Halliburton to Buy Baker Hughes for Nearly $35 Billion

From Reuters:

Halliburton Co said on Monday it will buy Baker Hughes Inc for about $35 billion in cash and stock, creating an oilfield services behemoth to take on market leader Schlumberger NV as customers curb spending on falling oil prices.

Halliburton expressed confidence that the tie up of the No. 2 and No. 3 players in the services industry would clear regulatory hurdles, saying it was prepared to shed assets to mollify antitrust concerns that could arise in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

The deal, the second biggest in the U.S. energy sector this year, could create a company with more revenue than Schlumberger.