Software giant hunts acquisitions
Ufida Software will continue to acquire domestic software and IT service firms in 2009, despite the global financial crisis, China ’s biggest seller of business software said yesterday in Shanghai. Ufida has invested about 500 million yuan (US$73.5 million) annually on acquisitions for the past two years [more...]
Date: 2009-03-21 12:22:52
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Progress’ open source FUSE ESB makes gains in recession
Proprietary vendors are putting more muscle into the open source products they were lucky or smart enough to acquire ... version 4.1 offers OSGi support and a good chunk of JBI (Java Business Integration) compliance ... source.” Progress closed its acquisition of Iona in September. Iona previously acquired fuse [more...]
Date: 2009-02-24 15:59:29
AT&T: No tethering, slinging or fun of any kind? Guess again.
In what may end up being the shortest lived Terms of Service modifications we've witnessed, AT& ... , downloading legally acquired songs, and/or visiting corporate intranets is permitted ... Acquisition devices is prohibited . Furthermore, plans(unless specifically designated for tethering usage [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 23:57:07
AT&T Cracks Down On Streaming Some Services
AT&T; Wireless has changed its Terms of Service to prohibit fixed devices from streaming over its wireless network, ... the Internet, downloading legally acquired songs, and/or visiting corporate intranets is permitted ... Acquisition devices is prohibited." PK suggests this is in response to an incident where a man [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 22:36:48
AT&T changes terms-of-service, causes uproar then apologizes
The uproar was bad enough last week when Sling offered their Slingbox upgrade program and the $50 credit, and, oh yea by the way, ... the Internet, downloading legally acquired songs, and/or visiting corporate intranets is permitted ... Acquisition devices is prohibited.Then, (thankfully) a little less than 24 hours later, AT&T offered [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 14:08:41
Analysts Envisage a Dell Palm Acquisition
The possibility of Palm being acquired by a larger rival has been churning through the rumor mill for the better part of the past decade ... has cash. A merger sounds like a good idea" . [more...]
Date: 2009-03-26 18:35:01
Infosys sets sights on BPO, KPO acquisitions
MUMBAI: After losing out in the race to acquire UK-based SAP consulting firm Axon to HCL Technologies last year, Infosys, ... , manufacturing, and telecom are still considered hot property. “Our acquisition guidelines ... There is always more risk attached to the integration of a larger entity. However, if something smaller or bigger [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 03:26:00
Lights! Camera! Action! DailyCandy Launches Video Extension To E-Mail Newsletter
Fashion-focused e-mail newsletter DailyCandy will go live with a video version of its editors' picks tonight. This the first major change the 9-year-old e-newsletter company has made since getting acquired ... . Plans for a video function predated the Comcast acquisition, a DailyCandy rep said. While Comcast [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 23:18:27
IBM and Sun merger talks shake up the IdM industry
The Wall Street Journal’s article claiming that IBM was in negotiations to acquire Sun Microsystems stirred up conversations ... about through the acquisition of the general-purpose role management vendor VAAU, integration with the IBM [more...]
Date: 2009-03-20 14:27:33
Industry Moves: Bloomberg Hires Yahoo Exec Kevin Krim To Run Web Business
Looking to push its Web business as part of a plan to become less dependent on terminal revenue, Bloomberg L.P ... : Bloomberg's Norman Pearlstine: Acquisitions Won't Grab Headlines Bloomberg Says It May Acquire [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 17:11:17
Viral Video: Forget Twitter, Google–How About Acquiring Nanoblogger Flutter?
On Friday, amidst all the hoopla around acquisition rumors swirling around Twitter , Slate put out a very funny spoof on a fictional new service called Flutter. The online magazine’s mockumentary [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 07:00:57
Rationale and Risks of Merck's $41 Billion Acquisition of Schering-Plough
Merck announced yesterday that it is acquiring Schering-Plough in a stock and cash deal valued at approximately $41 billion ... deal (see blog post “Perspective on the Pfizer-Wyeth Merger”). The rationales behind ... will also allow Merck to “smooth” earnings post 2010 when the patents on two of its main drugs, Cozaar [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 13:57:54
Is Fairpoint Headed For Disaster? - Frustrations mount, while Verizon walks away smiling...
