In Pictures: IT deal book of 2013
Our running list of mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions
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News about Mergers and acquisitions
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AT&T will acquire Time Warner for US$85.4b in content play
AT&T said it will acquire Time Warner for US$85.4 billion, reflecting a continuing trend for the consolidation of communications and media companies.
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HTC to cut work force by 15 per cent, amid struggling smartphone sales
Struggling HTC is cutting 15 per cent of its work force in an attempt to cut costs and revive its ailing smartphone business.
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FIS seeks to boost financial software portfolio with $9.1B Sungard acquisition
Fidelity National Information Services is buying financial software vendor SunGard for US$9.1 billion to broaden its range of enterprise banking and capital market offerings.
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Infor seeks to strengthen cloud footing with $675M GT Nexus buy
Infor made a $675 million bid to bolster its cloud and supply-chain management capabilities Tuesday with the announcement that it will acquire global order-management platform provider GT Nexus.
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Symantec finally sells Veritas for US$8 billion to investment group
Symantec is selling its information management business, known as Veritas, to an investor group led by The Carlyle Group for US$8 billion as it looks to increase its focus on security.
Features about Mergers and acquisitions
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With Motorola sale to Lenovo, Google is unloading a headache
By selling Motorola Mobility to Lenovo, Google is ending a combination that never really worked out while keeping assets that could prove valuable down the road.
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Mindspeed acquisition fuels Intel's hopes for bigger network role
Intel's acquisition of mobile network assets from silicon vendor Mindspeed Technologies will give the chip giant what it needs to extend the Intel architecture throughout mobile operator networks, helping the carriers upgrade hardware and roll out ne...
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Top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants
Politics collided with the world of technology this year as stories about U.S. government spying stirred angst both among the country's citizens and foreign governments, and the flawed HeathCare.gov site got American health-care reform off to a rocky...
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Five ways the Sprint-Clearwire drama might end
The battle of takeovers among Sprint Nextel, Dish Network, Clearwire and SoftBank has heated up as Clearwire's board recommended shareholders accept Dish's bid instead of Sprint's.
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Salesforce.com aims for next $1 billion business with ExactTarget buy
Salesforce.com's pending US$2.5 billion purchase of marketing software vendor ExactTarget will help it develop a new $1 billion annual revenue stream and set the company on a clear strategic course for the foreseeable future, according to Salesforce....
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