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Diamond to Buy Pringles for $1.5 Billion
6:00PM 4/05/2011
Diamond Foods is buying the Pringles brand of chips from Procter & Gamble for $1.5 billion. The deal is the latest -- and biggest -- of a stack of acquisitions for the maker of Emerald nuts and Pop Secret popcorn, making Diamond to the No. 2 snack company after PepsiCo's Frito-Lay.
Inside Wall Street: Putting Mergers and Acquisitions to Work for You
9:00AM 3/19/2011
Investing, Goldman Sachs , Google , Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Apple, Stock Picks, Cisco Systems, Chevron, Market News, Investment
Mergers and acquisitions are becoming ever more popular, with activity up 24% in the first two months of this year -- after already growing 23% in 2010. Here's how your portfolio can benefit from this trend.
Still No Deal Between Sanofi-Aventis and Genzyme
12:45PM 2/11/2011
What is preventing the French pharmaceutical group and U.S. biotech from reaching a merger agreement?
Why Borders' Buyout Bid for Barnes & Noble Has an Unbelievable Plot
11:22AM 12/06/2010
Company News, People, Media, Retail, Barnes & Noble, Books, Stocks in the News
When Barnes & Noble announced it was looking for a buyer, we entertained the fanciful notion that struggling rival Borders might put in a bid. As absurd as the idea was, that buyout offer has been made. Here's why it has virtually no chance of succeeding.
Holiday Shopping Turns to M&A, J. Crew Near Buyout Deal
6:35AM 11/23/2010
Private equity firms are likely to buy retailer J. Crew Group for $43.50 a share or about $2.8 billion, though investors might balk at such a modest premium.
M&A Activity Expected to Jump 36% in 2011
3:00PM 11/15/2010
Global mergers and acquisitions activity is expected to rocket upward 36% next year, getting its strength from the financial and real estate industries, according to a report released Monday -- a level of increase that hasn't been seen since the credit crisis hit.
Goldman Sachs Earnings Preview: Expect Lower Profits
1:52PM 10/18/2010
Company News, Economy, Investing, Earnings, Goldman Sachs , Market News
Goldman Sachs is expected to report a sharp drop in third-quarter earnings early Tuesday, due to a decline in trading activity in a market that's been light on volume for months. Goldman is forecast to report adjusted earnings of $2.28 a share.
J&J to Acquire Vaccine Maker Crucell
8:10AM 10/06/2010
Giant drugmaker Johnson & Johnson has agreed to buy Dutch vaccine maker Crucell. The deal will give J&J a bigger piece of the vaccine market and better access to emerging markets.
Southwest Buys AirTran as Airline Consolidation Continues
7:15AM 9/27/2010
Southwest Airlines, one of the earliest discount airlines, will buy rival AirTran -- another sign of consolidation in an industry that has witnessed the mergers of Northwest with Delta and United with Continental over the last two years.
Sinochem Closer to Bidding Against BHP Billiton for Potash
10:44AM 9/25/2010
The FTC has cleared a BHP Billiton bid for Potash Corp., but that hardly matters. Authorities in the fertilizer company's home country of Canada may not approve the transaction. And it looks like BHP won't be the only bidder. The giant Chinese conglomerate Sinochem is working on an offer.
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