Mergers and Acquisitions

The Canadian government is approving Burger King Worldwide Inc.'s takeover of the iconic Canadian coffee shop chain Tim Hortons Inc.

NextEra Energy Inc. plans to buy Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. to expand clean energy in Hawaii.

Cliffs Natural Resources is selling off coal assets in West Virginia as the mining company continues to shift more toward a pure, iron ore supplier.

Capital Southwest Corp.'s stock is rising on news that it plans to separate its industrial and lending businesses into two publicly traded companies.

Sweeping change in the electricity business and the rise of renewable energy are behind German utility' E.ON's decision to spin off its conventional power plants — and create two companies that can each focus on what it does best.

Apache Corp. said Thursday that it will sell some of its oil and gas assets for $1.4 billion.

Seven Harvard University students have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to force the university's governing body to withdraw its investments in fossil fuels.

In a move to bolster its position in Greece, Carlsberg says its local brewer will merge with Greek beer-maker Olympic Brewery and hold a 51-percent share in the new company.

Halliburton is buying rival oilfield services company Baker Hughes is a cash-and-stock deal worth $34.6 billion.

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority announced plans Friday to sell its ownership stake in a Cook Inlet rig, which will be transported to South Africa for offshore exploration, pending final approval.

Portugal's government is trying for the second time in two years to sell flag carrier TAP Air Portugal.

A former Atlantic City Boardwalk casino will find new life as a satellite campus for a southern New Jersey college.

The shipping company with the largest share of the Hawaii market said Tuesday it will buy the Alaska operations of its competitor.

Plains All American Pipeline LP said Thursday that it plans to buy Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s 50 percent stake in a pipeline company for $1.075 billion.

Cott Corp., a Canadian beverage maker, plans to expand into water and coffee delivery by buying privately held DSS Group Inc.

Perrigo is expanding its reach into Europe through the acquisition of one of the continent's biggest suppliers of non-prescription medicines in a deal valued at about $3.1 billion.

Raytheon Co. said Wednesday that it bought privately held cybersecurity company Blackbird Technologies for about $420 million.

American Realty Capital Properties Inc. is fighting back after investment firm RCS Capital Corp. said Monday that it called off its $700 million deal to buy Cole Capital Partners from the real estate investment trust.

The parent company of the Chicago Sun-Times announced Friday it has sold six daily newspapers and 32 weeklies in the Chicago suburbs to Tribune Publishing Co., casting the sale as an effort to more forcefully move into digital media.

Omega Healthcare is buying rival real estate investment trust Aviv in an all-stock deal worth about $3 billion.