Tag: Merger
US Lawmakers Very Concerned With College Textbook Merger
Two US lawmakers expressed serious concern on Tuesday about the effect of a planned merger of college textbook publishers Cengage Learning Holdings and McGraw-Hill...
PepsiCo To Buy Rockstar Energy For $3.8B
PepsiCo has reached a deal to buy the Rockstar energy drink maker for $3.85 billion, the food and beverage giant said Wednesday.
The acquisition of...
UK Educational Publishing Merger Raises Competition Concerns
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is concerned that the loss of competition brought about by the proposed merger of book publishers McGraw-Hill and...
Aon To Buy Willis Towers Watson In $30B Deal
Aon is to buy Willis Towers Watson for $30bn in an all-share deal that will combine the world’s second and third-largest insurance brokers into...
If Antitrust Issue Stops Merger E-Trade Would Get $525M From Morgan...
If E-Trade Financial Corp walks away from its $13 billion deal with Morgan Stanley, the massive bank will come away with a $375 million breakup fee, according...
Intuit Nearing $7B Deal For Credit Karma
Intuit is reportedly close to a $7 billion deal to acquire personal-finance portal Credit Karma and beef up its position in the consumer-finance market.
The...
Judge Approves $26B Merger Of T-Mobile And Sprint
On Tuesday, a federal judge allowed the $26 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint to proceed, dismissing a challenge brought by a group of...
US Regulators Want To Block $1.4B Edgewell-Harry’s Deal
US regulators are seeking to halt Edgewell Personal Care’s plans to acquire shaving start-up Harry’s in a $1.37bn deal on competition grounds, arguing the...
AbbVie-Allergan $63B Deal Aided By Nestle Buy
US drugmaker AbbVie’s $63 billion tie-up with Allerganis getting help from Nestle and AstraZeneca buying up products the Irish-domiciled company is shedding to placate regulators.
According...
EU: Peugeot merger talks progressing well says CEO
Fiat Chrysler’s chief executive Michael Manley said on Wednesday, January 22, that merger talks with Peugeot owner PSA to create the world’s No. 4...