The purchase of Worldpay by Fidelity National Information Services will create one of the world’s largest providers of electronic payment infrastructure, with the firms’ combined revenue expected to top $12bn
The purchase of HotelTonight should broaden Airbnb’s offering, helping the home-sharing company develop into a fully fledged travel service ahead of its initial public offering, which is expected to take place later this year
In what the company describes as a “major step forward”, BP will acquire the US shale oil and gas assets of one of the world’s biggest miners, BHP Billiton, for $10.5bn
Chinese regulators have refused to approve Qualcomm’s proposed $44bn acquisition of rival firm NXP in a move some have attributed to the escalating trade war between the US and China
Google has reaffirmed its commitment to the explosive Asian retail market with the purchase of a $550m stake in JD.com, China’s largest e-retailer by revenue
Toshiba has offloaded a majority stake in its PC business, Toshiba Client Solutions, to Japanese rival Sharp. The move will see Sharp re-enter the PC market after an eight-year absence
Sony has reached an agreement to purchase the controlling stake in EMI for $2.3bn, giving the tech giant access to more than two million songs from hit artists such as Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Queen
PayPal’s purchase of point-of-sale firm iZettle, the fintech start-up that helps small businesses avoid some of the prohibitive costs associated with taking card payments, will be the company’s biggest acquisition to date
ZPG, the owner of popular property portals Zoopla and PrimeLocation, will be acquired by US private equity firm Silver Lake for 490p per share
Walmart has struck a deal to acquire 77 percent of Indian e-commerce leader Flipkart for $16bn, as Flipkart continues to battle Amazon for market dominance
Irish pharmaceutical company Shire has finally accepted a takeover offer from Japan’s Takeda, bringing an end to a saga that has seen four previous bids rejected by the Dublin-based drug maker
The European Commission has sought to determine whether Apple’s purchase of music recognition app Shazam will help the company steal customers from its competitors
