May 24, 2013

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eBay Acquired Brands4Friends German Online Shopping Club for $200 Million

eBay Acquired Brands4Friends, German Online Shopping Club for $200 Million

eBay announced on Monday that it has the largest online shopping with the German club Brands4Friends final agreement, will be 150 million euros (U.S. $ 200,000,000 ) in cash Brands4Friends. eBay said the acquisition will further strengthen the company Brands4Friends as a European network of leading fashion destination. eBay is currently the leading global network [...]

Dell to Acquire Compellent Technologies for $876 Million

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The world’s third-largest personal-computer maker, Dell is in exclusive talks to buy Compellent Technologies for about $876 million, a discount to the data-storage maker’s current market value. Both the companies inked an exclusive agreement to negotiate a merger agreement in which Dell would acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Compellent at a price [...]

Multiple Reports Says Google to Buy Groupon for Around $6M

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Google looking forward buying e-commerce coupon website Groupon Inc for as much as $6 billion, the New York Times said on Tuesday. The possible deal was reported by the technology blog All Things D and by The New York Times, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter. The deal is worth $5.3 billion with [...]

Apple Sony Deal : Apple to Buy Sony?

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Sony shares have moved up recently on rumors that the company might be bought by Apple. Apple could easily afford the deal. It has over $50 billion of cash on its balance sheet, and a market cap of $282 billion. Sony’s market value is less than $34 billion. Apple could easily afford the deal as [...]

Infineon-InteI Deal Reported at the End of the Week

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InteI and Infineon Deal Reported at the End of the Week : U.S. chipmaker Intel and Infineon are likely to announce an agreement on the future of the German chipmaker’s wireless business this weekend, three people familiar with the matter said. The deal is likely to happen within the next two days, the people told [...]

Intel-Infineon Deal to Give Intel a Start in Smartphone Processor Market

Intel-Infineon Deal to Gives Intel a Start in Smartphone Processor Market : According to a Bloomberg report, Intel is closing in on a deal to acquire the wireless unit of Infineon AG. You know, the company responsible for the iPhone’s baseband chips since 1997. That’s one way to build a mobile presence. Citing unnamed people [...]

Intel Plans to Buy Infineon Technologies’ Wireless Division

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Intel Plans to Buy Infineon Technologies Wireless Division : Intel, the world’s largest chip-maker, is close to an agreement to buy Infineon Technologies’s wireless business, three people with direct knowledge of the discussions said. Citing unnamed people close to the negotiations, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal both reported Aug. 26 that negotiations between Intel [...]

$1.25 Billion Deal Makes Tyco Electronics to Buy ADC Telecom

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Tyco Electronics, the world’s biggest maker of electronic connectors, agreed to buy ADC Telecommunications Inc. for about $1.25 billion to add broadband connectivity products. Tyco Electronics will pay $12.75 a share, or 44 percent more than Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based ADC’s closing stock price yesterday, according to a statement today. Tyco, which will pay $12.75 per [...]

$4.9 Billion Deal Makes Aon Corporation to Buy Hewitt Associates

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Risk and insurance company Aon Corporation (AON) on Monday announced it would buy human resources giant Hewitt Associates for $4.9 billion in a cash/stock deal. The deal will nearly triple the size of the Aon’s consulting operations, making it a $4.3 billion business by revenue. Hewitt shareholders will receive $25.61 in cash and 0.6362 of [...]