Mergers & Acquisitions

FedEx Corp. is severing one of its few remaining ties with Amazon.

CVS Health Corp. posted strong second-quarter earnings that easily beat Street estimates and raised its earnings forecast as it starts to reap the benefits of its acquisition of health insurer Aetna Inc.

Nike is ramping up its ability to anticipate consumer needs by buying a company that uses data to predict customer behavior. 

Office Depot’s ongoing transformation to a more business-services oriented company continues to be a drag on its bottom line, even as the company managed to beat analysts’ expectations.

The bleeding isn’t over for Sears and Kmart.

Shopko has gone out of its business as a discounter, but its optical division is not only alive but expanding.

Barneys New York filed for bankruptcy protection with a plan to shrink its store footprint as it looks to find a buyer to breath new life into its struggling operations.

The $75 million loan that Barneys seeks approval of from Gordon brothers and Hilco comes at a high interest rate with generous fees.