The Wall Street Journal: France’s Atos to buy IT company Syntel in $3.4 billion deal

Private equity company Apollo Global Management is in advanced talks to buy Europe's biggest plastics packaging maker RPC Group for more than $3.8 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday......»»

Private equity company Apollo Global Management is in advanced talks to buy Europe's biggest plastics packaging maker RPC Group for more than $3.8 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday......»»

Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG is nearing a deal to acquire U.S. biotechnology company Spark Therapeutics Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter......»»

German publishing conglomerate Axel Springer SE is in talks to purchase digital-news outlet Axios, according to people familiar with the matter, a deal that would add to the company’s U.S. holdings......»»

The 35% jump in valuation comes ahead of the company’s expected public listing that is likely to happen as soon as the second half of this year, according to people familiar with the company’s plans......»»

News Corp is nearing an agreement to purchase the consumer arm of educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co., according to people familiar with the matter, which would mark the media company’s second deal in less than a week......»»

Sports-media outlet the Athletic is in merger talks with news startup Axios, according to people familiar with the matter, part of a plan to build a larger online-publishing company that could include going public through a blank-check firm......»»

News Corp announced Thursday a deal to buy Investor's Business Daily for $275 million from O'Neil Capital Management. News Corp is the parent company of MarketWatch and the Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones. Investor's Busin.....»»

Shares of Extended Stay America Inc. soared 15.9% toward a 2-year in premarket trading Monday, after The Wall Street Journal reported that the hotel operator has agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group and Starwoo.....»»

Grab Holdings Inc. is in talks to go public through a merger with a SPAC that could value the Southeast Asian ride-hailing startup at as much as $40 billion, making it by far the largest such deal on record......»»

The value of Wall Street dealmaker Michael Klein's SPAC has soared to $13.7 billion before a deal with Lucid Motors has even been formally announced. Here's a look at who he is and what he might bring to the Newark company in a merger......»»

M&T Bank Corp. is nearing a deal to buy People’s United Financial Inc. for more than $7 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest in a string of regional-bank tie-ups......»»

A New York hedge fund that is the largest shareholder in Tribune Publishing Co. has reached a deal to acquire the rest of the newspaper company which owns some of the biggest papers in the country, including the Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News......»»

Reddit Inc. doubled its valuation to $6 billion in a new round of funding that comes as the social-media company has added users through the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently has gained attention for its role in the recent Wall Street trading frenzy......»»

NCR Corp. is nearing a deal to buy Cardtronics PLC after outbidding a pair of investment firms that had earlier agreed to buy the ATM operator......»»

Financial software maker Intuit Inc.'s (NASDAQ: INTU) deal to acquire personal finance company Credit Karma is almost final, and could be announced as soon as Monday, the Wall Street Journal read more.....»»

Intuit Inc. is nearing a deal to buy personal-finance portal Credit Karma Inc. for about $7 billion in cash and stock, in a move that would push the bookkeeping-software giant further into consumer finance, according to people familiar with the matter......»»

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.‘s earnings surged last year due to unrealized investment gains, but the conglomerate’s cash pile totaled $128 billion as of Dec. 31, the company said Saturday, slightly down from $128.2 billion at the end of the third quarter......»»

Ebay Inc. stock rose 2.6% in Friday trading after a report from The Wall Street Journal said there's potential for a sale of the e-commerce company's classified ad business. The business could be worth about $10 billion......»»

Morgan Stanley is buying E-Trade Financial Corp. in a deal valued at $13 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The all-stock deal was set to be announced later Thursday, it was reported. E-Trade shares were halted in the premarket.....»»