Mergers and acquisitions
hideThe 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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News tagged with acquisitions
Panasonic completes Sanyo acquisition
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(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
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(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.
Google snaps up mobile ad startup for $750 million (Update)
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. is buying mobile advertising network AdMob for $750 million, underscoring the Internet search leader's determination to ensure its marketing machine reaches the growing number of people surfing the Web ...
Facebook buys social media aggregator FriendFeed
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Facebook is buying a Web service called FriendFeed that gives users a view of what their friends are doing on all sorts of social media sites, including Facebook's rivals.
Logitech buys video conferencing firm
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Switzerland-based Logitech is buying video-conferencing equipment firm LifeSize Communications in a 405-million-dollar deal expected to close next month.
Prepping for Oracle, Sun predicts weak results
Jul 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. projected quarterly results below Wall Street estimates Tuesday, signaling it will clear some charges off its books ahead of its $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle Corp.
Joost seeks cable TV operator as buyer
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Online video site Joost is shopping itself around to different cable TV operators.
Sun shares dive as IBM buyout talks falter
Apr 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. fell in premarket trading Monday on news that IBM Corp. withdrew an acquisition offer.
Verizon 1st-qtr profit, revenue beat expectations
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. said Monday its earnings grew 5 percent in the first quarter, boosted by its acquisition of Alltel Corp. and strong demand for its wireless, Internet and TV services.
Google dropped idea of buying newspaper: CEO
May 21, 2009 |
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Google considered buying a newspaper but dropped the idea, the head of the Internet search giant said in an interview with the Financial Times.
Verizon profit falls 30 pct on restructuring costs
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. reported a 30 percent drop in third-quarter earnings Monday as it couldn't sign up enough new subscribers to offset higher costs from laying off workers and absorbing an ...
Oracle says Justice Dept allows $7.4B Sun deal
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc.
Rivals taking advantage of delay in Oracle-Sun merger
Aug 07, 2009 |
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As antitrust regulators continue to scrutinize the year's biggest tech deal, Oracle's planned $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems, competitors in the high-end hardware business and open-source software market have wasted ...
EMC counters NetApp bid for Data Domain
Jun 01, 2009 |
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US computer storage giant EMC Corp. offered 1.8 billion dollars on Monday for Data Domain in a bid to counter a rival offer for the data storage company from NetApp.
Intel, an infrequent acquirer, snaps up Wind River (Update)
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Intel Corp. is biting off its biggest acquisition in nearly a decade with an $884 million takeover of Wind River Systems Inc., a software maker with a colorful past.
