The Deal

The American steakhouse chain Del Frisco's Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ: DFRG)'s stock was trading more than 30-percent higher Monday after The Deal reported that final bids for the company are near $9 per share. Del Frisco's has long been a rumor mill stock....

Shares of TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST), a financial news and information company founded by Jim Cramer, rose more than 30 percent Thursday morning after the company said it reached an agreement to sell its institutional business units. What Happened TheStreet said it entered into an agreement to...

Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon stirred the pot with their recent call for corporations to end the issuance of quarterly earnings guidance. "In our experience,” Dimon and Buffett said in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, “quarterly earnings guidance often leads to an unhealthy...

Activist investor Elliott Management has liquidated or is liquidating its stake in Taubman Centers, Inc. (NYSE: TCO), according to The Deal. The move could be a “major blow” to fellow activist Jonathan Litt’s Land & Buildings Investment Management and its proxy fight against...

In the IntraLinks Deal Flow Indicator Q2 report, IntraLinks VP of strategy & product marketing, Matt Porzio said one of the sectors showing strong levels of early-state M&A activity was consumer, which includes retail. According to Porzio, "Consumer deals … are expected...