Mergers and Acquisitions

Starbucks is restructuring its European operations after several years of slowing sales.

Spanish police have arrested a former Venezuelan official and an exiled opposition leader's relative and seized more than 115 properties in a money-laundering investigation into a ring that allegedly bought real estate in Spain with illicit funds from Venezuela.

The Swiss healthcare company is paying 24 dollars per share in cash for Endocyte.

Sears has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses.

Defense contractors Harris Corp. and L3 Technologies are combining to form one of the world's largest defense companies.

Walmart says it's buying online lingerie retailer Bare Necessities, the latest acquisition in its niche-brand buying spree.

The move expands the iPhone maker's chip operations in Europe.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: Sears Holdings Corp., down 10 cents to 49 cents The Wall Street Journal reported that the struggling retailer was preparing a bankruptcy filing.

A Louisiana-based home health and hospice company says it's buying a nationwide hospice company based in New Jersey, and will become the nation's third-largest hospice provider.

The proposed $69 billion merger between CVS Health and Aetna is getting a greenlight from the Department of Justice, with some conditions.

The drug-insurer deal won conditional approval, potentially paving the way for lower consumer prices.

Nelson Peltz is the co-founder of Trian.

A leading adviser on international corporate deals says executives are cooling to the idea of mergers and acquisitions in the face of rising trade tensions.

A subsidiary of General Electric Co. has agreed to purchase a 5-percent stake in the drilling arm of Abu Dhabi's state oil company for $550 million.

The executive who guided classic American whiskeys Jim Beam and Maker's Mark through the transition of being acquired by a Japanese company four years ago has announced he'll step down as CEO of spirits company Beam Suntory next spring.

Once a dominant bookseller, Barnes & Noble has floundered.

Japan's No. 1 automaker Toyota Motor Corp. and technology giant SoftBank Group Corp. say they are setting up a joint venture to create mobility services.

Japan's Toyota and Softbank say they will set up a joint venture to create mobility services.

Eldorado Resorts has completed its purchase of Atlantic City's Tropicana casino.

A little-known venture capitalist is on the verge of acquiring one of the largest for-profit colleges in the country.