Globe Specialty Metals and Grupo FerroAtlántica will combine their businesses in a $3.1bn all-stock merger

The tech giant has agreed to a $3bn price tag for Beats Electronics so it can “continue to create the most innovative music products and services in the world”

Advertising giants Publicis and Omnicom have pulled the plug on proposed merger and parted ways after months of “slow progress” and “uncertainty”

Advanced home automation looks to be Google’s next major focus, following an announcement on Monday that the search engine giant will acquire Silicon Valley firm Nest Labs for $3.2bn

Nokia agrees to sell handsets and license its patents as Microsoft aims to shake-up smartphone market

The proposed merger of BAE Systems and EADS had the potential to create the world’s largest aerospace manufacturer. Jinan Harb asks what might have been