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Yahoo enters Arab market with Maktoob acquisition
News Internet giant unveils plans to buy largest Arabic Web portal, Maktoob.com, as part of company's bid to expand into lucrative Middle Eastern market.
Tags: Web sites, Acquisitions, Online Advertising, Emerging Market, Yahoo Search, U.A.E., Internet, merger, Internet company, Joel D. Pinaroc
Chartered merger 'huge step' for Globalfoundries
News Proposed buyout of Singapore semiconductor player by key owner of Globalfoundries helps address "glaring weaknesses", says analyst.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., iSuppli Corp., Manufacturing, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Globalfoundries, shareholder, alliance, merger
Sun rejects IBM offer, IBM withdraws bid
News Big Blue withdraws offer after Sun Microsystems rejected IBM's formal buyout bid and terminated its right to exclusive negotiations, says new report.
Tags: Acquisitions, IBM Corp., Merger Talk, Sun Microsystems Inc., Wall Street Journal, merger, Acquisitions, Journal
EC formally objects to Oracle buying Sun
News European regulators have formally objected to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Oracle vows to fight the conclusion.
Tags: Acquisitions, Open source, Open Source, Database, Commission, Database Product, software, European Commission, U.S. Department Of Justice, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Time Warner CEO: No thanks to big media deals
News Jeff Bewkes says the company is not interested in bidding on NBC Universal or any other big media company because those deals typically fail.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, e-reader, CEO, Business Strategies & Functions, TV, America Online Inc., Cable, Comcast Corp., NBC Universal Inc., Time Warner Inc.
Sun to lay off another 3,000 employees
News In preparation for its takeover by Oracle, server maker says it expects to cut about 10 percent of its global workforce over next 12 months.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IBM Corp., restructuring, European Commission, restructuring charge, job, Business Strategies & Functions, Larry Ellison, Workforce, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Why US Justice Dept wants more on Yahoo search deal
News Microsoft and Yahoo's move to condense the number of serious players in the search market could prompt the U.S. Department of Justice to impose conditions on the deal.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web browsers, Web services, Web Page, U.S. Department Of Justice, search engine company, Washington, Yahoo Search, Search Technology, merger
EMC wins NetApp in Data Domain bidding war
News NetApp's proposed merger agreement with Data Domain was terminated after the former declined to raise its bid. EMC will now have the rights to acquire in US$2.1 billion deal.
Tags: Storage, Acquisitions, Domain, EMC Corp., financial benefit, CEO, analyst, merger, board of directors, Benefit
Could NetApp suit throw a wrench in Sun-IBM talks?
News NetApp's patent suit against Sun Microsystems could pose a challenging hurdle for Sun in its reported merger talks with IBM, reports American Lawyer's AM Law.com site.
Tags: Acquisitions, Servers, Open source, Business applications, IBM Corp., File System, Storage, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., NetApp
Israel's high-tech IPO market falls flat in '08
News The country didn't see a single high-tech initial public offering last year, a first since 2003.
Tags: Mergers, IPO, high-technology company, Israel, technology company, CEO, leader, valuation, venture-capital fund, merger
When cash is king in M&A
Blogs Following on from last week's posting, we've seen more merger and acquisition (M&A) activity with TCS acquiring Citigrou...
Toshiba, Fujitsu in talks over disk businesses
News The two hard-drive makers admit they are in joint discussions about their disk-making activities but say no decision has yet been made about future operations.
Tags: Acquisitions, Hitachi Ltd., Seagate Technology LLC, Storage, hard drive, Fujitsu Ltd., disk, merger, manufacturer, Toshiba Corp.
HP to acquire Ibrix
News HP signs agreement to acquire Ibrix, which makes enterprise-scale file serving software aimed at helping customers manage and store large amounts of data.
Tags: Business applications, Acquisitions, Hewlett-Packard Co., M&A, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, storage company, merger, Acquisitions
Microsoft files for debt offering
News The big question is what Microsoft, already flush with cash, might do with the money.
Tags: Funding, Microsoft Corp., SAP AG, Debt, software company, working capital, business software company, business software, SEC, merger
US Justice Dept extends investigation into Oracle-Sun deal
News The Department of Justice wants more time to consider Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems, but Oracle is confident deal will still go through without problem.
Tags: Acquisitions, IBM Corp., U.S. Department Of Justice, Class Action, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., SEC, shareholder, merger, Java
