Mergers/Acquisitions

Everything you need to know about mergers & acquisitions, including which companies are making deals, downsizing, and outsourcing IT, and how you can bring together corporate cultures for smoother transition.

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Sprint Hikes Bid for Clearwire to Counter Dish's Offer

Sprint is now offering $3.40 per share to buy out the half of Clearwire it doesn't already own Full Story »
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Sprint Gets Softbank Clearance to Negotiate with Dish

SoftBank maintains that its offer for Sprint Nextel is the better one

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Report: Yahoo board approves deal to buy Tumblr for $1.1B

Rumors that Yahoo might be in talks to acquire the blogging site emerged last week

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Yahoo Calls Press Conference Amid Tumblr Acquisition Rumors

Yahoo invited media to an event in New York on Monday but gave no details

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Dell profit dives 79 percent on falling PC sales

Dell reported another weak quarter as its founder fights to make it a private company

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Dell Board Warns Icahn Bid Could Leave the Company Short of Cash

Dell's board has told activist investor Carl Icahn it needs more information in order to evaluate his latest bid

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Yahoo Acquires Loki Studios As Part of Acquisition Spree

Yahoo acquired three companies last week alone

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Wall Street Beat: Rise in Markets Could Fuel Tech M&a

Confidence in the economy will help companies value bigger deals

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Salesforce.com to buy Clipboard, shutting down service

The Clipboard service will be discontinued on June 30

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What Could Microsoft Gain From Buying Nook?

More than a year ago, Microsoft invested $300 million in Barnes & Noble's plan to spin-off its Nook business. At the time, the deal promised a few tablet-centric possibilities. Would Nook tablets dump Android in favor of Windows? Would the Nook catalog be part of an entertainment-centric device like the still-mythical Xbox Surface?

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Intel Acquires Two Software Companies

The acquisitions will help manage APIs and generate income for service partners

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China's Baidu Expands Online Video Business with $370 Million Acquisition

China's online video market is fragmented, and competition has been fierce

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Clearwire Lays Out its Case for a Sprint Buyout

In a letter to shareholders, Clearwire's chairman said the alternatives don't look good

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Dell Boosts Cloud Portfolio with Enstratius Buy

Dell continues to add to its portfolio of systems management software