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Symantec shares soar on Broadcom acquisition reports
Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is looking to acquire cybersecurity company Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), according to a report by Bloomberg.…
Applied Materials to take over Kokusai Electric for $2.2 billion
Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) announced its decision to acquire Kokusai Electric Corporation from investment firm KKR for $2.2 billion…
Pharma stocks: Merck is on a buying spree
Several merger and acquisition deals are being announced in the healthcare sector, the most recent one being the acquisition of…
Dassault agrees to buy Medidata for $5.8 billion
French company Dassault Systemes agreed to buy Medidata Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDSO) for $5.8 billion. The all-cash transaction was approved…
Barnes & Noble stock rises on acquisition agreement with Elliot
Shares of Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) were up over 11% in morning hours on Friday after the company…
Waste Management’s stock gains on news of Advanced Disposal acquisition
Waste Management Inc.’s (WM) stock was up 2.5% in afternoon trade on Monday after the company announced its decision to…
Accenture Interactive to buy creative agency Droga5
Marketing services firm Accenture Interactive, a subsidiary of Accenture Plc (ACN) agreed to acquire the New York-based creative agency for…
Deal: NF Energy Saving Corp plans to acquire Boqi Zhengji Pharmacy Chain
NF Energy Saving Corp (Nasdaq: BIMI) on Tuesday announced that it plans to buy China-based Boqi Zhengji Pharmacy Chain Co.…
Atlanta-based EVO Payments to buy Ireland’s Way2Pay
Payment service provider EVO Payments, Inc. (EVOP) is bolstering its European presence as it announced the acquisition of Dublin, Ireland-based…
Nvidia’s 7-bn purchase of Mellanox Technologies to help boost data center biz
Israeli chipmaker Mellanox Technologies (MLNX) saw its shares jump over 8% during pre-market trading on Monday, after technology giant Nvidia…
Immune Design stock more than triples as it gets acquired by Merck
Merck (MRK) announced today that it will acquire immunotherapy developer Immune Design (IMDZ) for $5.85 per share in cash for an…
Johnson & Johnson buys Auris Health to boost medical devices business
Establishing its foray into robotic health products, pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) on Wednesday announced it was acquiring California-based…
Maxwell Technologies jumps 50% on getting acquired by Tesla
Tesla (TSLA) has entered into an agreement to acquire battery manufacturer Maxwell Technologies (MXWL) for about $218 million. This offer…
Specialty chemicals company Entegris to buy Versum for $4 billion
It was a case of rivals merging when Specialty chemicals company Entegris (ENTG) announced on Monday that it plans to…
Google will buy smartwatch technology from Fossil for $40 million
Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOGL) subsidiary Google is buying smartwatch technology worth $40 million from Fossil Group (FOSL). The sale involves technology…
Newmont to acquire Goldcorp for $10 billion to create gold mining giant
Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM) agreed to acquire Goldcorp Inc. (GG) for $10 billion in an all-stock deal, which is expected…
Chinese giant Zijin Mining buys rest of Nevsun Resources
Chinese exploration giant Zijin Mining (Shanghai:601899) (Hong Kong:2899) on Friday announced that it would buy all issued and outstanding shares…
Bristol-Myers Squibb swallows Celgene for $74-bln; Celgene stock surges
Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) acquired its peer Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG) in a $74-billion cash-and-stock deal. Under the agreement terms, Celgene…
Mindbody agreed to be bought by Vista Equity
Mindbody (MB) agreed to be acquired by San Francisco-based private equity firm Vista Equity Partners in a definitive agreement signed…
Farfetch (NYSE: FTCH) buys sneaker marketplace Stadium Goods
Online luxury fashion platform Farfetch Limited (FTCH) announced that it acquired sneaker marketplace Stadium Goods for a deal valued at…