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  Bristol's Amylin Deal Expands Diabetes Roster

  Bristol-Myers Squibb's agreement to acquire diabetes-drug maker Amylin Pharmaceuticals for $5.3 billion gives Bristol more heft in a fast-growing market, but the New York-based pharmaceutical company still faces larger rivals with dominant products.

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  Profit Forecasts Feel Europe's Effect

  Investors will be watching nervously as U.S. companies report earnings over the next few weeks for any signs of collateral damage in the American economy from Europe's woes and China's slower growth.

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  Back-to-School Sales Creep Forward

  Summer is barely here and it's already time to think about back-to-school—shopping, that is. Retailers are starting some back-to-school advertising sooner than in recent years.

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  Stars Align for Constellation

  Constellation Brands was an expected winner in AB InBev's deal to buy Grupo Modelo, winning control over U.S. imports of Corona and other Mexican beers for $1.85 billion.

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  Dell Close to Deal for Quest Software

  Dell is close to striking a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. after trumping a private-equity group, and an announcement could come as early as Monday.

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  Chesapeake's Financial Web Makes Sale Tricky

  While Chesapeake's two biggest shareholders are in a position to steer the natural-gas company toward a sale, there would be steep obstacles to extracting value from its assets that way.

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  Linde Offers $4.6 Billion for Lincare

  Linde, a German supplier of industrial gas, said Sunday it plans to acquire Lincare Holdings, a U.S. provider of respiratory therapy, oxygen and other services to patients at home, for about $4.6 billion.

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  Facebook to Remain On Nasdaq

  Facebook executives have decided to keep the company's stock listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market, despite lingering frustration with the exchange's bungling of its widely anticipated initial public offering.

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  Olympus Loses Whistleblower Case

  Olympus lost a court battle against an employee who sued the Japanese camera maker for retaliating against him after he complained about actions by his boss.

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  Textbook Case for Expansion

  Houghton Mifflin is extending many of its children's titles into Web properties and forging tech partnerships as it emerges from bankruptcy and contends with a contracting textbook market.

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  Unions Try New Tack in Wal-Mart Battle

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  Oliver Stone's 'Savages' Courts Spanish-Speaking Audiences

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  R-Rated Coup for 'Ted,' 'Magic Mike'

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  Toyota to Recall Lexus SUVs

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  Glaxo Extends U.S. Biotech Bid

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  High Court Rejects Challenges to Media Rules

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  AMC in Deal to Keep Channels on AT&T

• In Wynn's Macau Deal, a Web of Political Ties

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  Microsoft Executive to Leave Hardware Post

• World Bank Cancels $1.2 Billion Bangladesh Loan