Mergers and Acquisitions

Sony is jumping into the video-game-making M&A fury.

Under the deal’s terms, Citrix stockholders will receive $104 a share

Cloud-computing company Citrix Systems Inc. is close to a roughly $13 billion deal to go private, continuing a spate of big leveraged buyouts that are powering record private-equity activity.

UBS Group AG is buying online wealth adviser Wealthfront for $1.4 billion to reach the young rich and manage more money for people through their devices, the company said Wednesday.

Kohl's takeover offer is rewarding investors.

A consortium backed by activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP has offered roughly $9 billion to buy department store Kohl's Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.

Kotick, who has been under pressure amid allegations of running a workplace fraught with misconduct, is Activision Blizzard's largest single shareholder.

Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard Inc. in a deal worth $68.7 billion, the companies announced on Tuesday.

DirecTV and Dish Network are once again holding talks about a possible merger, according to a report.

Sunshine Fitness operates 114 Planet Fitness clubs in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022.

Take-Two is buying the creator of FarmVille and Words with Friends for $12.7B.

Billionaire Sir Richard Branson has welcomed his second space company to the public markets

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AT&T Inc.’s WarnerMedia and ViacomCBS Inc.

Global dealmaking is set to maintain its scorching pace next year, after a historic year for merger and acquisition (M&A) activity that was fueled largely by easy availability of cheap financing and booming stock markets.

Samsung BioLogics on Thursday denied a media report that said the South Korean firm was in talks to buy U.S. drugmaker Biogen Inc.

AP Moeller-Maersk AS said Wednesday it has agreed to buy LF Logistics Holdings Ltd.

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is in advanced talks to acquire LF Logistics for around $3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would give the ocean shipping giant a network of warehouses.

Oracle's Larry Ellison says the deal will help "lower the administrative workload burdening our medical professionals, improve patient privacy and outcomes, and lower overall health care costs."