--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Acquisitions ## Acquisitions Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Nov 25, 2019 ## [Charles Schwab to Buy TD Ameritrade in $28.3 Billion Deal That Will Reshape Retail Brokerage Business](https://time.com/5738713/charles-schwab-td-ameritrade-acquisition-deal/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Bloomberg *  Jun 13, 2016 ## [Why Microsoft Is Spending $26 Billion on LinkedIn](https://time.com/4367134/microsoft-linkedin-buy/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Kevin Kelleher *  Jun 13, 2016 ## [Here's Why LinkedIn's CEO Sold the Company to Microsoft](https://time.com/4366106/linkedin-microsoft-why/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Lisa Eadicicco *  Jun 13, 2016 ## [Microsoft Adds LinkedIn to Its Professional Network](https://time.com/4366072/microsoft-linkedin-acquisition-buys/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Maya Rhodan *  Apr 19, 2016 ## [Here’s Proof That Instagram Was One of the Smartest Acquisitions Ever](https://time.com/4299297/instagram-facebook-revenue/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Victor Luckerson *  May 12, 2015 ## [The Single Best Article You Will Ever Read About AOL](https://time.com/3855327/aol-time-warner-carol-loomis/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Matt Vella *  Feb 20, 2015 ## [This Is Microsoft's New Plan to Invade Your Smartphone](https://time.com/3716303/microsoft-acquisitions/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Dan Kedmey *  Nov 11, 2014 ## [Yahoo Bets Big on Video With $640 Million BrightRoll Acquisition](https://time.com/3579559/yahoo-brightroll-acquisition/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Fortune *  Sep 3, 2014 ## [Outrage Over Burger King's Merger Is Totally Misdirected](https://time.com/3262821/burger-king-tim-hortons/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Sanjay Sanghoee *  Jul 1, 2014 ## [Google Buys Music Streaming Service Songza](https://time.com/2947020/google-songza/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Denver Nicks *  Jul 1, 2014 ## [This Is How Much All That Muscle Milk Is Worth](https://time.com/2945089/hormel-muscle-milk/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Fortune *  May 29, 2014 ## [Apple-Beats: Here's What Analysts Are Saying](https://time.com/135899/apple-beats-analysts/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Philip Elmer-DeWitt *  May 28, 2014 ## [7 Things to Know About the Apple-Beats Deal](https://time.com/132917/apple-beats-deal/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Doug Aamoth *  May 19, 2014 ## [What to Make of a Potential YouTube-Twitch Deal](https://time.com/104934/twitch-youtube/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Jared Newman *  Mar 26, 2014 ## [The Anti-Hype Guide to the Facebook-Oculus VR Deal](https://time.com/38347/the-anti-hype-guide-to-the-facebook-oculus-vr-deal/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Matt Peckham ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/acquisitions/","name":"Acquisitions"}}]}] ```