Dana Mattioli, a mergers and acquisitions reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York, talks about how she broke the story of Berkshire Hathaway’s 2015 agreement to acquire Precision Castparts, the largest such...
Reuters is looking for an experienced scoop-driven M&A reporter to break stories on market-moving deals, one of the newsiest, most market-sensitive parts of the file. Major Responsibilities / Accountabilities: The successful candidate will regularly...
Standard Life Plc could announce an offer to acquire Aberdeen Asset Management Plc as early as Monday morning for $13.5 billion, continuing a consolidation move in the money management business. Chris Newlands, Madison Marriage...
Kraft Heinz, the Warren Buffett-backed U.S. food group, dropped its $143 billion offer for consumer products rival Unilever on Sunday, only two days after publicly confirming its interest in acquiring the Anglo-Dutch rival. Arash...
Upscale retailer Kate Spade confirmed Thursday that it is considering “strategic alternatives” for the company’s future, which in the world of business news coverage typically includes a possible sale. Nathan Bomey of USA Today had...
Verizon Communications Inc. is close to a deal with Yahoo Inc. that will cut up to $300 million off its $4.8 billion purchase price of the internet search engine, according to business news media...
Botox maker Allergan Plc agreed to pay $2.48 billion in cash for Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc., adding a system that it says helps people slim down by freezing fat away to the company’s line-up of...
Anthem Inc.’s $48 billion deal to buy Cigna Corp. was blocked by a federal judge, putting an end to the second of two mergers that would have reshaped the U.S. health care landscape. Zachary...
Walgreens substantially lowered its offering price for drugstore rival Rite Aid and, facing resistance from U.S. regulators, raised the number of stores it would be willing to unload to ease monopoly concerns. Tom Murphy of...
Verizon Communications is seeking a deal that would merge its telecommunications business with Charter Communications, according to various media reports on Thursday. Brian Fung of the Washington Post had the news: A deal between the two...
