Apple Buys Quattro, an Ad Firm
Thursday, January 7th, 2010While Google introduced its first piece of hardware, the Nexus One cellphone, Apple began to take aim at advertising, Google’s bread and butter.
author By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER, source www.nytimes.com
China and Australia Sign Coal Deal
Thursday, January 7th, 2010The purchase of Felix Resources of Australia by Yanzhou Coal Mining is a bid to improve investment ties after a year in which Australia had blocked a series of Chinese takeovers.
author By REUTERS, source www.nytimes.com
I.B.M. Will Buy a Maker of Data Analysis Software
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009SPSS makes software to help businesses and governments organize and analyze data to make better decisions, useful tools in a downturn.
author By STEVE LOHR, source www.nytimes.com
Sprint Nextel in $420 Million Deal for Virgin Mobile USA
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009The stock deal, a bid to expand Sprint’s prepaid cellphone offerings, represents a 31 percent premium to Virgin Mobile’s Monday closing share price of $4.21.
author By BLOOMBERG NEWS, source www.nytimes.com
Blackstone Unit to Buy Health Group for $1.6 Billion
Friday, June 20th, 2008Under the terms of the deal, shareholders of the Apria Healthcare Group will receive $21 in cash for each common share outstanding.
author By REUTERS, source www.nytimes.com
United and Continental Form Alliance
Friday, June 20th, 2008the airlines, which decided in April not to merge, said on Thursday that they had agreed on a framework to link their networks and operations worldwide.
author By MICHELINE MAYNARD, source www.nytimes.com
Dealbook: Chilling a Deal for Bud
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008The family behind Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Budweiser, is working hard to reject a generous takeover offer from its rival InBev.
author By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, source www.nytimes.com
After 38 Years, ‘Soul Train’ Gets New Owner
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008The 1970s song-and-dance television show has just been purchased, with plans to open up its archives for older viewers and to create a new version of the program for younger ones.
author By BRIAN STELTER, source www.nytimes.com
World Business Briefing: The Netherlands: Staples Sets Deal
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Staples agreed to buy Corporate Express for 1.68 billion euros ($2.6 billion) after raising its offer three times, becoming the world’s largest direct distributor of office supplies to companies.
author By BLOOMBERG NEWS, source www.nytimes.com
World Business Briefing: Britain: Airline Near Revival
Thursday, June 12th, 2008The collapsed business class airline Silverjet plans to be back in the skies within weeks after its administrators accepted a buyout offer from a Swiss investment firm.
author By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, source www.nytimes.com
World Business Briefing: India: Larger Bid for Esmark
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Essar Steel Holdings, an Indian steel maker, plans to raise its bid for Esmark, a steel maker in West Virginia, by 12 percent to about $750 million to thwart a bid by Severstal of Russia.
author By BLOOMBERG NEWS, source www.nytimes.com
Brewer Bids $46 Billion for Anheuser-Busch
Thursday, June 12th, 2008The unsolicited takeover offer from InBev of Belgium, if accepted, would create the world’s largest brewer.
author By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED, source www.nytimes.com
Dealbook: CSX Grasping at Straws to End Battle
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008CSX, one of largest railroad companies in the nation, has managed to turn a proxy contest with a British hedge fund into a matter of national security.
author By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, source www.nytimes.com
Yahoo Shareholders Seek Repeal of Severance Plan
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008An employee severance plan put in place by Yahoo to protect workers after a merger with Microsoft could skew the outcome of a proxy battle, a lawsuit says.
author By MIGUEL HELFT, source www.nytimes.com
UBS Plans to Close Its Municipal Bond Business
Saturday, June 7th, 2008The bank had failed to find a buyer for what was the third-largest underwriter of American state and local government debt last year.
author By BLOOMBERG NEWS, source www.nytimes.com
Zagat Family Says Company Is No Longer for Sale
Saturday, June 7th, 2008Zagat Survey ended its search for a buyer, saying it would seek to “grow organically” instead.
author By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED, source www.nytimes.com
Europe Warns Germany About Shielding VW
Saturday, June 7th, 2008The European Commission threatened to take Germany to court for failing to revoke a law shielding Volkswagen from a hostile takeover.
author By JAMES KANTER, source www.nytimes.com
Mergers Accelerate as Telecoms Seek Growth
Saturday, June 7th, 2008Verizon Wireless announced it would buy Alltell to create the largest cellphone operator in the United States, while in Europe, a bid was made to create the world’s fourth-largest mobile operator.
author By KEVIN J. O’BRIEN, source www.nytimes.com
News Analysis: Big Airlines in a Rush to Go Small
Saturday, June 7th, 2008With fuel prices almost double what they were a year ago, airlines have switched strategies from expansion to downsizing.
author By MICHELINE MAYNARD, source www.nytimes.com
Long Island Publisher Buys the Riverdale Press
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008After decades of rebuffing offers, the owners said they were selling The Riverdale Press in the Bronx while they still had time to pursue other careers.
author By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA, source www.nytimes.com