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...
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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...
AMD’s Planned Purchase of Xilinx Clears Last Big Regulatory Hurdle
TOKYO—Chinese authorities approved U.S. chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s AMD -2.47% planned $35 billion purchase of Xilinx Inc., XLNX...
Microsoft Earnings Grew Last Quarter With Demand for Cloud Services
Microsoft Corp. MSFT -2.66% said its earnings continued to grow last quarter as its cloud-services business stayed strong.On Tuesday, the...
Unilever Plans Job Cuts as Activist Investor Trian Takes Stake
Unilever UL 8.58% PLC plans to cut thousands of jobs as part of a reorganization aimed at speeding up its...
Sony’s Videogame Strategy Challenged by Microsoft’s Deal for Activision
TOKYO— Sony Group Corp. SONY -3.45% finds itself in a position many gamers could appreciate, having climbed to the highest...
WSJ News Exclusive | Activist Investor to Call on Peloton to Fire Its CEO
An activist investor wants Peloton Interactive Inc. to fire its chief executive and explore a sale after the stationary-bike maker’s...
Netflix Plunge Deepens Nasdaq’s Correction
Plunging shares of Netflix Inc. NFLX -21.79% and other streamers dragged the Nasdaq Composite Index deeper into correction territory Friday,...
Unilever Walks Away From Glaxo Consumer-Healthcare Deal
Unilever UL 7.73% PLC said it wouldn’t increase its $68 billion offer for GlaxoSmithKline GSK -2.41% PLC’s consumer-healthcare business, effectively...
China Notifies Firms of Tougher Investment Rules for Big Tech
SINGAPORE—China has notified some companies of new rules that require the country’s biggest internet firms to seek approval for investment...
Sony Shares Fall Sharply After News of Microsoft Deal for Activision Blizzard
Sony’s Jim Ryan in Las Vegas earlier this month. Photo: patrick t. fallon/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Sony Group Corp.’s SONY -7.17%...
Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard in All-Cash Deal Valued at $68.7 Billion
The deal, if completed, would sharply expand Microsoft’s already sizable videogame operation, adding a stable of popular game franchises including...
Unilever Makes Approach for Glaxo’s Consumer-Healthcare Business
LONDON— Unilever UL 1.14% PLC said it had approached GlaxoSmithKline GSK 0.91% PLC and Pfizer Inc. PFE -1.06% about an...
Monster Beverage Buys Owner of Craft Breweries Cigar City, Oskar Blues for $330 Million
Monster Beverage Corp. MNST 0.41% has been mulling a move into booze for years. It finally took the plunge Thursday,...
Planet Fitness to Buy Franchisee Sunshine Fitness for $800 Million
A Planet Fitness staffer in Inglewood, Calif., preparing for reopening last year after being closed for the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo:...
AT&T Shed Media Assets in 2021. This Year It Wants to Add Investors.
AT&T Inc. T 0.83% faces a busy year as it tries to complete a divorce with its entertainment business, ease...
Candle Media Buys Stake in Media Company Co-Founded by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
Candle Media, a firm led by two former Walt Disney Co. executives, has agreed to buy a stake in Will...
A Booming Startup Market Prompts an Investment Rush for Ever-Younger Companies
Blank Street has a simple business: It sells coffee—sometimes in carts, usually in small stores. It launched its first location...
