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Facebook May Buy Opera To Create Own Browser

Posted: May 27, 2012 at 9:01 am

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has apparently not allowed the scandal around its IPO, its slowing growth, or questions about its revenue from mobile devices to slow its M&A activity. It is in talks ...
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T-Mobile’s Troubled Future

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 6:22 am

T-Mobile, the fourth-largest wireless company in the United States, needs a buyer, not a partner. However, the chances that a buyer will materialized are unlikely, and even parent Deutsche Telekom ...
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B2B Focus Returns: SAP Acquiring Ariba (SAP, ARBA, ORCL)

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 3:16 pm

If you recall the term B2B, you are going back a decade and then some as far as internet companies.  Ariba, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBA) was one of the key business-to-business ...
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RailAmerica, Another Buffett-Type Buyout Possibility

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 1:53 pm

When Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B)(NYSE: BRK-A) made the acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the speculation was that more rail mergers could be expected.  After all, ...
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AMC Purchase By Wanda in China: Driving Up Value in Theater Values (CNK, RGC, CKEC)

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 11:56 am

There is one M&A transaction which is flying under the radar today and the reality is that shouldn't get lost in the shuffle.  Dalian Wanda Group out of China is ...
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Does DaVita Acquisition Make Warren Buffett Rethink His Kidney Dialysis Bet?

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 10:05 am

DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) is facing a bit of a drag on its announcement that it is spending some $4.4 billion to acquire HealthCare Partners.  This is a transformative deal ...
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Eaton Goes Big (ETN, CBE, ITW, JCI, PH)

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 9:59 am

Eaton Corp. (NYSE: ETN), a diversified industrial company that is best known for its power management equipment, has announced that it is acquiring Ireland-based Cooper Industries (NYSE: CBE) for a ...
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Micron Gets Pushback on Deal for Elpida

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 8:53 am

Earlier this month Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) was named the top bidder in the auction for bankrupt Japanese DRAM maker Elpida Memory. Now, it seems that some creditors think ...
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Icahn Now Owns 80% of CVR Energy

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 7:46 am

Investor Carl Icahn now holds about 80% of oil refiner and fertilizer maker CVR Energy Inc. (NYSE: CVI). Icahn held about 69% of the company before the close of his ...
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What Will Yahoo! Do with Its Billions?

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 6:33 am

Alibaba will buy back 20% of its shares held by Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). The consideration Yahoo! will get is $7.1 billion. That sum is “composed of at least $6.3 billion in ...
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Shareholders Shouldn’t ‘Like’ Zuckerberg’s Wedding (FB)

Posted: May 20, 2012 at 7:05 pm

Here is a recipe for you to consider: The biggest Internet IPO of all time, and making it a flop. Huge insider selling. Increase the price range and increase the ...
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Alibaba To Buy $7 Billion Stake From Yahoo!

Posted: May 20, 2012 at 7:54 am

Rumors once again that Alibaba, the China e-commerce firm, will buy a $7 billion stake of its own equity from Yahoo!  (NASDAQ: YHOO) This would be about half of Yahho!'s ...
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Winnebago Shuns Takeover Bid

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 12:13 pm

Recreational vehicle maker Winnebago Industries Inc. (NYSE: WGO) said this morning that the company received an offer from private equity firm North Street Capital L.P. to acquire all of Winnebago’s ...
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Warren Buffett Tries To Save The Newspaper Business

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 9:26 am

It is no secret that the newspaper business has not been a good sector over the last decade.  Subscriptions declined about as fast as the number of smokers did in ...
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Avon Tanking After Coty Pulls Bid

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 11:35 am

Shares of Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) are down more than -10% shortly before noon today after suitor Coty Inc. withdrew its $24.75/share offer for the door-to-door cosmetics empire. Avon ...
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