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Google has acquired DocVerse, a technology start-up that allows people to collaborate on Microsoft Office files online, for about $25 million.

The Coca-Cola Co. has agreed to buy Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.’s entire North American bottling business — and along with it the company’s bottling plant in San Antonio.

Walmart is set to make a play for your living room. The company has acquired online movie service Vudu, just over a month after rumors about a deal first surfaced.

Schlumberger Ltd., the world's biggest oilfield services company, has agreed to purchase fellow industry player Smith International Inc. for about $11 billion in stock in a move to diversify its product offerings and better compete with rival Halliburton Co.

Round two of due diligence has begun in the process to find a buyer for MGM, with a couple Hollywood studios figuring among the half-dozen advancing bidders.

The television stations are among supporters and opponents of the merger to submit testimony in advance of hearings by House and Senate subcommittees.

The DOJ has announced its guidelines from the proposed merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster to create a music behemoth.

Small Italian cars a perfect fit for big rides from the American luxury brand

U.S.-based Kraft Foods Inc and Britain's Cadbury Plc are close to sealing a friendly deal to create the world's largest confectionery group for up to 11.7 billion pounds ($19 billion), sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Industrial conglomerate Tyco International will acquire Broadview Security for $1.9 billion in a deal that brings together two large providers of residential and commercial security in North America, the two companies said on Monday.