Archive for the 'Mergers & Acquisitions' Category
Friday, November 7th, 2008
Silicon.com sat down with SAS’s CEO in Las Vegas this week to find out his thoughts on cloud computing, succession planning and the iPhone. SAS is unique among tech heavyweights for its private ownership - the business intelligence BI company has been run for more than 30 years by…
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Ask.com is overhauling its Web search engine to deliver faster results and improved relevance as it bids to win share from market leader Google. NEW YORK–IAC Corp’s Ask.com is overhauling its Web search engine to deliver faster results and improved relevance as it bids to win share from market…
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Mergers & Acquisitions, Search, Google, Internet Search, Ask.com, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Marketing, Web, Investment, Finance, Channel Management, Reuters |
Friday, July 18th, 2008
Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because Yahoo could instead renew talks over News Corp’s Web properties. NEW YORK–Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because if Microsoft gets in the way, Yahoo could instead renew…
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merger, Yahoo, Microhoo, AOL, News Corps, Microsoft-Icahn Proposal, Microsoft, America Online Inc., Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Yahoo! Inc., Reuters |
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
While some employees see Microsoft’s bid as a positive development, they worry a merger would cool Yahoo’s free-spirited atmosphere. Will Yahoos’ yodels be silenced? Yahoo employees fretted on Friday that their fun-loving culture, summed up by early company ads featuring a cowboy yodel, could get quashed by…
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Entrepreneurship, Yahoo! Inc., Employee, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate & legal, Microsoft Corp., Investment, Finance, Management, Reuters |
Friday, February 1st, 2008
Microsoft faces financial and legal hurdles in its unsolicited bid for Yahoo. CNET News.com walks you through the potential steps. Microsoft faces several financial and legal hurdles on its way to wooing Yahoo to accept its $44.6 billion buyout bid. Here’s a brief FAQ explaining some of…
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Q, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Dawn Kawamoto, Shareholder, Bidder, Antitrust, Corporate Governance, Buyer, Microsoft Corp., Finance, Financial Accounting, Corporate & legal, Business Operations, Yahoo! Inc., News.com, Investment |
Friday, February 1st, 2008
Offer–described by Yahoo as “unsolicited”–amounts to $31 per share, or a 62 percent premium above its closing stock price Thursday. Microsoft went public Friday with a $44.6 billion cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo. In its response, Yahoo called the Microsoft bid “unsolicited” but did not reject it….
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Corporate Governance, Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Ina Fried, Business Structures, Business Operations, Financial Accounting, Finance, Microsoft Corp., Corporate & legal, Investment |
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Chief Executive Kevin DeNuccio will become vice chairman, company says, and Georges Antoun, a Redback vice president, will replace him. The head of telecom equipment maker Ericsson’s Redback Networks is leaving his executive position to become vice chairman of the unit, Redback’s chairman said on Thursday. …
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Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Sales Force Management, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Redback Networks Inc., Ericsson Inc., Telecommunications, Networking, Investment, Reuters, Finance, Corporate & legal, Sales Strategy, Business Operations, Sales |
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Sales growth expected to continue but slow down as company integrates Business Objects; further acquisitions not ruled out. SAP forecast sales growth and higher margins on Wednesday despite a volatile wider economy, but the software maker gave a conservative outlook for 2008 as it expands into new markets….
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SAP AG, Applications, Corporate Law, Acquisition, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Objects, Sales Strategy, Business Operations, Software, Reuters, Investment, Tools & Techniques, Management, Finance, Sales |
