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Amazon agrees to purchase American film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for US$8.5 billion.
2022-03-17

Bayer AG announces it has agreed to pay US$10 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits regarding claims that the Monsanto herbicide Roundup causes cancer. Court-appointed mediator Kenneth Feinberg says the deal is a "constructive and reasonable" resolution.
2020-06-24

The German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer is to cut 12,000 jobs by the end of 2021 as part of an overhaul following its acquisition of Monsanto earlier in 2018.
2018-11-29

T-Mobile US and Sprint agree to merge in a deal valued at US$146 billion. The merger is subject to approval from regulators.
2018-04-29

American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology company Monsanto rejects an unsolicited $62 billion takeover bid by German pharmaceutical giant Bayer, saying the price was too low but adding that it remained “open to further talks.”
2016-05-24

German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer bids to merge with American agrochemical and agricultural firm Monsanto.
2016-05-19

Creditors offer Puerto Rico's highly leveraged power authority $2 billion in new financing, including $1.2 billion for a new natural gas operation, in exchange for assurances that it will repay its debt.
2015-03-30

American luxury fashion company Coach, Inc. agrees to purchase shoe brand Stuart Weitzman for $574 million.
2015-01-6

The Australian dollar reaches its highest level against the United States dollar in 27 years.
2010-10-13

The United States dollar reaches a 15-year low against the Japanese yen and depreciates against a range of other currencies due to concerns about further quantitative easing by the United States Federal Reserve.
2010-10-7