Johnson & Johnson said it would buy Mentor, a maker of cosmetic products and breast implants, for $1.07 billion.

Sumner M. Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS, said that he had sold his stake in Midway Games as his family’s holding company looks to get out from under $1.6 billion in debt.

Johnson & Johnson is acquiring Mentor Corporation, a maker of breast implants, for $1.07 billion in cash in a bid to strengthen its presence in aesthetic and reconstructive medicine.

Ryanair, Europe’s biggest low-cost airline, made a new offer to buy the 70 percent of its Irish rival Aer Lingus that it does not already own.

Bank of America shareholders will be taking one for the team, assuming they greenlight the takeover of Merrill Lynch next week.

A government-sponsored merger of 11 regional airlines has twice as many aircraft as Russia’s national airline.

Accountants said they were unable to conclude if the $50 billion privatization of Bell Canada would leave the company solvent.

Accountants said they were unable to conclude if the $50 billion privatization of Bell Canada would leave the company solvent.

The world’s largest mining company abandoned its hostile bid to acquire its rival Rio Tinto, citing turmoil in the financial markets and regulatory concerns in Europe.

The world’s largest mining company abandoned its hostile bid to acquire its rival Rio Tinto, citing turmoil in the financial markets and regulatory concerns in Europe.