Mergers and Acquisitions

The parent company of MoviePass says that it plans to spin off the discount movie ticket subscription service into a separate public company.

J&J already owns nearly 20 percent of the company.

U.S. President Donald Trump wants to rip up the rulebook for global trade.

The newly formed Magneti Marelli CK Holdings is likely to cut costs through synergies and expand its customer base as components makers try to keep up with a shift by carmakers into autonomous driving, connected cars and electric vehicles.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has announced the sale of its auto components division to Japanese automotive component supplier Calsoni Kansei Corporation in a deal valued at 6.2 billion euros ($7 billion).

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.