GameStop’s Stock Rises After Chairman Buys More Shares
Shares of GameStop Corp. rose 16% in after-hours trading after the videogame retailer’s chairman disclosed his firm bought 100,000 shares...
Ownership Changes
Nielsen Rejects Roughly $9 Billion Takeover Offer From Private-Equity Consortium
Nielsen CEO David Kenny in 2019 Photo: Paul Miller/Bloomberg News March 20, 2022 9:33 pm ET Nielsen Holdings NLSN 2.17%...
GM Buys SoftBank’s Stake in Its Driverless Car Unit Cruise
General Motors Co. GM 2.66% said it is buying out SoftBank Vision Fund L.P.’s stake in its Cruise division for...
Amazon Closes Deal to Acquire MGM
The move comes after Amazon certified to the FTC that it had provided all the information requested by antitrust investigators...
A New Meme-Stock Frenzy Led AMC to Gold Mine Stake
Day traders looking to capitalize on commodity price volatility catalyzed a chain reaction that ended with movie theater giant AMC...
WSJ News Exclusive | Consortium Including Elliott in Advanced Talks to Buy Nielsen Holdings
A consortium of private-equity firms including Elliott Management Corp. is in advanced talks to buy TV-ratings company Nielsen Holdings NLSN...
Amazon’s Charm Offensive Needs to Expand
Amazon. com seems interested in brushing up its image on Wall Street. Washington might require even more finesse.A stock split...
BP to Exit From Stake in Russia’s Rosneft Following Pressure From U.K.
British energy giant BP PLC said Sunday it will exit its nearly 20% stake in Russian government-controlled oil producer Rosneft...
WSJ News Exclusive | Healthcare Realty Trust Nears Deal With Healthcare Trust of America
Healthcare Trust of America Inc., which owns and operates medical-office buildings around the country, is in advanced talks to combine...
WSJ News Exclusive | Hasbro Activist Begins Proxy Fight, Urges Wizards Unit Spinoff
A little-known activist investor is seeking to add several directors to Hasbro Inc.’s board and is urging the toy maker...
WSJ News Exclusive | Intel Nears Roughly $6 Billion Deal to Buy Tower Semiconductor
Intel Corp. is close to a deal to buy Israeli chip company Tower Semiconductor Ltd. for nearly $6 billion, according...
Peter Thiel to Step Down From Facebook Parent Meta’s Board
Peter Thiel, one of Facebook’s earliest investors and its longest-serving outside board member, is planning to step down from his...
Frontier to Buy Spirit Airlines in Cash-and-Stock Deal
Ultralow-cost airlines, designed around cutting costs and fares by offering a more basic flying experience, have upended the airline industry...
Toshiba Looks to Split Two Ways Instead of Three
TOKYO— Toshiba Corp. TOSYY 0.92% revised its restructuring plan and said it wants to split into two parts instead of...
Coke Goes Big on Olympics Sponsorship in China. At Home, Not So Much.
Coca-Cola Co. has been an Olympics supporter for nearly a century. It counts China as its third-largest market after the...
Sony to Buy Videogame Maker Bungie in $3.6 Billion Deal
Sony Group Corp.’s SONY 4.51% videogame unit said Monday that it is buying videogame developer Bungie Inc., the studio that...
Citrix Systems to Go Private in Deal Valued at $16.5 Billion, Including Debt
Citrix Systems Inc. CTXS -3.81% will be taken private in an all-cash acquisition valued at $16.5 billion, including debt, making...
Elliott and Vista Near Deal to Buy Citrix Systems
Elliott Management Corp.’s private-equity arm, Evergreen Coast Capital, and Vista Equity Partners are near an agreement to pay $104 a...
SoftBank COO Marcelo Claure to Leave as Stock Hits a Rough Patch
SoftBank Group Corp. 9984 2.20% said Chief Operating Officer Marcelo Claure, who helped clean up problems at the firm’s investments...
Biogen to Sell Biosimilar-Venture Stake to Partner Samsung Biologics
Biogen Inc. is selling its share in biosimilar joint venture Samsung Bioepis for at least $2.25 billion to partner Samsung...