Before Fairpoint Communications acquired Verizon networks in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont for $2 ... the acquisition and financial strain of the deal. So far, they were right to worry. Struggling ... of the problems, the Liberty Consulting Group said in a report dated Wednesday. "Senior leadership [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 13:14:28
Mashable Acquires Micro-Reviews Service Blippr
We’re pleased to announce today Mashable’s acquisition of blippr , ... , books, games, movies and music in 160 characters or less. Our first integration of blippr’s service ... this acquisition make sense? 1. Community + Editorial = Best Combination: While blogs are a key source [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 19:52:36
Thermo Fisher Acquires Brahms AG – Analyst Blog
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. ( TMO ) recently completed the acquisition of Brahms AG for roughly $470 million (€330 million). Brahms AG is a leading provider of specialty in vitro diagnostic tests based on patented biomarkers for cardiovascular, sepsis and pulmonary diseases. The company also provides intensive care treatments and prenatal screening and is widely recognized for its flagship test, Procalcitonin (PCT). The acquisition is expected to be accretive to Thermo Fisher’s earnings in 2010. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-06 17:56:20
ASC Transactions-An Overview and Primer of Key Issues
The number of ASC purchase and sale transactions remained high in 2008. The most common structures for the typical transactions were as follows: (1) the acquisition of a majority interest in an ASC by a forprofit, strategic acquirer which focuses as a core business in buying majority interests; (2) [more...]
Date: 2009-03-24 03:23:08
Getty Museum acquires Chinese contemporary photographs by Wang Qingsong, Hai Bo
CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS The Getty Museum, ... , and this collecting strategy will help broaden the international scope of its contemporary holdings.” ... in US for decades June 2008 Subscribe to Art Radar Asia for news about museum acquisitions [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 04:40:45
Sony Acquiring Sony Insider
After a whirlwind of discussion, I am proud to announce today that Sony has acquired the exclusive rights to Sony Insider. We couldn’t be happier with Sony’s acquisition of the site and its owners - this is the dream we’ ... . Our relationship is going to change the entire thought process behind consumer and corporate interaction [more...]
Date: 2009-04-01 16:04:16
Twitter Wouldn’t Sell For $1 Billion, Says Source
Update to our post last night about Google/Twitter talks: New sources say that Google is interested in acquiring Twitter, ... be concerned with antitrust issues around any major search-related acquisition, we’ve heard (and others ... circumstances. The fact that Facebook acquisition discussions got so far last year suggests [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 19:56:51
The Cost of Capital (2)
GE also invests by acquiring other companies. In recent years, GE has spent billions annually to acquire hundreds of companies ... -Western when it decided to publish this textbook. Mergers and acquisitions often require enormous ... return on capital, and the cost of capital, for each of these acquisitions, and then make [more...]
Date: 2009-03-27 07:28:11
Canadian Oil Giants Merging
Suncor Energy ( SU ) has announced plans to acquire one of its rivals Petro-Canada ( PCZ ) in a US$15 billion all stock acquisition ... . We think this acquisition makes sense, as our valuation on PCZ has remained Undervalued since ... . The merger will create the largest Canadian energy company, at a time when oil is rising above [more...]
Date: 2009-03-23 17:05:44
BroadSoft to Acquire Packet Island
© josh.liba I recently published an article at VoIP Planet looking at BroadSoft’s planned acquisition of Packet Island, a provider of SaaS-based QoS monitoring tools for VoIP and video networks and services. “BroadSoft is committed to helping our global customer base rapidly deploy IP communications services,” says BroadSoft president and CEO Michael Tessler. “Packet Island offers a complementary technology that further enables the migration of voice and video to IP by ensuring the highest QoE. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-16 00:10:05
Roche Holding: One Investment Bank, Fewer Fees
A good loan is difficult to find in this market–but that can be a mixed blessing for acquiring companies ... when two other banks, J.P. Morgan Chase and Lehman Brothers, advised Roche on its 1990 acquisition ... to finance the acquisition. When companies need bank loans to finance a deal, they often include those [more...]
Date: 2009-03-13 12:12:02
CPB to Acquire Ecce Panis - Zacks Tale of the Tape
Campbell Soup Co. ( CPB ) announced on Thursday that it will acquire bread maker Ecce Panis Inc ... with our strategy to drive growth in our core categories through strategic acquisitions and outside ... business," he continued. Fiscal 2009 earnings estimate for CPB has remained stagnant over the past month [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 17:56:09
Facebook Wants Twitter
on 25 November 2008, 09:01 by Joel Dreyfuss The fact that Facebook wants to acquire Twitter is not a surprise. Both are hot Web 2 ... in this very uncertain political climate. Topics: Valuation, Acquisition, Web 2.0, Facebook ... , the company’s valuation was reportedly set at $15 billion. But with the economic downturn [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 11:19:47
Burrp Revamps Site – Adds All Lifestyle Options
The last we heard of burrp was when it got acquired by Network18’s arm Infomedia18 . Now it seems burrp has transformed itself into a new avatar few months after that acquisition. They have revamped their look (which was already pretty good if you ask me) and also they have expanded their content focus to include several lifestyle options. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-14 07:32:43
Coke-Huiyuan Deal Fails under Antitrust Review
Mar. 19 - Coca-Cola’s bid to acquire China Huiyuan Juice Group was rejected under the anti-monopoly review conducted by the Ministry of Commerce on ... acquisition would have been the largest takeover of a foreign company in the China’s food and beverage ... investment.Merger-and-acquisition lawyers not involved in the deal told WSJ that the ministry’s [more...]
