and gives the cigarette maker a 25% stake in an Algerian joint venture.

The buyout carries a hefty premium of 85.5% and values the smaller medical-device maker at $1.65 billion.

The buyout comes just 15 months after the British vacuum pump maker's IPO.

Saks disclosed a wider-than-feared second-quarter loss on Monday as the high-end retailer was hit by soft sales growth and higher overhead costs.

The maker of 'Call of Duty' revealed plans to reduce Vivendi's stake from 61.1% to 12% through a pair of transactions.

Industry Ventures has raised a $425 million secondary fund and a $200 million special opportunities fund, to buy equity inVC-backed startups.

Honeywell International Inc, a maker of aircraft parts and climate control systems, said it was scrapping its offer to buy United Technologies Corp due to the company's unwillingness to engage in negotiations.

Honeywell International, a maker of aircraft parts and climate control systems, said it was scrapping its offer to buy United Technologies due to the company's unwillingness to engage in negotiations.

The European Commission said on Monday it had cleared Dell's planned $67 billion acquisition of data storage company EMC Corp.

U.S. industrial conglomerate United Technologies Corp on Friday rejected a $90.7 billion offer by rival aerospace supplier Honeywell International Inc, saying that pursuing a merger would be "irresponsible" toward its shareholders.

Viacom Inc is considering selling a minority stake in its Paramount Pictures movie studio, Chief Executive Philippe Dauman said on Tuesday.

Time Inc, the publisher of Sports Illustrated, People and Time magazine, is considering a deal to buy the core business of Yahoo, citing people familiar with the matter.

Worldwide mergers and acquisitions deals have fallen 23 percent to $336 billion so far this year compared with last year, but cross-border activity by amount targeting U.S.-based companies reached a record high.

International Business Machines Corp said it would buy Truven Health Analytics, a provider of cloud-based healthcare data, for $2.6 billion, the company's fourth major health-related acquisition since launching the Watson Health unit in April last year.

International Business Machines said on Thursday it plans to acquire Truven Health Analytics, a provider of healthcare data and analytics, for $2.6 billion, marking its fourth major health data-related deal in the past year.

Private-equity firm Apollo Global Management announcing this morning that it will acquire ADT for $42 per share.

U.S. toymakers Mattel Inc and Hasbro Inc have held talks about a possible merger, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.