takeovers

The European Commission on Wednesday approved Intel's $7.68 billion acquisition of security-software company McAfee. Regulators had been concerned that the deal would exclude competing software from working with Intel processors, but Intel agreed to maintain interoperability.

Companies such as Duke Energy and DuPont are off and running with megamergers early this year. Even Playboy is among the dealers. And market pros say the trend is far from over. Why are so many U.S. companies tying the knot? Fast growth is hard to come by in any other strategy.

There's an interesting merger percolating in the coffee world. Peet's Coffee & Tea (PEET), the chain said to have been the inspiration for Starbucks (SBUX), said Monday it had reached a $213 million deal to buy Diedrich Coffee (DDRX), a big seller of java in single-serving cups for home...

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After IBM (IBM) decided to not follow through with its purchase of Sun Microsystems (JAVA), Oracle (ORCL) slipped in and made the deal a reality. Oracle has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Sun common stock for $9.50 per share cash. The premium for the deal comes in at $2.81 per...