The U.S. Department of Justice has sued to block AT&T's T planned acquisition of Deutsche Telekom's DTEGY T-Mobile USA unit. The Department of Justice routinely sues to block mergers as a step in extracting merger conditions--it has done so with AT&T's past acquisitions of Dobson and ... Sept 12 (Reuters) - Financial news website TheStreet Inc bought mergers and acquisition publication The Deal from Wasserstein & Co for $5.8 million, according to a U.S. regulatory filing on Wednesday. *** enter disclosure *** Feb 28 (Reuters) - Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc is in active discussions on large and small acquisitions or merger deals, Chief Executive Michael Pearson said on Thursday. We are maintaining our fair value estimate for Credence Systems CMOS after reviewing the firm's planned merger with LTX LTXX. We believe the deal makes strategic sense for the two companies. Credence has been in the midst of an upheaval recently and has been taking drastic steps to reduce its cost ... A depressed housing market has capped job growth thus far, but ultimate improvement there could help extend the recovery longer than usual, says Morningstar's Bob Johnson.<br/><br/><b>[0:00:47]</b> ... one of the bigger things out there might be some of the <b>merger</b> and <b>acquisition</b> activity, and certainly as corporations have built up cash on their balance sheets, they have spent some of it on manufactured goods, but they have also spent a great deal of that cash on <b>mergers</b> and <b>acquisitions</b>. Unfortunately, one of the things they do in <b>merger</b> and <b>acquisition</b>, the first thing they talk about is, "well, what are the synergies of that." Unfortunately, that's code for "how many people can ... <br/> New product momentum should accelerate growth for Hologic over the next decade. More assets have helped, not hindered, so far. This attractive mutual fund just got cheaper. Baxter BAX has announced it will buy a private Swedish dialysis firm, Gambro AB, for $4 billion, following rumors of the deal that emerged early last week. This large purchase represents a change from the typical merger-and-acquisition deals for Baxter, which has stuck to bolt-on acquisitions such ...