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Mergers and acquisitions

Article | 1/10/2011 Italian firm takes on Skype deal in a David-Goliath battle
A complaint by a small Italian firm to the European Commission could derail Microsoft's acquisition of Skype.
Article | 30/09/2011 Intel to acquire location-based services company Telmap
Intel has signed an agreement to acquire Telmap, a company focused on mobile navigation and location-based services, search and content, for an undisc...
Article | 29/09/2011 US applies brakes to Google-Motorola
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked Google for more information about its planned US$12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility, potentially slow...
Article | 28/09/2011 Sony buys medical device maker, eyes new business line
Sony said Wednesday it had acquired a small medical researcher in the U.S. and plans to enter the market for portable medical testing.
Article | 23/09/2011 Oracle scoops up GoAhead Software
Oracle is buying GoAhead Software, which makes products designed to help network equipment providers improve service delivery. Terms of the deal, whic...
Article | 22/09/2011 Judge sets trial date for AT&T merger case
A U.S. district court judge has scheduled a trial to begin on Feb. 13 in the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit opposing AT&T's proposed acquisi...
Article | 22/09/2011 Salesforce.com acquires help desk service firm Assistly
Salesforce.com has acquired help desk service provider Assistly for approximately US$50 million, the two companies announced Wednesday.
Article | 22/09/2011 Twitter buys social analytics firm Julpan
Twitter has acquired Julpan, a startup founded last year that analyzes the way people share information on the social web with the goal of delivering ...
Article | 17/09/2011 Seven states join DOJ in opposing AT&T deal
Seven state attorneys general have joined a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit attempting to block AT&T's US$39 billion acquisition of rival mobil...
Article | 15/09/2011 Dell plans to double staff working on Force10 products
Dell plans to double the number of staff selling, marketing and developing the products of Force10 Networks, the networking company it acquired in Aug...
Article | 15/09/2011 Threat of settlements may have spurred Google, Moto deal
A blow-by-blow account of negotiations leading up to Google's acquisition of Motorola indicates that the deal may have been one of necessity rather th...
Article | 15/09/2011 CSC acquires Indian testing company AppLabs
IT services company, Computer Sciences Corporation, said Wednesday it has acquired AppLabs Technologies, a privately held Indian software testing serv...
Article | 14/09/2011 Google, Motorola file for merger clearance in many countries
Google and Motorola Mobility plan to file for pre-closing antitrust clearances for the merger of Motorola with a Google subsidiary in a number of juri...
Article | 12/09/2011 Broadcom to pay $US3.7bn for comms processor maker NetLogics
Broadcom has agreed to acquire communications processor company NetLogics Microsystems for $US3.7 billion.
Article | 11/09/2011 Report: Yahoo board not focused on finding new CEO for now
Days after giving Carol Bartz the pink slip, Yahoo's board of directors is focused on deciding whether the company should be sold, not on finding a ne...