Adobe to Buy Collaboration-Software Company Figma for About $20 Billion
Adobe, which will pay for the company using roughly half cash, half stock, unveiled the deal with its quarterly results,...
Acquisitions/Mergers
Microsoft’s Activision Deal Draws Further Scrutiny From U.K. Watchdog
The U.K.’s competition regulator said it would escalate its investigation into whether Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT 0.09% planned acquisition of Activision...
Twitter Investors Back Musk’s Takeover Bid After Whistleblower Testifies in Congress
WASHINGTON— Twitter Inc. TWTR 1.61% investors backed Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover that the billionaire is trying to abandon on...
Elon Musk Lawyer Cites Twitter’s Whistleblower Payment as New Reason to Drop $44 Billion Takeover
Elon Musk first tried to abandon a $44 billion deal to take over Twitter in July. Photo: Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images...
Oil Royalty and Mineral Companies Sitio and Brigham to Merge in $4 Billion Tie-Up
Sitio Royalties Corp. and Brigham Minerals Inc. have reached a deal to merge to form one of the largest publicly...
Illumina-Grail Deal Blocked by EU’s Antitrust Regulator
BRUSSELS—The European Union blocked Illumina Inc.’s acquisition of Grail Inc., just days after the American life-sciences company won its case...
CVS Announces Deal to Acquire Home-Healthcare Company Signify
CVS Health Corp. CVS -0.49% is betting $8 billion that the house call is the future of healthcare.The drugstore giant’s...
U.K. Home Builder Vistry to Buy Rival Countryside for $1.4 Billion
U.K. home builder Vistry VTY -0.07% Group PLC agreed to acquire rival Countryside Partnerships CSP 5.26% PLC for about $1.44...
Porsche Family to Acquire More Than 25% of the Car Maker as IPO Nears
VW, Europe’s biggest auto maker by sales, said the companies’ boards would meet on Monday to discuss the private placement...
Illumina Wins Case Against FTC on Grail Acquisition
An administrative law judge has ruled in favor of Illumina Inc. ILMN -2.10% in its $7.1 billion acquisition of cancer-testing...
T-Mobile Lays Off Workers in Engineering, Network Jobs
The company plans to offer new positions to many of the laid-off workers. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images T-Mobile TMUS -1.07%...
Elon Musk’s Lawyers Seek Documents From Former Twitter Chief Jack Dorsey
Elon Musk’s lawyers have sent a subpoena to Jack Dorsey, the first indication that Twitter Inc.’s TWTR -2.23% co-founder and...
Pfizer Agrees to $5.4 Billion Deal for Global Blood Therapeutics
Pfizer Inc. has agreed to buy Global Blood Therapeutics Inc. for $5.4 billion, in a deal that would give the...
WSJ News Exclusive | Pfizer in Advanced Talks to Buy Global Blood Therapeutics for About $5 Billion
Pfizer Inc. PFE -1.18% is in advanced talks to buy Global Blood Therapeutics Inc., GBT 33.03% the maker of a...
Elon Musk Alleges Twitter Fraud in Countersuit Filed in Delaware
Elon Musk accused Twitter Inc. TWTR 0.15% of fraud, saying the company misrepresented the condition of its business and key...
Reliance’s $11 Billion Bid Wins Lion’s Share of 5G Spectrum in India Auction
NEW DELHI—Reliance Group emerged as the biggest buyer in the Indian government’s first auction of 5G spectrum, offering about $11...
Activision Blizzard Profit Slumps as Sales Shrink
The videogame publisher’s adjusted per-share earnings slipped from the year-ago period but met analysts’ estimates. Photo: Sergio Flores/Bloomberg News Activision...
Trial Begins in Justice Department’s Bid to Block Book Publishing Merger
WASHINGTON—Trial proceedings kicked off in the Justice Department’s antitrust challenge to Penguin Random House’s planned acquisition of rival publisher Simon...
JetBlue Agrees to Buy Spirit Airlines for $3.8 Billion After Frontier Deal Dies
JetBlue will pay $33.50 in cash for each share of Spirit, including a prepayment of $2.50 a share payable once...
Spirit and Frontier End Merger Agreement
Spirit shareholders had been resistant to a Frontier deal amid a bidding war with JetBlue. Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg News...
