

Economy Oct 10

As a condition of the deal, Aetna must sell its Medicare Part D prescription drug plan business to resolve anti-monopoly issues.
By Associated Press
Economy Jun 12

AT&T can complete an $85 billion purchase of Time Warner, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. Best known as a wireless provider, AT&T would acquire major content creators like HBO, CNN and Warner Brothers under the deal. The Justice Department…
Economy Dec 27

This year saw another bumper crop of remarkable business deals. Even if the volume of mergers and acquisitions fell short of the 2015 record, new mergers and partnerships were formed, and some big ones were busted up.
By Ben Gomes-Casseres
Economy Jun 30

Anti-trust authorities have been active of late: several big merger deals have been stopped dead in their tracks.
By Ben Gomes-Casseres
Apr 06

By PBS NewsHour
In our news wrap Wednesday, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and Irish rival Allergan abandoned a merger agreement after the Obama administration imposed rules to block the company from saving millions of dollars in taxes. Also, former coal executive Don Blankenship was…
Dec 07

By Lisa Lerer, Associated Press
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday will unveil a proposal for a new "exit tax" aimed at cracking down on corporate inversions, a practice that permits U.S. companies to merge with corporations overseas to lower their tax bill.
Oct 05

By Ben Gomes-Casseres
Another day, another merger. Telephone companies, drug companies, airlines, hospitals, retail stores and now beer. Why?…
Aug 26

May 03

By PBS NewsHour
Pfizer made a $106 billion bid for the British drug maker AstraZeneca this week in a move that was potentially motivated by lower corporate tax rates overseas. The deal could also affect the development of new drugs. Hari Sreenivasan speaks…
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