Mergers and Acquisitions

Amazon.com completes acquisition of online apparel and footwear company Zappos.com Amazon.com Inc. said Monday that it closed on its acquisition of online apparel and footwear company Zappos.com Inc. The Web retailer said in July that it would pay about 10 million shares ...

North Dakota AG says law kept hospital merger review brief; may seek to expand authority Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says North Dakota law limited his review of a merger of two large health care companies. Stenehjem says he may ask the Legislature ...

Foster Wheeler acquires Houston oil, natural gas production business Engineering and construction company Foster Wheeler AG said Thursday it has acquired a Houston-based oil and natural gas production business for undisclosed terms. Foster Wheeler's global engineering and construction group completed the acquisition ...

Pfizer said its CFO will get a $1.2M cash and stock bonus and biopharma leader will get $1M Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday it awarded bonuses of $1 million or more to two executives after completing its $68 billion purchase of former rival ...

UBS names former Merrill exec Robert McCann as CEO of US wealth management unit Swiss investment bank UBS AG said Tuesday it has named former Merrill Lynch & Co. executive Robert McCann as CEO of its U.S. wealth management unit, replacing Marten ...

United States businessman Stan Kroenke moved closer towards the threshold that would oblige him to launch a takeover bid for Arsenal after purchasing 10 more shares in the English Premier League club. It was announced on Tuesday that the Denver-based Kroenke, already ...

Cisco announced on Tuesday it has agreed to buy Web security company ScanSafe for some 183 million dollars, the latest in a string of acquisitions by the US networking giant. The San Jose, California-based Cisco said the purchase of the privately held ...

British bank Barclays on Monday bought the home loans and savings arm of insurer Standard Life, pursuing its expansion strategy after the part-purchase of failed US titan Lehman Brothers last year. Barclays, which has avoided state control unlike rival British banks that ...

Barclays on Monday bought the home loans and savings arm of insurer Standard Life, pursuing its expansion strategy after the part-purchase of failed US titan Lehman Brothers last year. Barclays, which has avoided state control unlike rival banks that were beaten by ...

PC sales ticked up in the quarter, but likely not enough to bolster Microsoft's results Microsoft Corp. reports its earnings for the fiscal first quarter on Friday before the opening bell. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion ...