Mergers and Acquisitions

Medical device maker Medtronic is switching to $16 billion in financing to complete its purchase of Ireland-based competitor Covidien a few weeks after federal regulators issued rules designed to curb overseas acquisitions that cut tax U.S. tax bills.

Salix Pharmaceuticals is scrapping its merger with the subsidiary of an Italian drugmaker after the U.S. created new limitations on the tax benefits of incorporating overseas.

Constellium is buying the U.S. aluminum company Wise Metals for $455 million in cash, giving the Dutch manufacturer more exposure to the big North American market.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia has sold three parcels of land for more than $56 million in an effort to shore up its finances, church officials announced Thursday.

Dow Chemical is looking to sell three more of its businesses for more than $2 billion in proceeds as it continues to try to shed non-core assets.

Sears, sorely in need of cash, is selling most of its stake in its Canadian unit to raise as much as $380 million through a rights offering.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is buying the privately-owned auto dealership company Van Tuyl Group.

Sears, sorely in need of cash, is selling most of its stake in its Canadian unit to raise as much as $380 million.

RCS Capital Corp. said Wednesday that it is buying a subsidiary of American Realty Capital Properties Inc. that invests in commercial real estate for at least $700 million.

Johnson & Johnson is buying the biopharmaceutical company Alios BioPharma Inc. for about $1.75 billion.

Energy exploration and production company Murphy Oil said Tuesday it will sell some of its oil and gas assets in Malaysia for $2 billion.

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Changes to the proposed merger agreement between Chiquita and the Irish fruit company Fyffes will give Chiquita shareholders a larger stake in what would become the world's largest banana supplier.

Hawaii's largest independent gasoline operator is being sold to a Texas company for $240 million.

Pharmacy operator PharMerica raised its annual forecasts Wednesday, citing favorable business trends and a recent acquisition.

General Electric, a household name for more than a century in part for making households easier to run, is leaving the home.

Global Cash Access Holdings is getting into the casino gaming business, spending about $1.2 billion to buy Multimedia Games Holdings.

Sweden's Electrolux says it is buying the appliances business of General Electric for $3.3 billion, boosting its presence on the North American market.

Global Cash Access Holdings Inc, which provides cash services to casinos, said it would buy slot machine maker Multimedia Games Holding Co Inc for about $1.

FMC is buying a Danish insecticide company for $1.8 billion.