Hospira to buy Mayne Pharma (Australia) for US$2.0B

Motorola to buy Symbol Technologies for $3.9B

Freescale Semiconductor in $18.9B buyout

Exelon and PSEG terminate their merger

Embarcadero Technologies to go private

Rite Aid to acquire Eckerd and Brooks stores for $3.4B

IBM to buy Internet Security Systems for $1.3B

Weyerhaeuser in $3.3B Morris Trust deal

Gold Kist gets unsolicited offer from Pilgrim's Pride

RR Donnelley investor argues against going private

Foot Locker hires Evercore Partners

Jones Apparel fails to find a buyer 

CommScope withdraws competing offer for Andrew Corp

Andrew Corp - ADC terminate their deal

IBM to buy FileNet for $1.6B

ImClone Systems fails to find a buyer

Aramark in management-led buyout

Brocade to acquire McData

Texas Pacific to buy Aleris International

CommScope makes a competing offer for Andrew Corp

Emmis CEO withdraws going-private offer

SL Green to acquire Reckson Associates for $3.8B

Exelon-PSEG merger held up by NJ regulators

Comcast and Time Warner close Adelphia acquisitions

HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5B

HCA in $21B management-led consortium buyout

AMD to buy ATI Technologies for $5.4B

Xstrata raises its competing offer for Falconbridge

Tyco announces its first M&A deal in over four years

PETCO in $1.8B buyout

Kimco Realty to buy Pan Pacific Retail for $2.9B

WPS Resources to acquire Peoples Energy for $1.6B

Kraft Foods to buy UK's United Biscuits for $1B

Verizon takes steps to spin-off its yellow pages business

Valassis to buy Advo for $1.3B

Open Text will make a competing offer for Hummingbird

Peabody Energy to Excel Coal (Australia) for $1.34B

Warner Music and EMI trade unsolicited offers

Private equity group wins auction for Univision

Republic Bancorp to merge with Citizens Banking

Phelps Dodge in 3-way merger with Inco - Falconbridge

Arcelor accepts unsolicited offer from Mittal Steel

Anadarko in 3-way merger with KerrMcGee - Western Gas

J&J wins auction for Pfizer consumer healthcare

Nestl to buy Jenny Craig from private equity group

Imclone hires Lazard to explore sale of company

Mirant drops its $8B unsolicited offer for NRG Energy

BASF closes on unsolicited offer for Engelhard

Brookfield - Blackstone to buy Trizec for $8.9B

NYSE to merge with Euronext

TH Lee and Quadrangle in $4.1B recap of West Corp

Mirant makes an $8B unsolicited offer for NRG Energy

Kinder Morgan gets $13.4B management-led buyout offer

Hummingbird to be acquired by Symphony Technology

Regions Financial to merge with AmSouth

Energy Ptnrs makes competing offer for Stone Energy

Eddie Bauer hires Goldman to explore strategic options

Apollo buys Rexnord Corp from Carlyle Group for $1.8B

McClatchy divests two Philadelphia papers for $562mm

NYSE Group offers to combine with Euronext

Cedar Fair to buy Paramount Parks from CBS for $1.24B

Another competing offer tops Pinnacle's deal for Aztar

CEO offers to buyout Emmis Communications

Wachovia to buy Golden West for $25.5B

Fisher Scientific to merge with Thermo Electron

Berkshire Hathaway to buy 80% of Iscar (Israel) for $5B

Disney closes Pixar acquisition

Warner Music rejects offer from EMI

Health Care Properties to buy CNL Retirement for $5.2B

Devon Energy to buy Chief Holdings for $2.2B

Quantum to buy ADIC for $770mm

Boeing to buy Aviall for $1.7B

Aramark in $7.6B management-led buyout

Pinnacle makes an exploding offer for Aztar

McLatchy to sell four Knight Ridder papers for $1B

Siemens to acquire Diagnostic Products for $1.9B

NetIQ is sold for $495mm

Reynolds buys chewing tobacco company for $3.5B

Navigant Int'l is sold for $510mm

New Topic Page covers Stapled Financing

Engelhard in leveraged recap to fight hostile bid

Millipore to buy Serologicals for $1.4B

Babcock & Brown buys Northwestern Energy for $2.2B

Aztar finds a counter-offer to be a superior proposal

Symantec hit with $900mm IRS notice of deficiency

Oracle to buy Portal Software for $220mm

Berkshire Hathaway to buy Russell Corp for $600mm

Flextronics sells software business to KKR

Pinnacle to buy damaged Harrah's riverboat casinos

Host Marriott closes on 28 hotels; Changes its name

Aztar finds a 4^th offer to be a superior proposal

Danaher to buy Sybron Dental for $2B

QUALCOMM settles DOJ antitrust gun-jumping charges

Nasdaq buys 15% stake in London Stock Exchange

Aztar to consider two competing offers

Red Hat to buy JBoss (Open source software)

