Mergers & Acquisitions

Motorola comes out clean against Microsoft's patent allegation Sat, 06/10/2012 - 11:49 by Akshay Sharma The company won a lawsuit case against Microsoft in a German court. Comments	Once start up giant 'Digg' sold for mere $500,000 Fri, 13/07/2012 - 17:37 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY Digg, the 'social news' site which was once the poster child for Web 2.0 and valued at up to $175m, has been sold to New York technology development company Betaworks for just $500,000 (£324,000) in cash plus equity. Comments Read more	Facebook acquires facial recognition startup Face.com for $ 100 million Wed, 20/06/2012 - 16:56 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY Finally all speculations have been put to rest. Facebook has announced its acquisition of Israeli facial recognition technology Face.com. The acquisition price was around $100m, with different reports claiming the price to be between $80m-$100m. Comments Read more
AT&T to offer to sell up to 40 percent of T-Mobile -- Bloomberg Sat, 26/11/2011 - 19:06 by amiteshwar AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is planning to offer to divest a large chunk of T-Mobile USA to gain clearance from the Department of Justice (DOJ) for its takeover, Bloomberg reported citing a person familiar with the plan. Comments Read more	AT&T withdraws merger application, to take $4 billion charge Fri, 25/11/2011 - 18:50 by amiteshwar AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Deutsche Telekom AG, the parent of T-Mobile, have withdrawn their applications with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after the agency's chairman moved to thwart AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile USA. Comments Read more	Is the AT&T/T-Mobile deal in danger? Thu, 24/11/2011 - 17:00 by Neka Sehgal The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Julius Genachowski took steps Tuesday to thwart AT&T's proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA. Comments Read more
Sony to buy Ericsson's share in Sony Ericsson Thu, 27/10/2011 - 17:25 by amiteshwar Sony Corp. is buying out Telefon AB LM Ericsson's 50 percent stake in their joint venture Sony Ericsson for €1.05 billion, or about $1.46 billion, in a bid to integrate smartphones into its consumer electronics portfolio. Comments Read more	Google, PE firms to acquire Yahoo? Sun, 23/10/2011 - 13:46 by Jaspreet Virk In a move that may combine the two internet search engines, Google Inc. is in talks with two private equity firms about providing them finances to buy Yahoo Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Comments Read more	Broadcom acquires networking chip maker NetLogic Tue, 13/09/2011 - 17:53 by NeelamGoswami Wireless chipmaker Broadcom Corp. announced Monday that it is buying smart chip maker NetLogic Microsystems in a bid that would enhance its range of chipmaking technology for more advanced networks. Comments Read more
Sprint goes to court against AT&T, T-Mobile merger Wed, 07/09/2011 - 14:25 by NeelamGoswami The proposed AT&T and T-Mobile merger faces another hurdle, this time from Sprint Nextel Corp. Comments Read more	Justice Department sues to thwart AT&T, T-Mobile deal Thu, 01/09/2011 - 16:27 by Neka Sehgal The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the federal court Wednesday to thwart AT&T's proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA. Comments Read more	Skype in talks to acquire start-up GroupMe Mon, 22/08/2011 - 16:05 by Anter Prakash Singh In a move to carve a niche for itself in the burgeoning group messaging serviec market, Skype has agreed to takeover start up GroupMe. Comments Read more