Mergers and Acquisitions

China's state-owned ChemChina will make an agreed $43 billion bid for Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta, marking the largest ever overseas acquisition by a Chinese firm

China's state-owned ChemChina is nearing a deal to take over Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta for roughly 470 Swiss francs ($460.5) per share, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said it would acquire Alere for $5.8 billion to boost its global diagnostics presence.

Battle of the Suits: Jos. A. Bank rejected a $1.5 billion takeover bid from Men's Wearhouse as the fight between the apparel companies marches on. 

Charter is nearing an agreement to secure financing as it pursues a bid for larger rival Time Warner Cable.

Private equity firm Cerberus is reportedly close to a deal with two BlackBerry co-founders to jointly pursue a bid for the smartphone maker. Qualcomm was also said to be in talks.

BlackBerry executives reportedly met with Facebook in California to gauge the social media giant’s possible interest in a bid for the smartphone maker.

Liberty Global agreed  to sell nearly all of Chellomedia, its international content division, to AMC Networks for about $1 billion.

The buyout of Onavo highlights Facebook's intense focus on the mobile side of its business.

The $3.8 billion acquisition is aimed at expanding Regency's geographic footprint to Appalachia and the Mid-Continent region.

The $38.50-a-share deal for the two companies represents a 42% premium to the average closing price Friday of Molex's two classes of stock.

Sirius XM Radio inked a deal to buy the connected vehicle business from Agero for $530 million in cash.

The No. 1 U.S. chemical maker suffered profit and revenue drops and revealed plans to possibly sell its performance-chemicals arm.

Nokia shares rallied on a report that Chinese smartphone and networking vendor Huawei would be interested in acquiring the firm.

Business-information provider IHS plans to acquire the owner of the used-car shopping tool Carfax for $1.4 billion. 

The leading social network is reportedly in talks to acquire an Israeli start-up for up to $1 billion.

The activist shareholder suggested the two sides combine their slates of five nominees to create a reconstituted board.

The retailer sold its 50% stake in its European business as it continues to look for ways to streamline costs. 

Shares of SINA Corp. climbed after the Shanghai-based online media company inked a $586 million deal with China’s largest e-commerce platform Alibaba that could enable its merchants to connect with Weibo.com's 400 million users. 

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway agreed to a $1.4 billion deal to acquire Phillips Specialty Products, a Phillips 66 unit that specializes in maximizing the flow potential of pipelines.