Date: 2009-03-19 05:14:52
MediaDefender Buys MediaSentry
ARTISTdirect, the company that owns infamous anti-piracy spoofing company MediaDefender has just announced that it has acquired SafeNet’s anti-piracy ... (IPP) with MediaSentry, the leader in business and marketing intelligence derived from P2P channels ... This acquisition will enable MediaDefender to dramatically expand its effectiveness by providing [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 04:46:14
Paper: 04-03-09 A Theory of Mergers, Journal of Finance
Class, I found the following article interesting especially as we speak about the strategic motives in business acquisitions ... merger motives with an industry-level regime shift that may lead to value-increasing merger ... price of the acquirer in a merger decreases on average when the merger is announced. Second, mergers [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 09:09:39
Acquisition rumors send Textron stock higher
Shares of Textron are trading higher today amid rumors that the company could be acquired. Textron is the parent company of Cessna Aircraft . “We are hearing the stock is up on takeover rumors, Michael Nasto, senior trader at U.S. Global Investors , told Bloomberg News. Nasto along with Jon Najarion, co-founder of OptionMonster.com [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 18:27:54
Dealbook - Another View: V.C. Investing Not Dead, Just Different
"The sum and substance of all of these developments is that the minimum economic level to bring a company public today is at least a $50 million ... today will find an exit through merger or acquisition. And if we expect to achieve a return ... to $100 million. This is the valuation range where most young companies are being acquired [more...]
Date: 2009-03-03 15:47:00
Scaling the MS Dynamics ecosystem
Before it was acquired by Microsoft, Great Plains had one of the more unique annual events in the software industry – its Stampede ... . With the Microsoft acquisition, I thought it would encourage bigger SIs to take over the delivery of services ... a series of mergers and acquisitions.I had lunch today with Tony DiBenedetto, CEO of Tribridge [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 04:14:41
M&A Round-up • 3/25/2009
The latest round of merger and acquisition activities courtesy of our friends at Pharm Exec Europe : • Just days after its purchase of Genentech, Roche has made another acquisition, albeit a much smaller one, of the German firm Innovatis ... clinical trials services to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, has been acquired [more...]
Date: 2009-03-25 15:57:16
Tapatap Shuts Down; Women-Focused LimeLife Acquires Technology For Community Features
LimeLife has acquired San Mateo, Calif.-based Tapatap, and will integrate the company's core technologies, ... -facing site. LimeLife is expected to announce the acquisition tomorrow. Tapatap, which was founded ... to raise more capital, but the economy dampened any prospects. "We had a great system, but we were [more...]
Date: 2009-03-24 05:37:50
Canadian Telco Buys Consumer Electronics Store From Bankrupt Circuit City
Bell Canada is taking a huge leap into the consumer electronics business by agreeing to acquire The Source, ... . The integration of Bell services into the stores are expected to be completed by January 2010 ... independently following the acquisition, with a separate management team led by Ron Cuthbertson [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 05:56:26
Disney Online Buys Kaboose Assets For $18.4 Million, Barclays Private Equity Limited Acquires Its UK Operations
Disney Online , the online publishing business unit of Disney Interactive Media Group (D), announced this morning that it has acquired a number of assets from Toronto, Canada-based firm Kaboose , in a deal worth CAD 23.3 million (approximately $18.4M). The acquisition encompasses Kaboose.com and other properties including Babyzone [more...]
Date: 2009-04-01 15:36:31
FeedBlitz Launches FeedBurner Alternative for RSS Automation
Since Google's acquisition of FeedBurner in mid-2007 , the complaints have come hard and fast, as FeedBurner's integration saw frequent disconnects between the acquiring company and its new prize, slowness in updating feeds, and a complete lack of innovation, all amidst silence from Mountain [more...]
