The U.S. biotech is holding an analyst and investor meeting focused on the commercial potential of its multiple sclerosis drug Campath. The goal: to convince Paris-based Sanofi-Aventis to raise its hostile takeover offer in a b…
Defense contractor Raytheon said Monday it has agreed to buy Applied Signal Technology, which specializes in collecting and processing communication signals to support tactical and strategic intelligence missions, for an aggreg…
Food and beverage company Sara Lee (SLE) has been in discussions to sell itself to Brazilian meat company JBS.
Talks have been taking place intermittently for several months, Reuters reported without naming its sources. The companies have disagreed o…
Mergers and acquisitions reached $2.25 trillion worldwide in 2010, and the industry is gearing up for more in 2011.
This was the first year since 2007 that the mergers industry has posted positive growth, Reuters reported. Deals in emerging markets …
Groupon, the online social coupon site launched in 2008, is looking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in expansion-related funding after rejecting a bid from search giant Google worth as much as $6 billion, Bloomberg New…