Dealmakers see divided US government favoring mergers and acquisitions
One corporate sector that could be a major beneficiary of the election outcome is the oil and gas industry
Shareholders aren't running on the idea of Dunkin's billion dollar deal
Inspire Brands Inc. said Friday that it is acquiring Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. for $11.3 billion, including the Dunkin’ Brands’ debt that Inspire will be taking on.
Stock futures trade higher ahead of election, oil slides on COVID-19 lockdowns
Trump vs. Biden is the most anticipated presidential election in U.S. history
Nestlé acquires prepared meal service Freshly to compete with HelloFresh, Blue Apron
Nestle agreed to buy healthy-meal delivery service Freshly on Friday for as much as $1.5 billion.
Dunkin' Brands to go private in $8.76B deal by Arby's owner
Dunkin' and Baskin-Robbins will operate as distinct brands within Inspire
Sony in talks with AT&T to buy Crunchyroll for more than $950M
Sony Corp is in final talks with AT&T to acquire U.S. animation-streaming service Crunchyroll in a deal worth more than $957 million.
Marvell to buy Inphi, creating $40B semiconductor giant
Marvell Technology Group has agreed to buy Inphi Corp. for about $10 billion in cash and stock, making for the second mega chip deal this week.
Nasdaq leads stock rebound ahead of big tech earnings
Amazon and Apple will lead Thursday's earnings parade.
Tiffany agrees to new deal terms with LVMH
New agreement calls for LVMH to pay $131.50 a share, saving it roughly $430 million
Marvell nears deal to buy Inphi
Deal valued at about $10B could come as soon as this week
Callaway Golf agrees to buy remainder of Topgolf
Callaway Golf Co. has agreed to buy the remaining stake in driving-range chain Topgolf Entertainment Group in an all-stock deal.
Tiffany and LVMH discuss price cut to settle deal dispute
U.S. jeweler Tiffany & Co and French luxury goods giant LVMH are in talks to settle their dispute over a $16 billion takeover at a price slightly lower than that initially agreed.
Investment banking sources speculate Bezos is interested in buying CNN: Gasparino
Charlie Gasparino on CNN, Bezos
AMD to buy Xilinx in $35B tech mega-deal
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Tuesday reached an agreement to buy solutions provider Xilinx Inc. in a $35 billion all-stock deal.
Dunkin' Brands held 'preliminary discussions' to be acquired by Inspire Brands
The potential deal, valued at roughly $8.8 billion, would reportedly take Dunkin’ Brands private at a price of $106.50 per share.
US tentatively approves Delta, WestJet alliance
The Delta-WestJet joint venture would have a combined 27% share of scheduled air carrier transborder capacity
Pioneer Natural to buy shale rival Parsley for $4.5 billion in all-stock deal
The deal would create the largest Permian Basin-only focused shale producer.
Michael Bloomberg held talks to take his media empire public
Mike Bloomberg and Bill Ackman have talked about a unique IPO.
ConocoPhillips to buy Concho Resources for $9.7 billion
Conoco Phillips continues consolidation in the energy patch.
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