Acquisitions/Mergers

News Corp NWS 0.66% said quarterly profit rose nearly sixfold, driven by strong growth at its digital real-estate and book-publishing businesses as well as at Wall Street Journal…

By Rhiannon Hoyle Australian miner Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. said it will buy a U.K. battery and electrification technology company for roughly $223 million as it seeks to slash carbon emissions from its mining operations…