Mergers and acquisitions
FILE - In this Thursday, June 3, 2021, file photo, an elderly patient receives a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at Orange Farm, near Johannesburg. Mastercard Foundation, one of the largest foundations in the world, announced Tuesday, June 8, 2021, it will spend $1.3 billion over the next three years to acquire and deliver COVID-19 vaccines for more than 50 million people in Africa. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)
Foundation to spend $1.3B to vaccinate Africans for COVID

By Haleluya Hadero And Gerald Imray Jun. 08, 2021 08:18 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2018 file photo, the logo for General Mills appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. General Mills is diving further into the red-hot pet food market, acquiring Tyson Foods’ pet treat business for $1.2 billion in cash, the companies said Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
General Mills dives deeper into the pet business

By Matt Ott May. 14, 2021 11:39 AM EDT

Genworth pulls plug on its acquisition by China Oceanwide

Apr. 06, 2021 08:19 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Insurer Genworth Financial has pulled the plug on its long-delayed acquisition by a Chinese company. The provider of...

FILE - This Oct. 15, 2019, file photo shows a WeWork logo at the entrance to one of their office spaces in the SoHo neighborhood of New York. WeWork is merging with BowX Acquisition in a transaction that would value the embattled communal office-space company at $9 billion plus debt and take it public, according to a report.The Wall Street Journal said Friday, March 26, 2021, that WeWork would also raise $1.3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
WeWork stock offer comes amid doubtful need for office space

By Tom Krisher, Michelle Chapman And Kelvin Chan Mar. 26, 2021 11:07 AM EDT

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration joint hearing Wednesday, March 3, 2021, examining the January 6, attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
Battling bigness: Congress eyes action against monopolies

By Marcy Gordon Mar. 16, 2021 01:36 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2018, file photo, a person walks near the entrance to a Toys R Us store, in Wayne, N.J. WHP Global, a New York-based brand management firm that already owns Anne Klein and Joseph Abboud, is taking a controlling stake in the parent company of the Toys R Us and Babies R Us brands. The deal, announced Monday, March 15, 2021, comes nearly two months after the closure of the only two Toys R Us stores that were part of a small U.S. comeback attempt by the iconic toy chain. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Brand firm takes controlling stake in Toys R Us parent

By Anne D'innocenzio Mar. 15, 2021 01:38 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2020 file photo, signage for the Goodyear Distribution Center stands in Topeka, Kan. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. is acquiring Cooper tires in a deal valued at $2.5 billion that will combine the two century-old Ohio companies. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File)
Goodyear acquires Cooper in all-American tire deal

By Matt Ott Feb. 22, 2021 08:02 AM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2020 file photo, a Palestinian paramedic wearing a full protective suit, takes a nasal swab to test for COVID-19 from a man, at a mosque in Gaza City. The Palestinian Authority said Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 that Israel was preventing it from sending coronavirus vaccines to the Gaza Strip that were intended for front-line medical workers in the territory controlled by the Islamic militant group Hamas. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
Palestinians say Israel blocks shipment of vaccines to Gaza

By Joseph Krauss Feb. 15, 2021 03:17 PM EST

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, a woman wearing a face mask walks past mannequins wearing face masks in the window of a temporarily closed branch of the Topshop women's clothing chain in London. Online retail company ASOS, confirmed Monday Feb. 1, 2021, it has sealed the takeover of Topshop and three other brands from the collapse of the Arcadia retail empire, buying the brand names but not the high street retail space. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)
UK online fashion retailer buys Topshop, three other brands

Feb. 01, 2021 06:52 AM EST

Travelers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus wait in line at the Hainan Airlines check-in counters at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Friday, March 6, 2020. Hainan Airlines' owner HNA Group, a debt-burdened Chinese airline operator that faced opposition in Washington to its attempt to buy a Wall Street hedge fund during a costly global acquisition spree, says its creditors have asked a court to declare the company bankrupt. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
China's HNA Group says creditors want it declared bankrupt

By Joe Mcdonald Jan. 29, 2021 06:34 AM EST

Dawn breaks behind the London Eye ferris wheel a commuters make their way over Westminster Bridge in London, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
UK retailing shifts further online as Boohoo buys Debenhams

By Pan Pylas Jan. 25, 2021 06:50 AM EST

Bangladeshi drugmaker acquiring country's Sanofi subsidiary

By Julhas Alam Jan. 21, 2021 01:35 PM EST
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A leading Bangladeshi drugmaker is acquiring a majority stake in French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi’s subsidiary in Bangladesh at a...

Australian treasurer won't say if he was stopping China sale

By Rod Mcguirk Jan. 13, 2021 12:40 AM EST
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s treasurer on Wednesday declined to comment on whether he had intended to block a Chinese state-owned company’s takeover...

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, the logo of PSA Group is pictured in Paris. Italian-American carmaker Fiat Chrysler Shareholders of Fiat Chrysler and France's PSA Group are meeting Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 to vote on a merger that will create the world's fourth-largest automaker. The new company called Stellantis will be run by PSA CEO Carlos Tavares, who is known for cutting vehicles or ventures that don't make money. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot shareholders approve merger

By Colleen Barry And Tom Krisher Jan. 04, 2021 04:24 AM EST

This Nov. 19, 2019, photo shows a Peloton logo on the company's stationary bicycle in San Francisco. Peloton is betting big that home workouts will continue to be popular next year and beyond, snapping up commercial exercise equipment maker Precor in a deal that will give Peloton its first manufacturing capacity in the U.S. Shares of Peloton jumped 13% in Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2020 trading, signaling investors like the move. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Peloton ... if you build it, they will come

By Michelle Chapman Dec. 22, 2020 12:09 PM EST

FILE - This April 26, 2017 file photo shows the Eli Lilly & Co. corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. Shares of Eli Lilly jumped after the drugmaker laid out a better-than-expected revenue forecast and plans to buy a young company developing a potential Parkinson’s disease treatment. Lilly also projected on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, a 2021 earnings range that brackets average Wall Street expectations. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Lilly lays out 2021 expectations, gene therapy acquisition

By Tom Murphy Dec. 15, 2020 09:26 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012, file photo, Bob Dylan performs in Los Angeles. Universal Music Publishing Group is buying legendary singer Bob Dylan’s entire catalog of songs. The company said Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, that the deal covers 600 song copyrights including “Blowin’ In The Wind,” “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” and “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door,” “Tangled Up In Blue." (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
The Dylan catalog, a 60-year rock 'n' roll odyssey, is sold

By David Bauder Dec. 07, 2020 12:55 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Dec. 02, 2020 11:06 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Visa Is Doing What Big American Companies Do to ‘Protect...

The Slack app icon is displayed on a computer screen, Wednesday, Dec 2, 2020, in Tokyo. In a deal announced Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against longtime industry powerhouse Microsoft. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Salesforce buying work-chat service Slack for $27.7 billion

By Michael Liedtke And Matt O'brien Dec. 01, 2020 04:12 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2019 file photo, Riad Salameh the governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, listens to a journalist's question during a press conference, in Beirut, Lebanon. A New-York-based company that was contracted by Lebanon's government to conduct a forensic audit of the country's central bank has decided to pull out of the deal because it was not able to acquire needed information and documents, Lebanese outgoing finance minister said Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
NY-based company pulls out of Lebanon bank's forensic audit

By Bassem Mroue Nov. 20, 2020 09:30 AM EST