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International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) announced its acquisition of Truven Health Analytics for $2.6 billion to boost its Watson Health portfolio.  Truven Health is one of the leading providers of cloud-based healthcare data, analytics...

Suncor Energy Inc. (USA) (NYSE:SU) (TSE:SU) signed an agreement to acquire Canadian Oil Sands Ltd (TSX:COS) after increasing its original all-stock offer by 12% to 0.28 from 0.25 of each SU share for every...

NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) announced its decision to acquire SolidFire for $870 million in cash to improve its position the market for flash systems. Data from Gartner showed that NetApp is the fourth largest player...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) signed a definitive agreement to buy South China Morning Post and other media assets owned by SCMP Group Limited (HKG:0583). The companies did not disclose the financial details of...

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) agreed to acquire the Distribution Finance, Vendor Finance platforms and a portion of the Corporate Finance business of GE Capital worth $32 billion. According to Wells Fargo the acquisition also...

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B), the holding company controlled by Warren Buffett is negotiating to acquire Precision Castparts (NYSE:PCP), according to the Wall Street Journal based on information familiar with the situation. Precision Castparts is a...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Salesforce Ventures are part of an investment group that acquired Informatica for $5.3 billion. The investment group is led by Permira Funds and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) led...

There was a time when BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) dominated the Smartphone industry. But with the launch of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhones and a series of other rival devices operating on Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s operating...