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Philip Morris confirms talks with Altria about becoming a single company again more than a decade after split

Philip Morris confirms talks with Altria about becoming a single company again more than a decade after split

German auto industry power broker Ferdinand Piech, the longtime patriarch of Volkswagen AG and the key engineer of its takeover of Porsche, has died, his widow confirmed Monday

A company led by British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has completed a takeover of French league club Nice

Kraft Heinz brings back its former CFO as it deals with accounting problems, weaker sales

As Gannett, GateHouse prepare to merge, cost-cutting and job losses at newspapers goes on

The Justice Department is suing to block Sabre Corp. from buying a rival that also provides airline booking services

Elanco Animal Health will spend $7.6 billion to acquire Bayer AG's veterinary medicines business, making it the second-largest animal health company

An Australian journalist who was a pioneering publisher in Southeast Asia has been sentenced to 13 years in a Myanmar prison for drug possession

Disney is feeling some pain from its biggest transformation in decades as its acquisition of Fox's entertainment businesses contributed to a 39% drop in earnings.

Two of the country's largest newspaper companies have agreed to combine in the latest media deal driven by the industry's struggles with a decline of printed editions

South Korea will spend $6.5 billion over seven years on research and development for technology materials and parts to reduce its industrial dependence on Japan during an escalating trade row

Texas is joining the group of states that are suing to stop T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of rival cellphone company Sprint

The London Stock Exchange Group says it has agreed to acquire financial data and analytics company Refinitiv for $27 billion in stock and assumed debt.

T-Mobile and Sprint say their anticipated combination will lead to better service and more competition, but critics fear higher prices and jobs lost.

U.S. regulators approve T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of rival Sprint

T-Mobile and Sprint say their anticipated combination will lead to better service and more competition, but critics fear higher prices and jobs lost.

U.S. regulators approve T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of rival Sprint

China calls on Washington to 'correct' sanctions imposed on Chinese companies accused of helping Iran acquire materials for nuclear program

Two of the country's largest newspaper companies are in "advanced talks" to combine, according to a Wall Street Journal report that cites unidentified people familiar with the matter

The European Union has cleared telecom operator Vodafone's acquisition of Liberty Global's operations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania but has imposed some conditions

Elizabeth Gabler, whose Fox 2000 developed acclaimed literary adaptations like "Life of Pi" and "Hidden Figures" before being axed in the aftermath of the Walt Disney Co. acquisition finds new home at Sony Pictures

The radical and painful restructuring of Germany's Deutsche Bank, which is cutting 18,000 jobs, is the end of a long, failed attempt to compete with the global investment banking giants that left it overextended

International port operator DP World acquires oil and gas marine logistics provider Topaz Energy and Marine for nearly $1.1 billion

An investment firm has purchased a majority stake in Whataburger as the Texas-based fast-food company seeks to expand in an increasingly competitive market