DEALS

NEW YORK - Just days ahead of its planned unveiling of its iCloud service, Apple has succeeded in securing licensing deals from all four major labels and music publishers.

Groupon has become the next big social company to file for an IPO, following in LinkedIn's footsteps.

Online coupon service Groupon and popular web travel agency Expedia team up to create Groupon Getaways.

Russian gas exporter Gazprom, having just signed a trio of deals in India that could be worth over $90 billion, now has it sights on the markets of Europe and North America, a source close to the company said on Thursday.

Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings wouldn't be surprised if Netflix had to pay up to $200 million to renew a licensing deal with Liberty Media's Starz network.

EU regulators opened in-depth probes on Monday into two takeover bids in the computer hardware sector involving two Asian companies and two U.S. peers, saying it was concerned the deals would reduce the number of rivals.

EU regulators opened on Monday in-depth probes into two takeover bids in the computer hardware sector involving two Asian companies and two U.S. peers, saying it was concerned the deals would reduce the number of rivals.

Daily deal site Groupon is being threatened by Google Wallet and Google Offers, services that combine coupons and discounts and payments at the time people buy things through their phone.

Apple Inc is close to launching an online music storage and streaming service after reaching deals with three of the four major labels and is expected to wrap up the fourth in a few days, according to several people familiar the plans.

Top online group buying site Group tied up with Live Nation on Monday to launch a new online ticketing deals web site that will allow customers to buy tickets to concerts, theaters and other live events at discounted prices.

Top online group buying site Groupon tied up with Live Nation Inc to launch a new online ticketing deals website that will allow customers to buy tickets to concerts, theatres and other live events at discounted prices.

Facebook and Google Inc are separately considering a tie-up with Skype after the Web video conferencing service delayed its initial public offering, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions told Reuters .

AT&T's rivals have asked U.S. regulators to combine a review of AT&T's proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA with their examination of its plan to buy wireless airwaves from Qualcomm Inc .

Top commodity trader Glencore's planned $12 billion London listing has long been seen as the first step to merging with Xstrata , in what could be the biggest mining takeover in history.

Credit Suisse expects Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) will sign network sharing deals both LightSquared and Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) between now and mid-year.

The S&P 500 met tough resistance on Monday, failing to break a level that has held since mid-February even as a spate of deals and underlying strength in the economy spurred optimism.

Family Dollar Stores Inc sees higher-than-expected yearly profit after more shoppers flocked to its stores for low-priced holiday items and groceries and spent a little bit more on average.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said on Monday that he was looking at more acquisition targets after a $9 billion buy of U.S. specialty chemical maker Lubrizol by his Berkshire Hathaway last week.

In the telecommunication industry's land grab for wireless airwaves, investors better brace for U.S. deals that are bewildering -- or worse.

IntercontinentalExchange Inc CEO Jeffrey Sprecher and Nasdaq OMX Group CEO Robert Greifeld know what it is to try -- and fail -- to take over another exchange.

Boeing Co sealed deals worth $10 billion with two Chinese airlines as the world's second-largest economy expects to order more than 2,000 aircraft over the next five years to meet booming demand for air services.