Hospital chain Tenet Healthcare Corp said on Monday that it will purchase its smaller rival Vanguard Health Systems Inc.

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance of Japan is in the process of acquiring Thai Life Insurance Co at a deal priced at around US$700 million.

Demand Media, a content media owner acquired Society6 for US$94 million to be able to diversify its business into e-commerce.

The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) was given unconditional approval to acquire NYSE Euronext for US$8.2 billion.

According to sources, Google voluntarily complied with the initial inquiry of the Federal Trade Commission on its Waze acquisition earlier this month although it has not yet reached a level of investigation

Flagstar Bancorp Inc had agreed to pay $105 million to Assured Guaranty Ltd as settlement to a lawsuit against the bank for misrepresenting loan quality contained in $900 million of mortgage-backed securities.

According to a poll, Australians are scared of 'too much' Chinese investments in their country.

Alpine Bau, the insolvent arm of Spain's construction group FCC, could break up with the failure of last-ditch talks to save the company.

Vodafone Group Plc had finalized a preliminary agreement to purchase Germany's largest company Kabel Deutschland Holding AG.

Russia's biggest drug manufacturing company, OAO Pharmstandard (PHST), intends to sell its over-the-counter medicine business.