Mergers and Acquisitions

In a note to employees on Wednesday, Disney CEO Bob Iger wrote that after executives at both companies spent the year studying how to integrate the companies, there are still “challenges” ahead in doing so.

Disney is closing its $71 billion acquisition of Fox's entertainment business in a move set to shake up the media landscape.

When the Walt Disney Co.'s $71.3 billion acquisition of Fox is completed early Wednesday, the birthplace of CinemaScope, "The Sound of Music" and "Titanic" will fade into Disney's ever-growing Magic Kingdom.

Lachlan Murdoch is poised to assume control of the slimmed-down media empire.

Chancellor Angela Merkel says the German government shouldn't get involved in exploratory talks between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank on a possible merger.

Fidelity National Information Services is buying Worldpay for about $35 billion as financial transactions increasingly move online.

Shares in Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank have risen despite widespread skepticism about the merits of a possible merger between the two German lenders.

The deal is the latest in a wave of consolidation in the financial software and payments technology sectors as firms bulk up to compete with newcomers seeking to disrupt the way merchants are paid.

Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, and domestic rival Commerzbank plan to open talks on a possible merger.

Germany's Commerzbank says it will open talks with Deutsche Bank on a possible merger.

A Delaware judge has refused to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit over poultry company Pilgrim's Pride's $1.3 billion acquisition of U.K. poultry producer Moy Park, which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Pilgrim's Pride's parent company.

AT&T is raising prices for its DirecTV Now streaming TV service, while removing some networks from the cable-like television package.

The agreement to combine the No. 3 and No. 4 U.S. wireless carriers, struck in April, but needs approval from the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission.

Attacking our leading tech companies just for their size would raise consumer prices, limit choice and discourage innovation.

Barrick Gold is dropping its takeover bid for Newmont Mining, as the gold companies instead form a joint venture to combine their Nevada mining operations.

One of the strongest cases to be made for approval of the $26.5 billion deal is on behalf of rural Americans.

Chipmaker Nvidia will acquire network and data transmission company Mellanox for $6.9 billion in an all-cash deal.

The offer price of $125 per share represents a premium of 14 percent to Mellanox's Friday close.

The deal is also under review at the Justice Department.