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A merger meant to shake up the sleepy mattress biz

Dec 1, 2015
The deal is a response in part to changes wrought by the Internet

Pfizer's tax-driven Allergan merger

Nov 23, 2015
Regulators want to cut down on these deals, but this one is full-speed ahead.

Weekly Wrap: Interest rates, inflation and mergers

Oct 16, 2015
Leigh Gallagher and Felix Salmon join Kai Ryssdal to recap the week that was.

Possible Dell and EMC merger on the horizon

Oct 8, 2015
EMC is one of the original developers of what is now known as cloud computing.

What's behind the M&A mania

Aug 10, 2015
Mergers and acquisitions are surging this year. Here's why.

Weekly Wrap: Hillary Clinton, mergers and commodities

Jul 24, 2015
Catherine Rampell and Cardiff Garcia join us to recap the week in business and finance.

Why even small telecoms are merging

Jun 9, 2015
Big dreams, small reasons.

For public good, not for profit.

Charter near a deal to buy Time Warner

May 25, 2015
It's a cable company-eat-cable-company world out there

Time Warner and AOL: The marriage that never took

Jan 9, 2015
Companies' merger was once hailed as the leading edge of a new age, the Internet.

AirTran Folds its wings

Dec 31, 2014
After four years, Southwest Airlines officially acquires AirTran.