M&A DEALS

Japan's Olympus Corp said on Monday that a third-party panel appointed by the company to look into an accounting scandal has, so far, found no evidence that funds from its M&A deals went to organised crime syndicates or that yakuza gangsters were involved.

Japan's Olympus Corp on Thursday stuck to its defense of deals that have come under fire since the 92-year-old firm axed its British CEO in a bitter boardroom battle, repeating that the acquisitions were strategic and involved no wrongdoing.

DLA Piper, one of the biggest law firms in the world, has joined forces with California-based boutique law firm Stevens, O'Connell & Jacobs LLP to create a legal powerhouse in Sacramento.

A federal appeals court has ruled that former classmates of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg must abide by a deal they made when they fought Zuckerberg over ownership of the idea for a social networking site.

The U.S. Justice Department approved Google's planned acquisition of online travel software firm ITA, but it made the technology giant agree to several conditions and concessions. Even as the Justice Department concluded its months-long review of Google's purchase of Massachusetts-based ITA, the focus now has turned to the possibility of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) initiating an expansive antitrust investigation into Google to see if the company is stifling competition and getting i...

The U.S. Department of Justice and Google have proposed an agreement to allow the Internet's biggest search engine to buy ITA Software, the travel data company, for $700 million.

Texas Instruments buys National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion; the latter's stock soars in after-hours trading.

An association representing companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft is speaking out against the potential merger between AT&T and T-Mobile.

The merger of T-Mobile USA with AT&T would be one of the biggest wireless mergers of the last several years, will probably go through despite increased scrutiny from regulators.

Charles Schwab said it agreed to buy optionsXpress Holdings for about $1 billion in stock to expand in the fast-growing options trading space.

AT&T plans to acquire Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA for $39 billion in cash and stock, a deal which will alter the telecom landscape in US leaving only three key players in the market.

AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) said it has closed its acquisition of news and opinion site The Huffington Post, creating a premier content network with local, national and international reach.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp took a huge step toward securing its prized $14 billion buyout of satellite broadcaster BSkyB when Britain accepted its proposals to ease competition concerns.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has offered to sell Sky News and also subsidize the channel for years to win approval of its planned takeover of all of British pay TV company BSkyB , the BBC reported on Wednesday.

Shareholders of two of the firms in a consortium buying U.S. insurer AIG's Taiwan unit approved the $2.16 billion bid on Wednesday, setting the scene for what is expected to be a tough battle with regulators.

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) could be an attractive acquisition target for companies, including Broadcom Corp. and Oracle.

JP Morgan follows Goldman Sachs dive into social networking territory, as it is in talks of acquiring a 10 percent minority stake in micro blogging site Twitter.

BHP Billiton agreed to acquire all of Chesapeake Energy's interests in the Fayetteville Shale play in central Arkansas for $4.75 billion, marking its entry into the US shale gas business.

China's Commerce Ministry said Chinese businesses faced damaging obstruction in efforts to invest in the United States after China's Huawei pulled out of bidding for U.S. company 3Leaf's assets following pressure from a Washington panel.

Cumulus Media Inc. confirmed it is in exclusive talks to buy Citadel Broadcasting Corp for $37 a share in cash and stock, valuing the company in excess of $2 billion.

U.S. Stocks climbed, supported by some solid earnings reports and a number or M&A deal-making, as the Dow and S&P 500 reached 31-month highs.