Tag: Acquisitions

Elizabeth Warren, Al Franken Among Six Senators Urging a Swift Death for the Comcast/Time Warner Merger
In a letter addressed to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler and Attorney Genera...
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Comcast, TWC Will Meet with Regulators to Try to Save Deal
With their proposed merger on shaky ground, representatives from Comcast and Time Warner Cable are planning to meet with Justice Department officials in the hopes of negotiating a...
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Regulators Ready to Kill Comcast / TWC Merger: Report
One of the regulatory agencies looking over the proposed Comcast / Time Warner Cable merger may be about to give it the thumbs down, citing concerns over potential harm to customer...
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Should Yahoo Buy Foursquare?
Yahoo may or may not be in talks to acquire Foursquare. Two pretty reputable tech publications (each likely with numerous insider sources) have conflicting reports about this....
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Pinterest Just Made Its 7th Acquisition
Pinterest announced that it has acquired the team behind mobile publishing startup Hike Labs. This includes founder and CEO Jason Shellen and Head of Engineering Mike Demers. A...
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Charter to Buy Bright House for $10.4B, As Fourth-Largest Cable Provider Snatches Up Sixth
Good Tuesday, everyone. Here's some news you're sure to love, if cable companies consolidating is your thing. Charter Communications has agreed to acquire Bright House Networks...
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Blekko Shuts Down, Becomes Part Of IBM Watson
Back in 2010, an alternative search engine called Blekko emerged...
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Amazon Might Buy Fashion Retailer Net-a-Porter in What Could Be Its Largest Acquisition Ever
If Amazon is truly serious about getting into the world of high fashion, an acquisition like this would be a very strong move. According to a report from...
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Facebook To Become Better For Selling Products
Facebook is making quite a few moves, which point to the social network becoming a better place for people, businesses, and websites to sell products. The latest piece of news invo...
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Uber Looks to Build Its Own Navigation, Buys Mapping Company deCarta
Uber has bought mapping company deCarta, acquiring its tech and its people. An Uber spokesperson confirmed the acquisiti...
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Yelp Buys Eat24 For $134 Million
Yelp just announced that it has acquired Eat24, the web and app-based online food ordering service that made headlines last year when it "broke up" with Facebook. The deal is value...
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Staples Buys Office Depot for $6.3 Billion
Two office supply giants are becoming one, as Staples has just announced its acquisition of Office Depot. The deal is worth $6.3 billion. “This is a transformational acquisitio...
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Microsoft Is Buying Revolution Analytics To Make Companies Smarter
Microsoft announced that it has agreed to acquire Revolution Analytics, which provides software and services for statistical computing and predictive analytics programming language...
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Pinterest’s New Acquisition Should Help Its Search And Ad Offerings
Pinterest just announced that is has acquired the team and technology behind recommendation and commerce startup Kosei. The company says it will use he acquisition to accelerate i...
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Twitter’s Latest Acquisition Could Help Advertisers
Twitter announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Bangalore-based ZipDial in an effort to make Twitter more accessible around the world. The company says the deal "sign...
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