Online shopping giant Amazon is buying MGM, the movie and TV studio behind James Bond, “Legally Blonde" and “Shark Tank," with the hopes of filling out its video streaming service.

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Ciena Corp., a networking systems company in Hanover, plans to acquire DonRiver, a private software and services firm based in Toronto, Canada.

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Last month, Baltimore cybersecurity analytics startup RedOwl announced it had been acquired by cybersecurity firm Forcepoint, a subsidiary of Raytheon. For the most part, the acquisition was a validation for both RedOwl and the Baltimore tech community in general. RedOwl ...

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Rockville’s Standard Solar has been acquired by Gaz Métro, a Canadian energy company. Standard Solar specializes in the development and financing of commercial solar projects, focusing on distributed generation solar. Typical clients include businesses, universities and governments. The company will ...

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T. Rowe Price is opposing Oracle’s bid of $109 per share, or $9.5 billion, to acquire cloud computing company NetSuite Inc. The Baltimore fund manager is NetSuite’s largest unaffiliated shareholder, meaning it can have a lot of influence on the ...

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JLL announced it has acquired CIB LLC and CIB Management LLC, which creates one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the greater Baltimore area. The firms have entered into an agreement that stipulates the acquisition should be complete ...

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Legg Mason has completed the acquisition of the majority shares in RARE Infrastructure Limited, a global listed infrastructure manager based in Sydney, Australia.  As of Oct. 20, RARE Infrastructure reported assets under management of $6.8 billion. The company has offices ...

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The sale of Cassidy Turley, which has offices in Baltimore and the Washington, D.C., markets, to a new ownership consortium was officially announced Monday, and the company became part of the DTZ brand.

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The deal creates one of the world's largest global commercial real estate services firms and generates a giant new competitor locally.

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Washington Prime Group Inc., which spun off from mall operator Simon Property Group earlier this year, said Tuesday that it is buying rival Glimcher Realty Trust. The cash-and-stock deal is worth about $2.06 billion.

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