Michael J De La Merced

Judge blocks $48-bn Anthem-Cigna merger

Under the merger agreement's terms, Anthem is obligated to pay Cigna a $1.85 billion breakup fee

After belt tightening, venture capitalists see more promise in 2017

Much of 2016 proved to be a less ebullient time for the once red-hot start-up market

Masayoshi Son pledges $50-bn investment in US

Son, a Japanese mogul, struck another big pledge after meeting with President-elect Donald J Trump: to invest $50 billion in the United States

Uber turns to Saudi for $3.5-billion funding

Yahoo! to keep Alibaba stakes

Mayer had planned to spin off Yahoo!'s 15 per cent stake in Alibaba, bundled with a small-business services unit, into a new company called Aabaco

Pfizer, Allergan in $160-bn merger

It would be one of the biggest ever takeovers in the health care industry

Silicon Valley investment funds still lack diversity, study shows

The data highlights the large gap between Silicon Valley's diversity ambitions and reality

Industrialist heir to the Fiat dynasty charts his course

Elkann has run the $12 billion Agnelli family investment firm Exor for more than a decade

Uber funding talks highlight the speedy pace of investments

Since the beginning of 2013, more than 20 tech start-ups have held three rounds of funding within a year and a half

Twitter shares jump after faked Bloomberg report

Two months ago, Avon Products fell prey to a phantom buyout bid by an unknown entity trying to pass itself off as a well-known private equity firm

Offline NYSE makes just a ripple in day's trading

GE nears deal on major step in retreat from banking

Visa & Visa Europe said to consider reunification

Mylan rejects Teva's $40-bn takeover offer

Fund-raising may value Spotify above $8 billion

A rich day for banks advising on mergers

It's a stellar day for any bank and firmly cements Goldman's lead atop the rankings of merger advisors

Shell to buy BG Group for nearly $70 bn

Shell has invested tens of billions of dollars in liquefied natural gas production plants, storage terminals and related systems

SEC asks Alibaba about dispute with Chinese regulator

Alibaba disclosed on Friday that it had received a request from the SEC for more information about the clash with China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce

Michael J de la Merced: After Alibaba spin-off, Yahoo! may become a takeover target

When the spin-off is complete and Yahoo! has shed its stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant, it is more likely to become the hunted rather than the hunter

How Yahoo's spin-off of its Alibaba stake will work