Lauren Thomas is the lead reporter on M&A and shareholder activism for The Wall Street Journal in New York. She consistently breaks market-moving news about the biggest deals across all industries.

Intel’s (INTC) new CEO Lip-Bu Tan brings two decades of semiconductor industry experience and relationships across the sector, but also comes ...

Compass (COMP) is in advanced talks to acquire the real-estate brokerage business of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), people familiar with the matte ...

Activist Mantle Ridge has built a more than $1B interest in Cognizant (CTSH) and believes the shares are undervalued, the Wall Street Journal’s ...

Activist investor Starboard Value has established a sizable stake in Qorvo (QRVO) and is seeking changes to bolster the company’s lagging stock price, the Wall Street Journal’s Lauren Thomas ...

Walgreens’s is in a deal with Sycamore Partners to be taken private, Anna Wilde Mathews and Lauren Thomas write for the Wall Street Journal…The ...

Diamondback Energy (FANG) is in talks to buy Double Eagle, a West Texas energy producer, and a deal could be announced in the coming days, Benoit Morenne and Lauren Thomas of Wall Street Journal ...

Shell (SHEL) is exploring a potential sale of its chemicals assets in Europe and the U.S., Ben Dummett, Lauren Thomas, and Collin Eaton of The ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is nearing an agreement with private equity company Sycamore Partners to go private in a $10B deal, The Wall ...

Ryan Cohen, founder of Chewy (CHWY) and CEO of GameStop (GME), has increased his stake in Alibaba (BABA) to $1B, the Wall Street Journal’s Lauren Thomas and Ben Glickman report, citing people ...