News: Mergers & Acquisitions

• Juniper invests in data center switch vendor Blade
  Jim Duffy
  Sep 08 2009

  Juniper Networks has invested in Blade Network Technologies, maker and supplier of switches for data center blade servers. The amount Juniper invested in Blade's $10 million B round of funding was ...

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• EBay reaches deal to sell Skype
  Marc Ferranti
  Sep 01 2009

  EBay Tuesday announced it has signed an agreement to sell its Skype voice-over-IP service to a group of private investors in a deal that values the business at US$2.75 billion. EBay said it expects ...

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• Is Speculating On What Private Companies Are Worth A Good Idea?
  Fred Wilson
  Aug 30 2009

  Robert Scoble wrote a post at 4am on the road in Indianapolis last night proclaiming that Twitter is "probably worth $5bn to $10bn." This is not the first time that someone has used a blog ...

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• Admob buys mobile ad aggregrator AdWhirl -- takes out major threat
  Matt Marshall
  Aug 27 2009

  (Updated with comments from Quattro and Mobclix) Admob, a leading mobile advertising service, is acquiring AdWhirl, a service that aggregates ads from mobile ad networks. In an interview confirming ...

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• Chinese government hopes to sell Lenovo parent stake
  Owen Fletcher
  Aug 11 2009

  The Chinese government's science institution wants to sell its 29 percent share in Lenovo's parent company, potentially putting more control of the company in the hands of private investors. The ...

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• Microsoft Should Buy Palm, Now
  David Coursey
  Aug 03 2009

  Microsoft should abandon Windows Mobile, abandon Zune, and buy Palm. I know this will be hard for Redmond--admitting defeat after all these fears flogging Windows Mobile--but it is the only path to ...

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• Amazon to buy Zappos.com for $847 million
  Grant Gross
  Jul 22 2009

  Amazon.com will buy online shoe and apparel retailer Zappos.com for US$847 million in cash and stock, the companies announced Wednesday. Zappos.com, which focuses on delivering good customer ...

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• EMC wins bidding war for Data Domain
  James Niccolai
  Jul 08 2009

  Storage vendor Data Domain has agreed to be acquired by EMC for US$33.50 per share, ending a bidding war that had pitted EMC against NetApp. Data Domain said Wednesday it has signed a definitive ...

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• FAQ: What's going on with Nortel?
  Tim Greene
  Jun 24 2009

  With Nokia Siemens bidding on Nortel's wireless business and Avaya rumored to be grabbing up its enterprise gear, it is all but inevitable that the rest of company will be broken up and sold off in ...

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• Nortel accepts Nokia Siemens bid for wireless assets
  Mikael Ricknäs
  Jun 22 2009

  Nortel Networks has entered into an agreement with Nokia Siemens Networks to sell its its wireless network infrastructure business assets for US$650 million, it said on Friday. Reports of the ...

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