tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134940292011-10-28T05:40:27.094-07:00SRKNEThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11247080582814258446noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494029.post-1124462091346251062005-08-19T07:34:00.000-07:002005-08-19T07:34:51.373-07:00<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4163666.stm">"Shares in Google have dropped after the internet search engine announced plans to sell another 14 million shares to raise $4bn (�2.2bn; 3.3bn euros). <br /> <br />The stock sale, which comes as Google celebrates its first anniversary as a listed company, will partly be used to help fund possible acquisitions."</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13494029-112446209134625106?l=mergerandacquisition.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SRKNEThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11247080582814258446noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494029.post-1123678166922122342005-08-10T05:49:00.000-07:002005-08-10T05:49:26.940-07:00<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4138012.stm">"Yahoo is reportedly close to acquiring a major stake in China's biggest e-commerce firm, Alibaba.com."</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13494029-112367816692212234?l=mergerandacquisition.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SRKNEThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11247080582814258446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494029.post-1123524636746313422005-08-08T11:10:00.000-07:002005-08-08T11:10:36.763-07:00<a href="http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml;jsessionid=DTG121HP2N2YUQSNDBESKHA?articleId=167600457"> "Nokia shares rose Monday after a report that Cisco Systems was interested in an acquisition in the wireless market and the Finnish mobile phone maker might be a target."</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13494029-112352463674631342?l=mergerandacquisition.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SRKNEThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11247080582814258446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494029.post-1123245108815279552005-08-05T05:31:00.000-07:002005-08-05T05:31:48.853-07:00<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4748019.stm">"Microsoft has named a senior Wal-Mart executive as its new chief operating officer, considered to be the third most senior role at the firm."</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13494029-112324510881527955?l=mergerandacquisition.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SRKNEThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11247080582814258446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494029.post-1123177093417697602005-08-04T10:38:00.000-07:002005-08-04T10:38:13.430-07:00<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4746855.stm">BBC NEWS | Business | HSBC buys US credit card business</a>: "UK banking giant HSBC has agreed to buy American credit card firm Metris for $1.59bn (�893m)."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13494029-112317709341769760?l=mergerandacquisition.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SRKNEThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11247080582814258446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494029.post-1123101183619306992005-08-03T13:33:00.000-07:002005-08-03T13:33:07.360-07:00<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050803/bs_nm/retail_adidas_reebok_dc">FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's sporting goods maker Adidas-Salomon (ADSG.DE) has agreed to buy U.S. rival Reebok (NYSE:RBK - news) for $3.8 billion in a move to close the gap on Nike and promise a profit increase by expanding in the United States and entering new markets.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13494029-112310118361930699?l=mergerandacquisition.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SRKNEThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11247080582814258446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494029.post-1118867656223681122005-06-15T13:34:00.000-07:002005-06-15T13:34:16.236-07:00<a href="http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/43818.html"> "Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) Latest News about Yahoo said yesterday it had acquired DialPad Communications, a 6-year-old company whose software lets people to place calls over the Internet for a fraction of the cost of regular telephone service."</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13494029-111886765622368112?l=mergerandacquisition.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SRKNEThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11247080582814258446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494029.post-1118171343357789822005-06-07T12:09:00.000-07:002005-06-07T12:09:03.360-07:00<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/online/54/chalktalk.html">"So in this post-IPO era of roll ups, buy ups, consolidations, and acquisitions, how do you do one right? Here are seven key rules from Washington Mutual's mergers-and-acquisitions playbook."</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13494029-111817134335778982?l=mergerandacquisition.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SRKNEThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11247080582814258446noreply@blogger.com0