American Airlines and US Airways (NYSE: LCC) yesterday received U.S. bankruptcy court approval for their planned $11 billion merger. www.usairways.com
HubSpot, a Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of an all-in-one marketing software platform for SMEs, has acquired two companies: Chime, a Toronto-based Google Chrome plug-in for consolidating web app notifications; and PrepWork, a New Haven, Conn.-based provider of software creates pre-meeting briefings. No financial terms were disclosed. HubSpot has raised around $100 million in VC funding from Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures, SalesForce.com, General Catalyst Partners, Matrix Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Altimeter Capital and Cross Creek Capital. www.hubspot.com
Institutional Shareholder Services said it is advising MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS) shareholders to reject the mobile carrier’s planned $1.5 billion merger with T-Mobile. www.metropcs.com
Swiss Life (SWX: SHLN) is looking to sell its U.S. life insurance unit, according to Reuters.www.swisslife.com
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