M&A

Why Microsoft Is Spending $26 Billion on LinkedIn

By Kevin Kelleher

Valeant Snaps Up ‘Female Viagra’ Maker Sprout for $1 Billion

By Fortune / Geoffrey Smith

Ireland’s Horizon Pharma Launches Hostile, $3 billion Bid For U.S. Rival

By Tom Huddleston, Jr. / Fortune

Willis Group to Merge With Towers Watson

By Claire Groden / Fortune
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Regulators Just Effectively Killed Another Big M&A Deal

Sysco will pay a $300 million break-up fee

By John Kell / Fortune

These Two Supermarket Chains Are Forming a $29 Billion Behemoth

It will be one of the largest grocery corporations in the U.S.

By Daniel Roberts / Fortune

The Single Best Article You Will Ever Read About AOL

Dated February 7, 2000, it was written by a legend

By Matt Vella

Why Nokia's Blockbuster Merger Turned Into Such a Mess

Nokia marrying Alcatel-Lucent will have a huge impact

By Kevin Kelleher

What Hewlett-Packard's Split Really Means

Like its peers, HP has long said that software and services, not hardware, are the keys to future success. A split prepares the company to prove it

By Fortune / Andrew Nusca

Outrage Over Burger King's Merger Is Totally Misdirected

The bottom line is it's a solid deal

By Sanjay Sanghoee

Tobacco Mergers Are Creating a More Efficient Killing Machine

It’s been a year of colossal mergers or proposed mergers among some consumer goods and services companies. Comcast wants to take over Time Warner Cable (not affiliated with TIME) to form the nation’s largest cable...

By Bill Saporito

Mega-Mergers Are Killing Innovation

The latest mega-merger in the telecommunications sector, that of AT&T and DirecTV, would be the fourth largest in history, and it comes only months after the nation’s largest cable operator Comcast announced that it was...

By Sanjay Sanghoee

AT&T Swallows DirecTV

The telecom giant will pay $48.5 billion in stock and cash as it looks to keep up with rival Comcast, but it's a risky deal that may not benefit consumers

By Kevin Kelleher

Comcast Exec: Time Warner Cable Deal Is Great for Consumers

Comcast's policy chief David Cohen says he hasn't heard any "rational, knowledgeable voices" objecting to the $45 billion merger

By Sam Gustin
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