Business
Billion-dollar mergers were all the rage on Wall Street last year, and takeover experts predict that the pace will continue into at least the first part of 1986.
Jan. 8, 1986
Entertainment & Arts
After a four-year absence, are the barbarians returning to the gates?
Sept. 22, 1993
The controversial Exon-Florio law, pushed through Congress two years ago to tighten controls on foreign investment, died--apparently inadvertently--in the closing days of the 101st Congress.
Nov. 7, 1990
A U.S. appeals court has rejected a bid by federal regulators to block Microsoft from closing its $68.7-billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard.
July 15, 2023
You’d think that the Federal Reserve has enough to do without getting involved in corporate takeovers.
Dec. 18, 1985
Amgen can move forward with its takeover of Horizon Therapeutics after the FTC said it had accepted a settlement that the combined company won’t bundle two of Horizon’s blockbuster drugs.
Sept. 1, 2023
Politics
A ranking Treasury official told Congress on Tuesday that the Administration sees no need to change the tax laws to discourage “junk bond” financed takeovers, in an apparent flip-flop that provoked an angry reaction from House Democrats.
May 17, 1989
The Year of the Mega-Deal may just have ended, but takeover activity is likely to keep up at a spirited pace through 1989.
Jan. 2, 1989
Afterword
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Feb. 23, 2011
It wasn’t long ago that “Europeans thought mergers were brash, American and in bad taste, like stretch limousines or hamburgers,” John M.
July 19, 1989