Date: 2009-03-26 04:25:00
Polaris Software signs definitive agreement to acquire SEEC Inc, a US based Insurance Technology Solutions Company
/India PRwire/ - Polaris Software Lab Limited (POLS.BO) ... Insurance companies Commenting on the acquisition, Arun Jain, Chairman & CEO, Polaris Software Lab ... us with investments and enable our growth. We believe the merger with Polaris is very synergistic and will enable [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 13:14:06
More Details On Loopt’s Acquisition Of GraffitiGeo And Its Plans For The Future
Last night we broke the news that location-based mobile social network Loopt had acquired GraffitiGeo , a fellow Y Combinator -backed startup that launched only a few months ago. Neither company was willing to comment on the acqusition last night, but earlier today they finally confirmed it and opened up to share some of the logic behind the deal. GraffitiGeo launched in August, when I described it as a ‘Foursquare meets Yelp, with a dash of augmented reality’. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-22 03:56:48
With Tilzy.TV Acquisition, This Just Got Interesting
Brady Brim-DeForest, Marc Hustvedt, Jamison Tilsner, Josh Cohen and Drew Baldwin (Photo by Wm. Marc Salsberry ) Today we have a little news of our own. Ok we didn’t break the story, PaidContent did , but why not hear it again from the source? Tubefilter announced today that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Tilzy.TV . The New York-based media company, founded by Jamison Tilsner and Josh Cohen, has been an integral part of the web video scene since early 2007. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-19 20:00:23
Macquarie To Acquire US Investment Bank
Australian investment banking major Macquarie Group says it will acquire US based boutique investment bank, Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller LLC (FPK) for US130 million in cash, expanding its North American footprint and European financial advisory business. The acquisition of FPK, which primarily provides financial institution research and advisory, would add more depth to Macquarie’s current pre-eminent position in the Asia Pacific region, Macquarie said on Thursday. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 11:01:31
Macquarie To Acquire US Investment Bank
Australian investment banking major Macquarie Group says it will acquire US based boutique investment bank, Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller LLC (FPK) for US130 million in cash, expanding its North American footprint and European financial advisory business. The acquisition of FPK, which primarily provides financial institution research and advisory, would add more depth to Macquarie’s current pre-eminent position in the Asia Pacific region, Macquarie said on Thursday. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 05:18:14
MySpace Close To Spinning Off Photobucket
News Corp., via MySpace, acquired photo/video sharing site Photobucket back in 2007 for $250 million, plus a $50 million earnout. We’ve now learned through a source with knowledge of the deal that MySpace is in the process of selling at least a majority interest in Photobucket. The likely buyer? Disney-backed Ontela , a Washington state startup. Photobucket has grown steadily since the acquisition, and currently brings in 54 million worldwide users each month (Comscore). [more...]
Date: 2009-10-17 00:00:52
Sprint-Virgin Mobile background of the merger
Nine months in the making, Sprint Nextel Corp. announced the acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA Inc. for $731 million deal on July 28. According to an SEC filing , there was a competing bid from "Company X," which Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB) said would be the company most interested in acquiring Virgin Mobile USA other than Sprint, based on its perceived financial strength, similar business model and past management dialogue with Virgin Mobile. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-08 17:03:16
Sources: Google In Talks To Acquire Twitter (Updated)
Here’s a heck of a rumor that we’ve sourced from two separate people close to the negotiations: ... and/or publicly valued stock, which is equivalent to cash. So whatever the final acquisition value might ... their business model on it. Forget small time payments from users for pro accounts and other features [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 03:49:48
Acquiring Integration Skills
by James Gilbert PynnThe executive of today must be ready to ask the appropriate questions and understand the complex answers. Now, more than ever, companies need to make their mergers and acquisitions bear promised fruit ... . The metrics of new acquisitions must be understood and a broader understanding of how these mergers [more...]
Date: 2009-03-31 19:34:33
Rackable acquire SGI
Rackable.com FREMONT, CA and SUNNYVALE, CA., April 1, 2009 - Rackable Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:RACK) ... business and technology challenges our customers confront today,” said Mark J. Barrenechea, president ... . It will be interesting to see how this new deal goes forward and as with any acquisition, I wish them [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 20:14:19
Google In Talks To Acquire Twitter?
If the sources at Techcrunch are to be believed then Google is definitely in race to buy out Twitter ... but not to them. The acquisition if it succeeds would even provide a boost to the service as it would be coming under Google’s umbrella and could attend mainstream use by integration with other [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 04:20:50
Tuesday: Is it patriotic to merge at a time like this?
wockawockawockaFollowing up on yesterday’s post about Pfizer acquiring Wyeth, is it patriotic for these companies to be merging at this point in time? ... about this merger that are starting to make me look at it in a whole new light. Let’s follow the money:Pfizer is offering Wyeth $68 billion for the acquisition. That’s fairly typical for pharma [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 13:46:09
Women-Focused LimeLife Acquires Tapatap For Community Features
LimeLife has acquired San Mateo, Calif.-based Tapatap, and will integrate the company's core technologies, ... . Menlo Park, Calif.-based LimeLife is expected to announce the acquisition tomorrow, but our sister ... Isaac Babbs explained the company was looking to raise more capital, but the economy dampened any [more...]
Date: 2009-03-24 06:20:11
