Mergers and Acquisitions

Tyson Foods buying Keystone Foods for $2.16B

Tyson Foods, maker of Jimmy Dean sausages and other meat products, will pay $2.16 billion in cash for the Keystone Foods business of Marfrig Global Foods, expanding its international reach and product range.

FCC chair: White House called about Sinclair-Tribune deal

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, an independent agency, says a White House official called to talk about a proposed merger between Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. and Tribune Media Co. Ajit Pai told a Senate panel Thursday that Don McGahn, the White House counsel, called for a "status update" on the agency's action on the deal.

Diamondback Energy acquires Alabama-based Energen

Texas-based Diamondback Energy Inc. is acquiring one of Alabama's largest publicly held companies, the Birmingham-based Energen Corp., in a stock deal worth more than $9 billion.