Economy Dec 01 Salesforce to buy work chat service Slack for $27.7 billion By Michael Liedtke, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press
Economy Jul 06 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. By Matt Ott, Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press
Economy Feb 20 Morgan Stanley to buy E-Trade for $13 billion The deal is the latest chapter in Morgan Stanley's transformation from the scrappy, deal-doing, stock-trading investment bank to a more well-rounded financial firm. By Ken Sweet, Michelle Chapman, Associated Press
Making Sen$e Feb 12 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. By Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, The Conversation
Economy Feb 11 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. By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press
Jun 27 Watch 5:04 This Kansas program links a company’s past to its future By Peter Tubbs, Iowa Public Television 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… Continue watching
Mar 20 Disney closes $71 billion deal for Fox entertainment assets By Mae Anderson, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 14 Trump’s CEO meetings raise concerns among ethics lawyers By Josh Boak, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump's meetings with CEOs seeking federal approval for major mergers are raising red flags for ethics lawyers. Continue reading
Dec 27 Column: The 10 most remarkable deals — and busts — of 2016 By Ben Gomes-Casseres 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. Continue reading
Jun 30 Column: What’s behind these big merger deal busts? By Ben Gomes-Casseres Anti-trust authorities have been active of late: several big merger deals have been stopped dead in their tracks. Continue reading