Pfizer Inc. is buying rival drugmaker Wyeth in a $68 billion cash-and-stock deal that will increase its revenue by 50 percent, solidfy its No. 1 rank in the troubled industry and transform it from a pure pharmaceutical company into a broadly diversified health care giant. ...more

January 26, 2009

The Federal Trade Commission has removed the last regulatory hurdle for Verizon Wireless' purchase of Alltel Corp., which will create the country's largest wireless carrier, the agency said Wednesday. ...more

December 11, 2008

Google Inc. has scrapped its Internet advertising partnership with struggling rival Yahoo Inc., abandoning attempts to overcome the objections of antitrust regulators and customers who believed the alliance would give Google too much power over online commerce. ...more

November 6, 2008

When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. ...more

September 12, 2008

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. ...more

September 7, 2008

Antitrust regulators are seeking additional information from SABMiller Plc and Molson Coors Brewing Co. regarding their plans next year to combine their U.S. operations, Miller Brewing Co. and Coors Brewing Co. ...more

November 26, 2007