M&M’s maker Mars Inc. is buying Kellanova Co., the maker of Pop-Tarts, in one of the biggest acquisitions of the year, vastly expanding the number of household-name brands under one roof.
Lilly is buying Morphic for $3.2 billion to gain experimental therapies for inflammatory bowel disease and other chronic illnesses.
It was a mating dance that lasted more than three years. At the end, Eli Lilly and Co. wound up buying a Massachusetts-based biotech developing treatments for inflammatory bowel disease for $3.2 billion.
Capital One said it plans to buy and merge with Discover Financial Services, which will create the seventh-largest bank in the country as well as the largest credit card company. Capital One would also acquire Discover’s payment network, a rare asset.
Pride Investment Partners, Hancock Health and energy cooperative NineStar Connect collaborated on the purchase of the 20.4-acre site through a joint venture called HealthStar Partners.
To give an added jolt to government efforts to deter criminal misconduct in merger and acquisition transactions, the U.S. Department of Justice unveiled a new Safe Harbor Policy last year geared toward voluntary self-disclosures.
The company had debt of $5.7 billion as of March 31 and has been under pressure from Wall Street to reduce it.
Massachusetts-based Morphic Holding Inc. is a nine-year old, publicly traded company that is developing a class of drugs known as oral integrin therapies to treat autoimmune diseases, pulmonary hypertensive diseases, fibrotic diseases and cancer.
The new entity will be called Saks Global, creating a luxury powerhouse at a time when the arena has become increasingly fragmented with different players.
American Metals LLC, a subsidiary of Fishers-based American Resources Corp., announced plan this week to merge with New York City-based AI Transportation Acquisition Corp. in a move intended to take the Indiana company public.
Smart-mailbox startup Arrive AI, which in December announced plans to merge with Canada-based Brüush Oral Care Inc. and become a public company, says it has called off the deal.
Blastmedia, a public relations firm which serves business-to-business software companies, is now doing business as PANBlast, a division of PAN Communications. All 40 Blastmedia employees have remained with the company, PAN announced Thursday.
Starting July 1, any health care entity or private equity firm that is planning a merger or acquisition in Indiana—where the assets of at least one of the parties is $10 million or more—must notify the state attorney general at least 90 days in advance.
The proposed acquisition could face pushback from the U.S. which, under the Biden administration, has stepped up antitrust reviews for energy companies and other sectors as well, such as tech.
T-Mobile has been among the more active companies in telecommunications with regard to mergers and acquisitions.
Once the acquisition closes, Cassady Schiller will become Katz, Sapper & Miller’s largest office outside of its Indianapolis headquarters.
Christian has set up a new special purpose entity that will purchase all of tech staffing firm TSR Inc.’s outstanding stock for $13.40 per share.
IBJ Media CEO and Publisher Nate Feltman purchased the shares of Indianapolis businessmen Mickey Maurer and Bob Schloss this month.
Spirit CEO Ted Christie said he was disappointed that the airlines could not combine and create a new challenger to the nation’s four biggest airlines.
Allegion, which has its Americas headquarters in Carmel, announced Monday that it has acquired Spain-based Montajes Electronicos Dorcas S.L.
