M&A

Valero Energy Partners LP (NYSE: VLP) announced Friday that it will purchase certain businesses from subsidiaries of Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO). According to a press release, the Partnership will purchase the outstanding membership interests in Valero Partners Houston, LLC and Valero...

Visa Inc (NYSE: V) announced Friday that it has reached an agreement to acquire privately-owned TrialPay. TrialPay "offers platform that connects merchants with millions of consumers through targeted promotion. As a payments technology partner to merchants globally, Visa will...

SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Valero Energy Partners LP (NYSE: VLP, the Partnership) today announced that the board of directors of its general partner has approved the Partnership's acquisition of certain businesses from subsidiaries of Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO, Valero)....

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday February 26, 2015: Activist David Callan Presses Identiv Board to Consider Sale The Activist Letter:Shares of Identiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE) rose early Thursday on a letter from activist investor David...

Cyberonics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYBX) shares gained more than 20 percent after the company said it will merge with Italian-based Sorin SpA in a stock-swap valuing the two companies at $2.7 billion. Cyberonics changed hands recently at $70.03, up $16; Sorin changed was trading up about 32 percent on...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Kohl's Corp. (NYSE: KSS) to report its Q4 earnings at $1.80 per share on revenue of $6.33 billion. Kohl's shares gained 0.85% to $71.50 in after-hours trading. Analysts expect J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) to...

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Wednesday February 25, 2015: Pharmacyclics Said to Weigh Sale The Rumor:Shares of Pharmacyclics Inc. (NASDAQ: PCYC) surged sharply higher Wednesday on a report from Bloomberg that the company was considering a...

Oncothyreon Inc (USA) (NASDAQ: ONTY) is up on Wednesday afternoon after a rumor of a possible move on Pharmacyclics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCYC) hit the wires. Pharmacyclics is up nearly 17 percent. Adam Feuerstein (@adamfeuerstein), of TheStreet, tweeted a note on the news from Bernstein's trading...

Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) ticked down Wednesday after the regional bank said it will pay $20 a share to acquire Oneida Financial Corp (NASDAQ: ONFC). Oneida, which operates 11 bank branches in the region around Syracuse, New York, changed hands recently at $19.48, up 47 percent...

Atlas Copco (OTC: ATLKY) has agreed to acquire Kalibriercentrum Bayern, which specializes in calibration services. Kalibriercentrum Bayern, which is headquartered near Munich with an additional laboratory in Kiel, Germany, has 27 employees and annual revenue of about MEUR 3 (MSEK 28). The privately...

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Tuesday February 24, 2015: Hearing KKR Could Bid $34/Share for Apollo Education The Rumor:Shares of Apollo Education Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) rose Tuesday on unconfirmed market chatter of a potential bid from...

Following Valeant Pharmaceutical’s (NYSE: VRX) Acquisition of Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SLXP), analysts at JMP Securities offered commentary on the deal. Within the note, Oren Livnat wrote, “Salix Pharmaceuticals has agreed to be acquired by Valeant for ~$14.5B cash...

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE: VRX) announced earlier Monday that it will be acquiring Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SLXP) in a $10.1 billion all-cash deal, which sent the former's shares soaring on the open. J. Michael Pearson, Valeant Pharmaceuticals CEO, was on CNBC...

Engility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EGL), announced that its common shareholders overwhelmingly approved the acquisition of TASC at its special meeting of shareholders held earlier today. Of the outstanding shares represented at today's special meeting, approximately 99% voted in favor of the adoption...

Cardinal Health Inc (NYSE: CAH) might boost its 2015 earnings by 6 percent if rumored talks to buy Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE: JNJ) cardiovascular device business pan out, an analyst said Monday. Morgan Stanley's Richard Goldwasser said a deal would be consistent with Cardinal's...