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Mergers & Acquisitions
AT&T to offer to sell up to 40 percent of T-Mobile -- Bloomberg
Sat, 11/26/2011 - 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. |
AT&T withdraws merger application, to take $4 billion charge
Fri, 11/25/2011 - 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 AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Deutsche Telekom AG, the parent of T-Mobile, have withdrawn their applications with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after the agency's chairman moved to thwart AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile USA. |
Is the AT&T/T-Mobile deal in danger?
Thu, 11/24/2011 - 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. |
Sony to buy Ericsson's share in Sony Ericsson
Thu, 10/27/2011 - 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. |
Google, PE firms to acquire Yahoo?
Sun, 10/23/2011 - 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. |
Broadcom acquires networking chip maker NetLogic
Tue, 09/13/2011 - 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. |
Sprint goes to court against AT&T, T-Mobile merger
Wed, 09/07/2011 - 14:25 by NeelamGoswami
 The proposed AT&T and T-Mobile merger faces another hurdle, this time from Sprint Nextel Corp. |
Justice Department sues to thwart AT&T, T-Mobile deal
Thu, 09/01/2011 - 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. |
Skype in talks to acquire start-up GroupMe
Mon, 08/22/2011 - 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. |
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News Corp sells off ‘MySpace’
Thu, 06/30/2011 - 13:01 by Rahul K. Chaudhary
 In a deal influenced by its loss in Q2 of 2011, the world's third-largest media corporation, Murdoch's News Corp has sold its social networking site MySpace to Specific Media, an online advertising company. |
Coca-Cola FEMSA, Grupo Tampico to merge in $790mn deal
Wed, 06/29/2011 - 16:08 by Rahul K. Chaudhary
 Grupo Tampico, a Mexican bottler, is all set to merge with the world’s leading coke bottler, Coca-Cola FEMSA, in a $790 million (9.3 billion pesos) share-cum-cash agreement, Coca-Cola FEMSA announced Tuesday. |
