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Kraft Foods Inc.

On Sept. 7, Kraft Foods Inc. made a surprise bid for Cadbury plc, which was quickly rejected.

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BofA-Merrill Lynch

On Sept. 15, Bank of America Corp. agreed to buy Merrill Lynch & Co. for $50 billion.

AIG Inc.

The latest on the bailout to end all bailouts.

Yahoo!

The long drawn-out Yahoo!-Microsoft-Google saga has entered a new stage as Yahoo! and Microsoft team up on a 10-year partnership.

CIT Group Inc.

Troubled middle market lender CIT Group Inc. (NYSE:CIT) announced Sunday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Ponzi schemes, fraud and other misdeeds

Madoff, Stanford, Dreier, the N.Y. pension scandal ... welcome to the recession rogues gallery.

AOL

It's official: Time Warner will finally spin off AOL LLC. The date is looking like it will be somewhere in Mid-December, according to reports.

Confectioners: Cadbury, Hershey, more

On Sept. 7, Kraft Foods Inc. made a surprise bid for Cadbury plc, which was quickly rejected. A Kraft/Cadbury merger, which has been rumored since...

Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village

Tishman Speyer's $5.4B deal for Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village symbolized the peak of the real estate boom. Now, the company is feeling some pain as several bonds tied to the development were downgraded.

Big Pharma

Pfizer-Wyeth, Merck-Schering Plough. 2009 has seen some big-ticket pharma deals.

Bottlers: Pepsi, Coke and more

PepsiCo has proposed a $6 billion deal for its two largest bottling affiliates. It's trying to gain another edge in the noncarb drinks market.

Restaurants in the hot seat

Many casual-restaurant chains are weighing strategic options, and some are feeling the bankruptcy heat. Here's a look at some on the block, others that have filed and some that are the subject of speculation.

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