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- Breaking: CBS to Acquire CNET for $1.8 Billion
- Yahoo Confirms Icahn Proxy Fight
- Live Reporting: CBS/CNET Acquisition Call
- Old Media Opens its Pocketbook: Who Did Better?
- Icahn Proposes Dissident Slate of Yahoo Directors
- Review: Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good
More acquisitions: Comcast buys Plaxo, Ask.com buys Dictionary.com
Filed under: Internet, News, Web services, Social Software, Search, web 2.0 There must be something in the water this week.
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Mergers and Acquisitions in the Mining Industry
http://please-dont-take-me-seriously.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ mergers-and-acquisi…In a May 6, 2008 report, entitled “Mining Deals: 2007 Annual Review” PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) reviews some of the overall trends and key mergers and acquisitions deals in the mining sector. Highlights Number of deals in 2007 rose 69% from 2006 to 1,732 Total transaction value was US$158.9b, up
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iW NEWS | Fortissimo Gets On Gibney's "Bus"
http://www.indiewire.com/ buzz/ 080511.html#012331Fortissimo Films has acquired the worldwide rights (except the UK and US) to Jigsaw Film's new production, "Magic Bus." "Bus" will be directed by Alex Gibney, and chart the story of the infamous, LSD-fueled bus journey of avant-garde author Ken Kesey and his cohorts across America.
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Yahoo chairman to Icahn: You are soooo three months ago [Yahoo Raid]
http://valleywag.com/ 391085/ yahoo-chairman-to-icahn-you-are-soooo-three-months…Roy Bostock, Yahoo's chairman of the board, has responded to corporate raider Carl Icahn. The one-word version: "Unfortunately." That word sums up so well the letter, Yahoo's hamhanded reply to Icahn, and the whole sorry mess.
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AMX Parent Duchossois Acquires Chief and Sanus
http://www.cepro.com/ article/ amx_parent_duchossois_acquires_chief_and_sanus/ #…Milestone AV, parent company of leading mount manufacturers Chief and Sanus, withdraws IPO before announcement of Duchossois acquisition.
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Desjardins DTM Deja Vu
http://www.wellingtonfund.com/ blog/ 2008/ 05/ 15/ desjardins-dtm-deja-vu/It was an irresistable mouthful, “Desjardins DTM Deja Vu”. I was out of town today visiting one of our pension fund limited partners. Annual review time, and they are in both Wellington Financial Funds II and III, so the meeting was as key as you get in our business.
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Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock to Carl Icahn: Back off [Acquisitions]
http://valleywag.com/ 391044/ yahoo-chairman-roy-bostock-to-carl-icahn-back-offYahoo board chairman Roy Bostock has penned a response to billionaire investor Carl Icahn's verbose missive, who's trying to replace the Internet company's board with directors who favor a deal with Microsoft:Unfortunately, your letter reflects a significant misunderstanding of the facts about the Microsoft proposal and the diligence with which our board evaluated and responded to that proposal.
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Behind the Money, Episode 30: Electronic Arts' bid for Take-Two
http://www.thedeal.com/ techconfidential/ behind-the-money/ blog/ behind-the-mon…In this episode of Tech Confidential's Behind the Money online video show, we speak with Matthew Wurtzel, editor of Dealscape, about Friday's expiration date for Electronic Arts Inc.'s bid for...
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Booz Breakup
http://servicessafari.blogs.com/ services_safari/ 2008/ 05/ booz-breakup.htmlIs Booz Getting Split? In what must be the worst kept secret around in professional services, Booz Allen Hamilton is rumored to be selling off its government consulting business to the Carlyle Group.
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Booz Breakup
http://servicessafari.blogs.com/ services_safari/ 2008/ 05/ booz-breakup.htmlIs Booz Getting Split? In what must be the worst kept secret around in professional services, Booz Allen Hamilton is rumored to be selling off its government consulting business to the Carlyle Group.
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Old Media Opens its Pocketbook: Who Did Better?
http://mashable.com/ 2008/ 05/ 15/ internet-mergers/In the past 24 hours, two major deals have gone down: Comcast acquired Plaxo for a reported $175 million, while CBS scooped up CNET this morning for $1.8 billion. On the surface, neither pairing makes a whole lot of sense – a big cable company buying an online address book manager, and the home of “CSI: Miami” purchasing the Web’s most popular technology news conglomerate.