News tagged with investor group

With Apple in, Dow would have set record long ago

(AP) -- Apple is the world's most valuable company. The Dow Jones industrial average is probably the world's best-known stock index. So don't they deserve each other?

Technology / Business

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Web security firm Blue Coat acquired for $1.3 bn

Web security company Blue Coat Systems said Friday it is being acquired by a private investment group in a deal worth $1.3 billion.

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created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blackwater game aims for fun, not controversy

(AP) -- In the world of video games, realism reigns supreme, but the makers of a game based on the infamous private security firm Blackwater are intentionally steering clear of it.

Technology / Software

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Blackboard to be taken private in $1.64B deal

(AP) -- Educational software maker Blackboard is being taken private for $1.64 billion in cash by an investor group led by affiliates of Providence Equity Partners.

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created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mobile pay start-up Square valued at $1 bln: report

A group of investors plan to buy a stake in Square that would value the mobile payment start-up at $1 billion even as it competes with much larger rivals, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

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created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EBay settles lawsuit filed by Skype founders

(AP) -- EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0