WSJ News Exclusive | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Near Deal to Buy Juniper Networks

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 8, 2024 6:31 pm ET Hewlett Packard Enterprise is in advanced talks to buy Juniper Networks for about $13 billion, in a bid to better position the…

WSJ News Exclusive | Novartis in Advanced Talks to Buy Cytokinetics

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 8, 2024 1:14 pm ET Novartis is close to clinching an acquisition of Cytokinetics and its promising heart drug, as big pharmaceutical companies continue to snap up…

James Gorman Just Wrapped Up a Successful Tenure at Morgan Stanley. It Almost Didn’t Turn Out That Way.

[ad_1] James Gorman ordered an extra dry vodka martini at a St. Petersburg, Russia, hotel bar late one night in June 2012. The Morgan Stanley chief executive officer was there…

WSJ News Exclusive | Southwestern, Chesapeake Near $17 Billion Merger

[ad_1] Southwestern Energy and Chesapeake Energy are close to a merger that would create a roughly $17 billion company ranking as one of the largest natural-gas producers in the U.S. …

WSJ News Exclusive | Big Design-Software Companies Near $35 Billion Deal

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 5, 2024 1:51 pm ET Synopsys is in advanced talks to acquire Ansys for around $35 billion in a stock-and-cash deal that could be one of the…

The Hidden Force Pushing Mortgage Rates Down

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 4, 2024 12:01 pm ET A key factor that pushed up mortgage rates over the past two years is now starting to pull them down. Average 30-year…

WSJ News Exclusive | Cigna Nears Deal to Offload Medicare Business

[ad_1] Cigna is in advanced talks to sell its Medicare business in an about-face for the health-insurance giant, which had been expanding its footprint in the fast-growing sector.  Cigna, which…

WSJ News Exclusive | Fisher Investments in Sale Talks

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 2, 2024 6:00 pm ET Advent International is in talks to acquire Fisher Investments, the money-management firm known for its ubiquitous advertisements, according to people familiar with…

‘This Can’t Go On for Much Longer.’ Private Equity’s Deal Lament

[ad_1] Private-equity firms usually drive dealmaking on Wall Street. In 2023, they sat it out. High interest rates put many new deals out of reach. Shaky market conditions made it…