M&A

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Wednesday March 4, 2015: Bain Capital, Golden Gate Reportedly Seeking Ann Taylor Deal The Rumor:Shares of ANN INC. (NYSE: ANN) surged higher Wednesday, on a report from Reuters that PE firms Bain Capital and...

Pharmacyclics Inc. (NASDAQ: PCYC) will get acquired by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) according to an unconfirmed report Wednesday by Bloomberg. The report, citing unnamed sources, said Pharmacyclics may fetch up to $18 billion in a sales agreement that could get unveiled Thursday....

Shares of Ann Inc (NYSE: ANN) were up 8 percent Wednesday after Reuters reported that two private equity firms are allegedly competing to acquire Ann. The firms involved are Bain Capital LLC and Golden Gate Capital Corp, a source familiar with the issue said. Others could become interested soon,...

Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS)'s activist shareholder Starboard Value pushed Wednesday for changes to the company's board in a letter lauding its planned $6.3 billion acquisition of Office Depot Inc. (NASDAQ: ODP). Staples changed hands recently at $16.67, down $0.14. Starboard's...

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Tuesday March 3, 2015: Springleaf Financial to Acquire OneMain Financial in $4.25B Deal The Deal:Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LEAF) announced Tuesday, an agreement to acquire OneMain Financial from Citigroup...

Box (NYSE: BOX) today announced that it is acquiring Subspace, an innovative startup that helps IT departments enable employee productivity with secure collaboration and access to data on any device. All seven members of the Subspace team – including founders Jon Fan, Ben Kus and Peter Loer – will...

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Monday March 2, 2015: Hewlett Packard to Acquire Aruba Networks The Deal:HP (NYSE: HPQ) and Aruba Networks (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced Monday, an agreement for HP to acquire Aruba for $24.67 per share in cash. Rumor...

SunOpta Inc. (Nasdaq: STKL) (TSX:SOY), a leading global company focused on organic and healthy foods today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Citrusource, LLC. ("Citrusource"). The acquisition transaction closed contemporaneously with the execution of the definitive agreement...

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) announced on Monday that it will acquire network access solutions provider Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) for $24.67 per share, or a total of approximately $3 billion (1.7 billion pounds) in cash. Shares of Aruba recently traded at $24.42, down 1.55...

Over the past three days, at least seven major deals took place. The total transactions totaled more than $20 billion. Let's take a quick look at them: NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) plans to buy smaller peer Freescale Semiconductor Ltd (NYSE: FSL) in a deal valued at approximately...

Proofpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading next-generation security and compliance company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Emerging Threats, a leading provider of advanced threat intelligence, for approximately $40 million in cash and stock. Proofpoint will integrate Emerging...

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced a binding offer from Cardinal Health to acquire its Cordis business for an aggregate value of $1.99 billion, consisting of $1.944 billion of cash proceeds from Cardinal Health plus approximately $46 million of retained net receivables. Cordis is a...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) to report its Q4 earnings at $1.28 per share on revenue of $338.11 million. Sotheby's shares closed at $43.95 on Friday. NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) agreed to buy Freescale Semiconductor...

he following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday February 27 through Sunday March 1, 2015: Rovi to Hire Financial Advisor in Response to Activist Pressure, PE Interest- The Rumor:Shares of Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) spiked higher Friday, just prior...

NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) is near a deal to acquire Freescale Semiconductor Ltd (NYSE: FSL) in a $40 billion merger, according to sources as reported by Reuters. The report says NXP will pay a little more than the current $11 billion valuation for Freescale. Spokespersons for NXP...