Mergers and acquisitions

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The phrase mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different companies that can aid, finance, or help a growing company in a given industry grow rapidly without having to create another business entity.

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Panasonic completes Sanyo acquisition

Technology / Business

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Panasonic Corp. said Monday that it had taken majority control of Sanyo Electric Co., officially forming one of the world's largest electronics makers.


EBay official: Employees shared Craigslist data

Technology / Internet

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Employees of Internet auction site eBay shared confidential information gained from Craigslist with other employees developing eBay's own online classifieds business, an eBay executive said Wednesday.





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Drug industry embraces new business strategies after tough year

Drug industry embraces new business strategies after tough year

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As they pop the champagne corks to celebrate New Year's Eve, drug industry executives will likely be glad to put 2009 behind them. That's because pharmaceutical companies who make top-selling drugs for heart ...


Cisco chief executive John Chambers

Cisco going from Internet plumber to platform

Technology / Business

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Cisco chief executive John Chambers said Tuesday that the computer switching colossus is changing from the Internet's "plumber" to a platform and provider of products for online work and leisure.



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