Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions

As the controversy around the Facebook IPO grows, regulators say they will look into it; Moody’s lifts Ford’s credit rating; Dell shares slide after earning; Yahoo charts a new direction.   Read More

Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week.    Read More

Last month, Mark Zuckerberg unilaterally decided to shell out $1 billion for Instagram, a social network based on mobile photos. By end of day Friday, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg will have even more money to throw around. So what is Facebook going to do with all that cash?    Read More

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions is enacting a shareholder rights plan — or “poison pill” — to help it ward off an opportunistic takeover bid, even before an offer emerges.    Read More

When thinking of the smartphone and mobile device “ecosystem,” some of the first names that come to mind include Intel, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments. However, one name that rarely ever gets mentioned and should be on the radar of value investors is Broadcom.   Read More

Progress Energy shareholders are in the dark, at least for the moment, when it comes to the utility's proposed $13.7 billion mega-merger with Duke Energy.    Read More

Private-equity firm The Gores Group may hit the brakes on its $15 a share buyout of Pep Boys—Manny Moe & Jack, as the auto parts and repair giant slipped to a loss in the fourth quarter of 2011, and reported weaker-than-forecast preliminary first quarter earnings on Tuesday.   Read More

Allscripts shares plunge in a slew of bad news, Amazon shoots up of blowing out earnings, SBux matches but shares fall, Europe’s debt woes weigh on the market.   Read More

The "Mad Money" host shares his earnings expectations for International Paper, Procter & Gamble and V.F. Corp.   Read More

The Fed says no action is the best action, Tim Geithner tells CNBC the US economy is gradually getting stronger, Las Vegas Sands Corp. beats earnings but falls slightly after hours and the VC firm behind some of the biggest names in tech make a groundbreaking charitable pledge.   Read More