Bank of New York - JP Morgan swap businesses

NASD modifies its fairness opinion rule proposal

Computer Sciences to explore its strategic alternatives

NTL to acquire Virgin Mobile

International Paper sells timberland for $6.1B

Lafarge increases its offer for Lafarge North America

3M explores selling its branded pharma business

Alcatel to merge with Lucent Technologies

GM sells majority stake in GMAC to Cerberus group

Vincor reverses itself; Accepts Constellation offer

Ameristar Casinos makes competing offer for Aztar

Duke Energy - Cinergy merger closes

SCI to buy Alderwoods (Funeral home consolidation)

Verizon sells foreign businesses to Telmex for $3.7B

Motorola to sell its automotive electronics biz for $1B

Novartis increases its offer for Chiron to $48 per share

Nasdaq drops unsolicited bid for London Stock Exchange

Colony Capital makes competing offer for Aztar

Maytag - Whirlpool gets antitrust clearance

DoJ-FTC commentary on Horizontal Merger Guidelines

Cablevision special committee to review $3B dividend

Lexar -Micron uses patent cross-license deal lock-up

Aviva PLC drops bear hug offer for Prudential PLC

Alcatel - Lucent confirm M&A talks

Lafarge North America rejects parent buy-out offer

Schering accepts $19.5B white knight offer from Bayer

Sovereign Bancorp settles its proxy fight

Kerzner International to go private

Jones Apparel explores sale

Michaels Stores puts itself up for sale

Carl Icahn may oppose Lexar Media acquisition

SBA Comm buys AAT Communications for $1B

Merck KGaA makes $17B unsolicited offer for Schering AG

Capital One to acquire North Fork Bancorp for $14.6B

McClatchy to acquire Knight-Ridder for $4.5B

Watson Pharma to buy Andrx for $1.9B

Pinnacle Entertainment to buy Aztar for $1.45B

London Stock Exchange rejects Nasdaq bear hug

NYSE-Archipelago merger closes; Stock begins trading

Shurgard accepts Public Storage's bear hug offer

AT&T to acquire BellSouth in largest M&A deal since 2000

Private equity firms to buy Education Management

Blackstone to buy CarrAmerica REIT

NBC Universal to buy iVillage for $600 million

SEC approves NYSE-Archipelago merger

Sale of P&O to UAE company encounters US opposition

Blackstone to take MeriStar Hospitality private

Lafarge launches $3B minority buy-in

Icahn drops Time Warner proxy fight

FTC makes changes to HSR Act review process

BlackRock to combine with Merrill Lynch Investment

Whirlpool-Maytag delayed over DoJ antitrust review

Univision to explore its strategic alternatives

Talbots signs white knight deal to buy J. Jill Group

JPMorgan sells insurance business to Protective Life

Citadel Broadcasting to acquire Disney radio stations

Sprint Nextel closes acquisition of Alamosa

First Data to spin-off Western Union

Boston Scientific wins bidding for Guidant

Disney to buy Pixar for $7.4B in stock

CBS and Time Warner to combine UPN and WB networks

Imclone hires Lazard to explore strategic alternatives

Engelhard finds unsolicited BASF offer inadequate

Guidant expands its pacemaker recall

Investment group to buy Albertson's

Morgan Stanley in talks with BlackRock

ISS recommends against J&J offer for Guidant

Boston Scientific makes a superior proposal for Guidant

Bain Capital to buy Burlington Coat Factory for $2.1B

ACS ends private equity buyout talks

VNU gets $8.7B buyout offer from private equity group

Tyco International to split into three companies

Bally explores sale of company

Italian lottery company to buy Gtech for $4.65B

Home Depot to buy Hughes Supply for $3.2B

Regis Corp and Sally Beauty in $2.4B Morris Trust deal

Bain Capital buys TI sensor business for $3B

Duke Energy divests assets for $1.5B

Guidant gets definitive offer from Boston Scientific

NYSE proposes change to its "20% rule"

