Tag: Acquisitions

IBM To Get Social Solutions With Kenexa Acquisition
IBM announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Kenexa, a social recruiting and HR solutions company. The price is $46 per share, or about $1.3 billion. IBM...
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Best Buy, Schulze Agree to Move Forward With Due Diligence
Best Buy announced today that it has reached an agreement with founder Richard Schulze, which will enable Schulze to conduct due diligence, as he tries to acquire the company....
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Facebook Acquires Threadsy, Creator of Facebook-Centric Influence Tracker Swaylo
Facebook has just made another partial acquisition - this time in the form of Threadsy, a startup best known for their Klout-like service Swaylo. Swaylo...
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Ask.com Acquires About.com For $300 Million
IAC announced that its Ask.com property has agreed to acquire The About Group from The New York Times for $300 million. The About Group, of course, is the company behind About.com....
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Best Buy Buyout Bid Talks Said To Resume
Talks between Best Buy and its founder, who has expressed...
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Facebook/Instagram Deal Gets the FTC’s Blessing
Everything looks a-ok with Facebook's acqusition of photo-sharing app Instagram, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC has just ended...
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IBM To Acquire Solid State Storage Company TMS
IBM announced today that it plans to buy Texas Memory Systems (TMS), a Houston-based solid state storage company. TMS sells a family of shared rackmount systems and PICIe cards...
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iPhone 5 Rumor: Will It Feature Fingerprint-Based Security?
Apple is expected to unveil its new iPhone in less than a month, and the rumors are running more rampant than ever. They're also getting more interesting. Matt Brian at TheNext...
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SEOmoz Acquires Twitter Analytics Company Followerwonk
SEOmoz announced that it has acquired Twitter Analytics company FollowerWonk. "In true Moz style, the 'Wonkers' will become 'Mozzers' whi...
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Twitter Buys App Development Tool Clutch.io
Clutch.io, a company that provides software to help iOS developers design and test their apps, announced today that it has been acquired by Twitter. On its website, the company de...
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Best Buy Offer: Founder Wants To Buy His Company Back For $24 To $26 Per Share
Best Buy founder Richard Schulze has made an offer to buy Best Buy back, and to take it private. The offer, estimated at $8 billion, is for a price of $24.00 to $26.00 per share in...
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AT&T Is Buying NextWave Wireless For Potentially $50 Million
AT&T announced today that it has agreed to acquire NextWave Wireless. The price is $25 million, plus a contingent payment of up to...
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Zuckerberg’s Sister Was In Israel On Birthright When She Found Out She Is A Google Employee
As previously reported, Google announced this week that it is acqu...
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Here’s Footage Of The Wildfire Team Reacting To The Google Acquisition
As previously reported, Google has acquired social media marketing...
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