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Google slammed the brakes on its acquisition machine, with the lowest...
Google has idled its mergers and acquisition machine, with the company reporting the lowest deal activity, by value, in six years.According to Google's 10Q quarterly earnings report, filed Thursday,...
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PFIZER CEO: 'This is a great deal for America' (PFE, AGN)
Drug giant Pfizer is merging with Irish-based Allergan in a controversial deal aimed, at least in part, at avoiding US taxes.But Pfizer's CEO doesn't want you to see it that way."First of all, I would...
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Wall Street thinks a Yahoo acquisition is inevitable — but no one agrees on...
Wall Street is clamoring for Yahoo to sell its core business, following Wednesday's letter by activist shareholder Starboard— but the appetite for a deal becomes more complicated once the list of...
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Silver Lake is apparently not interested in buying 'even a slice' of Twitter...
Private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners is not interested in a Twitter deal, Fortune reported.Silver Lake was reported to have "considered" teaming up with venture capitalist Marc Andreessen for some...
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The Yahoo-acquisition guessing game is underway, and one big name has been...
The guessing game about potential Yahoo bidders is in full swing, following the company's announcement on Wednesday that it's open to consider any "qualified strategic proposals."Big media and...
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Here is what happens next in Silicon Valley, according to Goldman Sachs...
Giant tech companies are going to go after "unbelievable acquisition opportunities," according to Goldman Sachs' president, Gary Cohn.In a recent Q&A with The Information's Jessica Lessin, Cohn...
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Tim Cook hinted that Apple is gearing up for a buying spree of smaller...
Apple is giving strong hints that it sees the current landscape as a buyer's market for technology companies."In times when equity values are falling there's great opportunity to" purchase companies,...
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Yahoo is ready to talk about a deal and is asking potential buyers to sign...
For months, a few big companies and financial firms have expressed interest in buying Yahoo, while the internet company has tried its best to ignore all the attention.But now it seems that Yahoo is...
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No, Disney is not buying Netflix or Snapchat
Cupid is flinging arrows at Walt Disney. BTIG media analyst Rich Greenfield posted a head-turning blog entry on Friday.He feels that the media giant is in a pickle after overspending on content for...
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Comcast is reportedly in talks to acquire DreamWorks Animation in a...
Comcast is reportedly in talks to acquire DreamWorks Animation for $3 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.DreamWorks is the animated film house behind...
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Apple bought at least 3 companies in the past year that nobody knows about...
Apple buys so many companies that there are some purchases it has made that have never been revealed.Parsing CEO Tim Cook's recent statements, it looks like there are three buys that have never been...
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Apple should buy Uber (AAPL)
Calling Uber a Silicon Valley unicorn is passé. Uber is a $62.5 billion monster that's threatening to take down a nervous tech market.The latest news is that Uber last week accepted a $3.5 billion...
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Here are the tech companies most likely to get acquired next, according to...
Dealmaking in the tech industry is back with a bang. Microsoft is buying LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, while computer-security company Symantec is buying Blue Coat Systems for about $4.65 billion.Goldman...
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Microsoft is buying LinkedIn for $26 billion, but there may be another price...
While there is a compelling case that Microsoft's massive $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn will be good for business, it may force Microsoft out of the ranks of the debt elite.Credit-rating agency...
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'Microsoft is paying a fair price for a unique asset': Here's what Wall...
Monday kicked off to a huge start with the announcement that Microsoft was buying social-media platform LinkedIn for $26.2 billion.The move had wide-ranging impact, from the tech world to Wall...
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Here's what LinkedIn's CEO told employees worried about becoming a part of...
Anytime you get bought by a big company like Microsoft, there will be concerns around losing your own corporate culture.Indeed, that was one of the questions LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner had to answer...
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Google just bought a high-speed internet company to help wire the US (GOOG,...
Google Fiber, the high-speed internet-access business owned by Alphabet, has bought Webpass for an undisclosed sum.The deal will help Google expand its service into dense, urban areas like apartment...
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Here are the 3 companies that could lose if the Tesla-SolarCity deal goes...
If Tesla Motors' buyout of SolarCity goes through as planned, it'll create a new paradigm for the U.S. residential solar market.SolarCity would be further integrated with energy storage and electric...
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Twitter has 6 months to clean up its act before it's too late (TWTR)
The internet really, really wants Twitter to be acquired.The company's share price has fallen by about 60% in the year since Jack Dorsey took over the company but is up 19% since Microsoft last month...
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Life as an investment banker is miserable right now
It's a tough time to be an investment banker.Global investment banking revenues stand at $31.4 billion in the first half of the year, according to preliminary figures from Dealogic. That's down 25%...
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