Uber buys Postmates in $2.65 billion deal
The acquisition enables the ride-hailing giant to increase its delivery offerings at a time when the global pandemic has suppressed customers' desire for rides while boosting home delivery needs.
Morgan Stanley to buy E-Trade for $13 billion
The deal is the latest chapter in Morgan Stanley's transformation from the scrappy, deal-doing, stock-trading investment bank to a more well-rounded financial firm.
How the T-Mobile-Sprint merger could increase inequality
Research suggests the U.S. could begin to rein in its yawning wealth gap by vigorously cracking down on anti-competitive behavior in the marketplace.
U.S. regulators expand antitrust probe into 5 giant tech companies
Federal regulators are ramping up their investigation of the market dominance of five giant tech companies.
Transitioning a business to a new owner has its challenges. But a program run by the business school at the University of Kansas aims to match those seeking to sell their companies with potential buyers seeking business opportunities. Peter Tubbs…
By buying the studios behind "The Simpsons" and X-Men, Disney aims to better compete with technology companies such as Amazon and Netflix for viewers' attention and dollars.
President-elect Donald Trump's meetings with CEOs seeking federal approval for major mergers are raising red flags for ethics lawyers.
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.
Anti-trust authorities have been active of late: several big merger deals have been stopped dead in their tracks.
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