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Bloomberg News reports that Comcast will walk away from its $45 billion takeover for Time Warner Cable.
2015-04-23

American pharmaceutical company Pfizer announces plans to acquire Hospira at a cost of $17 billion.
2015-02-5

A Paul Gauguin painting, "Nafea Faa Ipoipo" ("When Will You Marry?"), sells to a Qatari buyer for close to $300 million.
2015-02-5

The price of Brent Crude oil drops to $55–60 per barrel for the first time since 2009.
2014-12-16

Coca-Cola buys a ten percent stake in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters for US$1.25 billion.
2014-02-7

The United States Navy christened the USS "Gerald R. Ford" - the $15.5 billion aircraft carrier is the most technologically advanced ship ever built.
2013-11-9

With $18.5 billion in debts, the city of Detroit, Michigan files for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, becoming the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. [http:--www.freep.com-article-20130718-NEWS01-307180107-Detroit-bankruptcy-filing-Kevyn-Orr-emergency-manager "(Detroit Free Press)"]
2013-07-18

A man who found what he believes to be the secret recipe for Coca-Cola at an estate sale sells the instructions on eBay for $15 million.
2013-05-15

Clothing retailer Ralph Lauren agrees to pay $1.6 million for claims of bribery to public officials in Argentina from 2005 to 2009.
2013-04-22

News Corporation agrees to pay $139 million to American shareholders due to the phone hacking scandal.
2013-04-22