News tagged with acquisitions
Facebook launches iPhone camera app (Update)
Facebook released a "camera" application Thursday that lets people take Instagram-style pictures that can be shared with iPhones.
May 24, 2012 |
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SAP to buy Ariba for $4.5B, extending cloud push
(AP) -- Business software maker SAP AG on Tuesday said it will buy Ariba Inc., which makes Web-based software that connects suppliers and buyers online, for about $4.51 billion.
May 22, 2012 |
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Contrary to popular belief, investment banks do add value to M&As, new study shows
Investment bankers often are stereotyped as greedy, overpaid leeches who will say or do anything for a quick buck.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 21, 2012 |
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Google aiming to close Motorola deal by Wednesday
(AP) -- Google is planning to complete its $12.5 billion acquisition of cell phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings before Wednesday.
May 21, 2012 |
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Yahoo to sell half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1B (Update)
(AP) -- Struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. has secured a lifeline after agreeing to sell half of its prized stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion, with most of the cash going to shareholders.
May 21, 2012 |
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Facebook raises IPO price as offering nears
(AP) -- Already expected to be the largest-ever initial public offering for an Internet company, Facebook is making its IPO even bigger.
May 15, 2012 |
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The Role of Sleep in Learning New Words
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has demonstrated for the first time the importance of sleep in learning new words, and has shown the process has fast and slow components. The slow component is associated with ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Music service gives Myspace second wind
Faded online social network Myspace said Monday it was getting a second wind due to the popularity of a freshly launched online music player.
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Study: Word sounds contain clues for language learners
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do words sound the way they do? For over a century, it has been a central tenet of linguistic theory that there is a completely arbitrary relationship between how a word sounds and what it means.
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Myspace purchase a 'huge mistake': Murdoch
News Corp's purchase of Myspace was a "huge mistake" and the social network was mismanaged "in every possible way" following the acquisition, chief executive Rupert Murdoch said Friday.
Oct 21, 2011 |
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Oracle's 3Q earnings top analyst forecasts
Sales of new software licenses at Oracle accelerated in the latest quarter, easing concerns about customers defecting to less expensive alternatives on the Internet.
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion (Update 2)
Google Inc.'s $12.5 billion deal to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. is aimed at giving the Internet search leader more legal firepower as it battles Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to gain ...
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Learning a second language is good childhood mind medicine, studies find
(PhysOrg.com) -- Teaching young children how to speak a second language is good for their minds, report two Cornell linguistic researchers.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 13, 2009 |
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Microsoft adds a collaboration feature to the Word Web App
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft is looking to make a move into Google's office suite functionality on the web. They announced on the Windows Live blog that they are adding a new feature to the Word Web App and ...
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Challenging the limits of learning: Human mind vs. yardstick of a machine
Although we're convinced that baby is brilliant when she mutters her first words, cognitive scientists have been conducting a decades-long debate about whether or not human beings actually "learn" language.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Mergers and acquisitions
The phrase mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different companies that can aid, finance, or help a growing company in a given industry grow rapidly without having to create another business entity.
For more information about Mergers and acquisitions, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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