BASF makes $4.9B unsolicited offer for Engelhard

Bank of America closes MBNA acquisition

Hilton Hotels to buy Hilton Group plc for $5.7B

Guidant schedules 2^nd shareholder meeting on J&J offer

K Capital drops threatened OfficeMax proxy fight

WellPoint closes acquisition of WellChoice

Citigroup increases stake in Chinese bank to 19.9%

Apax Partners to take Tommy Hilfiger private

GE to buy Arden Realty REIT for $3.2B

Thomas Lee to leave Thomas H. Lee Partners

Seagate to buy Maxtor for $1.9B

IBM to buy Micromuse for $865mm

Inamed accepts Allergan's superior proposal

Time Warner sells stake in AOL to Google

Acxiom rejects $2B takeover proposal

Nextel Partners purchase price settled

Koch closes Georgia-Pacific: Biggest US private company

Liberty Global sells Norwegian cable business - $540 mm

SEC issues tender offer best-price rule proposal

Southern Union to buy Sid Richardson Energy for $1.6B

Constellation Energy in $11B merger with FPL

JPMorgan Chase to buy Collegiate Funding

General Dynamics to buy Anteon for $2.2B

Amgen to buy Abgenix for $2.2B

Medicis-Inamed terminate their deal

ConocoPhilips to buy Burlington Resources for $35.6B

Private equity consortium buys Dunkin Donuts for $2.4B

Viacom buys DreamWorks for $1.6B

Alltel in reverse Morris Trust deal with VALOR

Constellation terminates its unsolicited offer for Vincor

Icahn tenders for control of Fairmont Hotels

Electronic Arts to buy JAMDAT Mobile

Guidant will explore Boston Scientific's competing offer

CalPERS and LaSalle to buy CenterPoint REIT

TNT NV to sell world's 2nd largest logistics business

NYSE-Archipelago set to close; AX stock up 300%

Inamed finds competing offer to be a superior proposal

J&J stands pat over competing offer for Guidant

Boston Scientific makes competing offer for Guidant

United Health to buy John Deere Health Care for $500mm

Verizon may divest its yellow pages business

Consortium buys Swedish cable TV operator, Com Hem

Agilent semiconductor closes (KKR - Silver Lake)

Consortium buys TDC A/S (largest Danish telecom)

Maytag - Whirlpool delayed over antitrust review

Citigroup - Legg Mason complete swap of businesses

Bally Total Fitness explores its strategic alternatives

GE sells remaining stake in Genworth Financial

Icahn hires Lazard to assist in Time Warner proxy fight

Wachovia sells trust business to US Bancorp

ThyssenKrupp makes friendly counter-offer for Dofasco

• Arcelor SA makes unsolicited offer for Dofasco

American Pharma to buy in parent for $4.1B

Red Zone wins Six Flags consent solicitation

Sovereign avoids shareholder vote on its deal

New fairness opinion settles NYSE dispute

Sprint Nextel to buy Alamosa wireless affiliate for $3.4B

Alltel to buy Midwest Wireless for $1B

SBC closes AT&T acquisition; Changes name to AT&T

Medicis rejects unsolicited offer from Mentor

Beverly Enterprises agrees to revised bid

Cisco to buy Scientific-Atlanta for $6.9B

GE sells its reinsurance business to Swiss Re

VNU calls off $6.8B IMS Health acquisition

Inamed receives superior proposal from Allergan

BPB accepts Saint-Gobain's unsolicited offer

J&J renegotiates acquisition of Guidant

Host Marriott buys 38 hotels from Starwood

Koch Industries to buy Georgia-Pacific

Knight Ridder explores sale in response to shareholder

Silver Lake to take Serena Software private

Blackstone to take La Quinta private

Linens N Things in $1.3 billion LBO

Autonomy to buy Verity

Ameriprise gets mini-tender offer

Vornado Realty uses derivatives for stake in McDonalds

• For earlier periods, see M&A News - Archive

FCC approves SBC - AT&T / Verizon - MCI

Novartis to buy-out Chiron minority for $5.1 B

Barrick Gold offers $9.2 B for Placer Dome

Saks sells its northern stores to Bon-Ton for $1.1 B

Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff sells radio and cable

Houlihan Lokey merges with ORIX (Japan)

