ThinkstockNielsen N.V. (NYSE: NLSN) disclosed after the close that some 20 million shares would be sold by Valcon Acquisition Holding (Luxembourg) in an underwritten secondary offering. The same group will grant the…
The food fight has begun. Just two weeks ago, Hillshire Farms offered to buy Pinnacle Foods for $6.6 billion, sending shares of the owner of Duncan Hines Cake Mix and Birds Eye…
Tyson Foods, one of the nation's largest food-processing companies, has made an offer of $50 a share in cash for Hillshire Brands, trumping Tuesday's $45 a share offer from Pilgrim's Pride.
Pilgrim’s Pride has unveiled an unsolicited bid of about $6.4 billion to acquire food processor Hillshire Brands.
Hillshire Brands woke up investors this Monday morning with the announcement that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Pinnacle Foods for a total value of about $6.6 billion.
Paul Ausick courtesy of Ford Motor Co.When Ford Motor Co.’s (NYSE: F) Alan Mulally leaves the company on July 1, it is pretty unlikely that he will find a park bench somewhere and begin…
Hotel chain La Quinta Holdings issued 38.25 million shares at $17 a share in its initial public offering Wednesday morning. The IPO price was below the expected range of $18 to $21…
ThinkstockThe second quarter of 2014 is off to a fast start on the initial public offering (IPO) front. Eight companies completed IPOs last week, and another dozen are scheduled to price and…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, April 3, 2014. They include Apple, Intel, Chevron, Exxon, Qualcomm and Citigroup.
ThinkstockWhat would appear to be an obscure initial public offering from LVB Acquisition Inc. is much more important than it might seem. This is actually the old medical devices company Biomet, and…
Bloomberg found that Google has executed more deals than any company in the world over the past three years. It edged out marketing and advertising firm WPP and tech giant Intel, which…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, January 29, 2014. They include American Airlines, Electronic Arts, VMware, Walmart and more.
Investment funds affiliated with Blackstone Group are taking a $200 million stake in Crocs in newly issued series A convertible preferred stock, and CEO John McCarvel also has announced his retirement.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE: KMP) announced on Monday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire American Petroleum Tankers and State Class Tankers for nearly $1 billion.
ThinkstockLike other sectors of the S&P 500, the capital market stocks had a tremendous year. Capital market stocks include brokerage firms, asset managers, financial advisory firms and more. Many of the stocks…
