Mergers and Acquisitions

Square, the mobile payments startup created by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, has postponed its IPO indefinitely, FOX Business has learned.

Altria said its Nu Mark subsidiary has agreed to acquire the e-vapor business of Green Smoke for about $110 million in cash and $20 million in incentive payments.

The cloud software maker will buy the mobile security company for $1.18 billion, and $365 million in installment payments and assumed unvested equity. 

BusinessInsider.com may not be shopping itself, but it hasn’t stopped potential suitors from calling, including one that recently offered more than $100 million, a source tells FBN.

CVS Health and Target ink deal for CVS to acquire Target's pharmacy and clinic businesses for about $1.9 billion.

Amid ongoing management changes and a rocky stock performance, Twitter is finding itself at a crossroads.  Does Twitter have what it takes to remain a public company or is time to sell itself?

Comcast and Time Warner Cable officially terminated their $45 billion merger Friday amid regulatory opposition.

Wilson Sporting Goods is stepping up to the plate to buy the Louisville Slugger brand, bringing together two iconic baseball brands.

Liberty Interactive Corporation announced Monday that it had entered an agreement to purchase e-commerce brand Zulily for $2.4 billion, in a cash and stock deal. The acquisition will be attributed to Liberty’s QVC Group, the shopping television channel.

Sergio Marchionne, chief executive of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, is keeping up his campaign to merge the automaker with General Motors.

Shares of the struggling cosmetics company Avon went wild on Thursday after receiving what turned out to be a fake takeover offer via an SEC filing from PTG Capital Partners which does not exist.   

Bookseller Barnes & Noble said Thursday it is ending its commercial agreement with Microsoft for its Nook e-book reader ahead of its planned Nook spinoff.

PayPal's split from long-time partner eBay Inc. makes Carl Icahn mighty happy.

Gannett will spin off its print business including USA Today into a separate company as it focuses on its TV and digital media properties, the company said Tuesday.

Combining Time Warner and Fox would result in one media and entertainment juggernaut, bringing together several TV networks, production companies and media properties.

Tribune Co. says it has approved a spinoff of its newspaper publishing business.

Merck & Co Inc is in talks to acquire Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc for more than $7 billion in a deal that could be announced as early as next week, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing people briefed on the matter.

Ann Inc reportedly hired JP Morgan to explore strategic alternatives, including a potential sales of the retailer.

Shares in drugmaker AstraZeneca have climbed more than 7 percent this week, fueled by speculation of renewed takeover interest from Pfizer, following an abortive $118 billion (71 billion pounds) takeover attempt in May.

Facebook Inc's $19 billion bid for fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp sent shares of BlackBerry Ltd higher before the opening bell on Thursday as investors placed bets that the smartphone maker's own messaging platform has been undervalued.