Exelon Acquiring PSEG in &#36;12B Stock Deal
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Exelon Corp. is acquiring Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. in a &#36;12 billion stock deal that would create the nation's largest power generation company with customers in Illinois, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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The E.W. Scripps Co. said on Tuesday it has reached an agreement to acquire the Great American Country (GAC) network from Jones Media Networks, Ltd., for &#36;140 million in cash.
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Arts and crafts retailer Michaels  Stores Inc.  said on Friday it agreed to be bought by  two private equity groups for more than &#36;6 billion in a deal  that attracted many of the world&#039;s largest buyout firms.
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NEWARK, NJ -- Exelon Corp.&#39;s plan to acquire Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. for $12 billion in stock -- forming the country&#39;s biggest utility -- could face deep scrutiny from regulators concerned about such a behemoth.
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Sprint Corp. said Wednesday it would buy mobile telephone company Nextel Communications Inc. for about &#36;36 billion, creating a U.S. wireless carrier with nearly 40 million subscribers.
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In a deal that would create the nation's biggest power company, the Exelon Corporation said it would buy the Public Service Enterprise Group of New Jersey.
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Fitch on Monday revised the outlook on the debt of Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and its subsidiary PSEG Power LLC to positive from stable, citing the group&#39;s merger with Exelon Corp.
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Dynegy Inc. (DYN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said it would buy a package of power plants from Exelon Corp. (EXC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) in New York
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In a merger that would create the USA&#39;s largest electric utility, Exelon has agreed to buy Public Service Enterprise Group for $12 billion in stock, the two companies announced Monday.
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Texas power company TXU Corp.  said on Monday it agreed to be acquired by a group led by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.  and Texas Pacific Group  for $31.8 billion in the largest leveraged buyout in history.
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Exelon Corp., owner of the largest power companies in Illinois and Pennsylvania, agreed to buy New Jersey&#39;s Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.
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Oracle Corp. announced Monday that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire PeopleSoft Inc. for approximately &#36;10.3 billion.
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Avaya Inc.  said on Monday it  agreed to be acquired by private equity firms TPG Capital and  Silver Lake for $8.2 billion, the latest in a string of deals  in the telecommunications-equipment industry.
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US energy firm Exelon Corp's planned merger with the Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.(PSEG) is now in doubt because of regulatory questions about the deal, company documents showed.
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Dynegy Inc., owner of power plants in 12 US states, has agreed to buy Sithe Energies Inc. from Exelon Corp. for $135 million, the first acquisition since the company began selling assets to repay debt in 2002.
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The proposed merger of Public Service Enterprise Group and Exelon will result in the elimination of 900 jobs in New Jersey, most of them at the PSEG unit that operates three nuclear power plants in Salem County.
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Platinum Equity will acquire Covad Communications for about $304 million, making the communications services company the latest technology company to sell to a private equity firm.