Quantcast

Posts related to ‘Mergers & Acquisitions’

Cell Tower detail

Softbank to Offer Federal Government a Seat on Sprint’s Board of Directors

Posted: May 24, 2013 at 7:35 am

Rather than put up more money in its bid to acquire control of Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), Japan’s Softbank Corp. plans to offer the U.S. government the ability to ...
Read Full Story »
Money, US, $100 bills

Private Equity Firm Takes Teen Clothing Retailer rue21 Private

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 9:10 am

Before markets opened this morning, specialty retailer rue21 Inc. (NASDAQ: RUE) and private equity firm Apax Partners announced that they had reached a definitive agreement under which funds controlled by ...
Read Full Story »
Satellite TV

Dish Network Cites National Security Threat of Sprint Acquisition by Softbank

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 9:15 am

It was perhaps inevitable that the fight between Japan’s Softbank and Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) over Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) would take turn in this direction. In a ...
Read Full Story »
Cell Tower detail

Clearwire Shareholders Score Victory with Higher Buyout Offer

Posted: May 21, 2013 at 9:25 am

Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) is getting the higher buyout price offer from Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) that has been rumored to be coming. The new increased offer is at ...
Read Full Story »
Dell logo

Credit Ratings Agency: Dell Downgrade on Buyout, Junk Status Imminent

Posted: May 20, 2013 at 4:32 pm

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) may still be involved in a massive go-private transaction which may or may not have a competing bid of sorts from Carl Icahn. Now Dell is ...
Read Full Story »
Computer Password

Internet Security Firm Websense Going Private for $907 Million

Posted: May 20, 2013 at 9:25 am

Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners has agreed to acquire Websense Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) for $24.75 a share in cash, or a total of about $907 million. The Internet security ...
Read Full Story »
Dell logo

Why Dell Trades at a Merger Arbitrage Discount

Posted: May 15, 2013 at 12:50 pm

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is in the midst of what would be one of the largest go-private transactions ever. The PC giant and IT services provider is releasing its quarterly ...
Read Full Story »
147282532

Sony Activist Loeb May Bring More Problems Than Solutions in Japan

Posted: May 14, 2013 at 11:40 am

Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) is having an unusually good day on Tuesday. After having benefited from the Abe inflation pump from the Bank of Japan, now Sony ADRs have hit ...
Read Full Story »
Nook

Microsoft Nook Stock Rumors Already Fading, aQuantive Legacy Carries On

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 2:23 pm

Is Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) reconsidering how much it really wants to spend on yet another digital media effort? Shares of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) are getting clipped ...
Read Full Story »
magazines

3D Printing Leader Raising Cash in Stock Sale from 3D Systems

Posted: May 7, 2013 at 4:52 pm

What often happens after a stock (or a sector) runs to new all-time highs based upon hype and based upon current trends? You often see companies and their corporate insiders ...
Read Full Story »
Oil pipeline

Merger Changes Middle Ranks of Pipeline MLPs

Posted: May 6, 2013 at 12:23 pm

Crestwood Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: CMLP), Inergy L.P. (NYSE: NRGY) and Inergy Midstream L.P. (NYSE: NRGM) today announced that the companies have agreed to merge in a deal that will ...
Read Full Story »
buffett twitter

Berkshire Hathaway 2013 Annual Meeting Focus: Buffett Portfolio Changes

Posted: May 3, 2013 at 1:12 pm

This weekend will mark yet another annual shareholder meeting for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). Warren Buffett has even started to use Twitter to kick off what is often called ...
Read Full Story »
Mining

Glencore Xstrata Gets Down to Business — Firings Imminent

Posted: May 3, 2013 at 12:46 pm

The completion of the $76 billion merger yesterday between Glencore International plc and Xstrata plc created a new company called Glencore Xstrata plc with 190,000 employees scattered in 50 countries. ...
Read Full Story »
Satellite TV

Dish Network Ready to Go All-In for Sprint

Posted: May 3, 2013 at 10:35 am

When Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) put in its bid of $25.5 billion for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), there could be little question that the satellite TV provider was ...
Read Full Story »
old mining hardhat with head light

Glencore, Xstrata Merger Now Complete

Posted: May 2, 2013 at 10:00 am

After more than a year of twists and turns and negotiations, the $75 billion merger between Glencore International and Xstrata became official today. The new company will also get a ...
Read Full Story »