7-Eleven US accepts 7-Eleven Japans buy-in offer

Dolan family drops its Cablevision proposal

Santander invests in Sovereign Bancorp;
Sovereign to buy Independence Community Bank

Cendant to split into four pure-play companies

Goody's Family Clothing LBO gets competing offers

Morgan Stanley fund to buy AMLI Residential

EMC to buy Captiva Software

St Jude Medical to buy Advanced Neuromodulation

Occidental Petroleum to buy Vintage Petroleum

NYCB to buy Atlantic Bank

Lincoln Financial to buy Jefferson-Pilot

Kerr-McGee to carve-out its chemical business

Chesapeake Energy to buy Columbia Natural Resources

Brandywine Realty to merge with Prentiss Properties

School Specialty LBO loses financing

RH Donnelley to buy Dex Media for $4.2 billion

NTL to acquire Telewest for $6 billion

NRG Energy to acquire Texas Genco for $5.8 billion

Liberty Global to buy Cablecom (Switzerland)

E*Trade to buy BrownCo from JP Morgan Chase

GE Healthcare to buy IDX Systems

Constellation Brands makes unsolicited offer for Vincor

Gazprom to buy Sibneft for $13 billion

WellPoint to buy WellChoice for $6.5 billion

Porsche seeks 20% stake in Volkswagen

ABN AMRO to buy 39% of Banca Antonveneta

Motient to buy satellite networks for $1.8 billion

DRS Technologies to buy Engineered Support

Kerkorian may seek GM Board representation

Norsk Hydro to buy Spinnaker Exploration

Timber company to convert to a REIT

Compass Bancshares to buy Fort Worth bank

IRS adopts final rules on cash election mergers

Blackstone-led consortium to buy UICI

Ford to sell Hertz to buyout group

Oracle to buy Siebel Systems for $5.85 billion

eBay to buy Skype for $2.6 billion plus an earnout

Wachovia to buy Westcorp for $3.9 billion

Forest Oil in Morris Trust spin-off merger

Hibernia deal price cut over Hurricane Katrina

DRA Advisors to buy Capital Automotive REIT

CapOne delays Hibernia closing over Hurricane Katrina

Chiron rejects Novartis' buy-out offer

7-Eleven Japan to take 7-Eleven US private

Albertsons seeks a buyer

Haggar in LBO

TUI AG makes $2 billion bid for CP Ships

NDCHealth sold to Per-Se Technologies

Federated completes acquisition of May

Sprint Nextel to buy two affiliates

Intelsat to buy PanAmSat for $3.2 billion

Johnson Controls to buy York International

Six Flags puts itself up for auction

Investor group wins bidding for Beverly Enterprises

Whirlpool wins bidding for Maytag

OSI Pharmaceuticals to buy Eyetech

Investor seeks to oust Six Flags management

SEC charges Reebok insider trading ring

RBS to invest $3.1 billion in Bank of China

Sprint Nextel wants appraisal of Nextel Partners affiliate

Morgan Stanley to keep Discover Card

Banks buy stake in Philadelphia Stock Exchange

Agilent to sell and spin-off businesses

Sprint-Nextel close their merger of equals

Sprint closes acquisition of its US Unwired affiliate

Qualcomm to buy Flarion Technologies

Unocal stockholders approve Chevron acquisition

Renal Care subpoenaed by US Attorney

Another Sprint affiliate sues over Nextel merger

Equity One drops unsolicited bid for Cedar Shopping

American Tower - SpectraSite merger closes

Kerr-McGee sells North Sea operations for $3.5 billion

E*Trade to buy HarrisDirect for $700 million

Quest Diagnostics to buy LabOne for $934 million

HSBC Finance to buy Metris for $1.6 billion

FCC approves Sprint-Nextel merger of equals

Saint-Gobain makes unsolicited offer for BPB plc

GMAC sells 60% of its commercial mortgage sub

Adidas to buy Reebok in $3.8 billion deal

Dynegy sells natural gas business for $2.5 billion

CNOOC drops its unsolicited offer for Unocal

Public Storage makes unsolicited offer for Shurgard

Wendys to sell part of Tim Hortons in IPO

International Paper to sell or spin several businesses

TEVA to buy IVAX for $7.4 billion

Maytag entertains increased Whirlpool offer

Express Scripts to buy Priority Healthcare

Chevron sweetens offer for Unocal; CNOOC stands pat

Chinese-led consortium drops bid for Maytag

Liberty Media completes Discovery spin-off