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Bass Pro Shops to buy Cabela's

Oct 3, 2016
Bass Pro Shops will acquire rival, Cabela's, in a deal worth $5.5 billion.
Cabela's 250,000 square foot retail outlet is seen in Hamburg, Pennsylvania. 
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Why drugmakers are suddenly merging

Aug 20, 2015
Valeant Pharmaceuticals is purchasing Sprout for $1 billion.

How a poison pill works

Mar 23, 2015
Want to deter a company from buying you out? Use a poison pill!
People shop in a mall on in New York City. 
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Private equity's PetSmart maneuver

Dec 15, 2014
PetSmart, with its brick-and-mortar allure, sells for $8.7 billion.

4 questions to ask if you're offered a late-career buyout

Aug 26, 2014
Congratulations, you're being offered a buyout. Is that... good?

Dollar Tree buys Family Dollar (yes, for more than $1)

Jul 28, 2014
The deal promises big cost-savings for both underperforming businesses.

SodaStream's Pepsi rumors fizzle and pop

Jun 6, 2013
The rumor bubbles on a Sodastream sale are going flat.

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Private equity firms: Job creators or job destroyers?

Jul 16, 2012
We'll likely hear more this week about when, exactly, Mitt Romney left his top job at Bain Capital. But here's the question that will persist: Job creator, or job destroyer? And that question's bigger than Bain, bigger than Romney -- bigger than any one election.