Merger and acquisition

Is Intel Now Plotting A Hostile Bid For Altera?

A report suggests Intel's stalled pursuit of Altera could soon be renewed with a hostile takeover bid

10 years ago

Nokia In Talks To Buy Rival Alcatel-Lucent

Nokia could create major European networking giant with Alcatel-Lucent move

10 years ago

PayPal, eBay To Remain Friends After Spin-off

PayPal and eBay will separate later this year, but will remain joined at the hip for at least five years

10 years ago

Intel’s Pursuit Of Altera Ends After Price Disagreement

Altera officials reportedly turn down a per-share price of more than $50, thought at least one analyst doubts whether the…

10 years ago

Skrill And Optimal Payments Announce Mega Merger

€1.1bn deal could finally create a European rival to PayPal

10 years ago

HP Explores Aruba Networks Purchase

HP in talks with Aruba Networks over a possible acquisition to bolster its Wi-Fi infrastructure credentials

10 years ago

Samsung Snaps Up LoopPay For Galaxy S6 Mobile Payments

Purchase of payments specialist should confirm a mobile wallet in upcoming Samsung flagship device

10 years ago

Alibaba Pens $590m Partnership To Launch Into Smartphone Market

Chinese ecommerce giant looks to boost the reach of Aliyun mobile OS with Meizu tie-up

10 years ago

BT Finalises £12.5bn EE Deal But Will Still Launch MVNO

BT hopes to complete EE acquisition by the end of 2015-16 financial year but still has mobile plans before then

10 years ago

Tesco Drops Blinkbox Books After No Buyers Found

There's no next chapter for Tesco as Blinkbox Movies, Books, and Music all offloaded

10 years ago

What Impact Will Three-O2 Merger Have On UK Mobile Market?

How will Hutchison Whampoa's proposed takeover of O2 affect consumers, businesses and competitors?

10 years ago

Three Owner Hutchison Whampoa Agrees £10.25bn O2 Takeover

O2 takeover by Three's parent company could create the UK's largest mobile operator

10 years ago

Why Would Samsung Buy BlackBerry?

BLOG: Samsung takeover of BlackBerry might make more sense than you think

10 years ago

Three Owner Hutchison Whampoa ‘In Talks’ To Buy O2

Hutchison Whampoa is reportedly in early stage talks to purchase O2, mimicking a similar takeover in Ireland

10 years ago

Gemalto finalises SafeNet acquisition for $890m

International digital security vendor Gemalto has let the ink dry on its acquisition of SafeNet, a specialist in data protection.

10 years ago

Adobe Gets Creative With £509m Fotolia Deal

Acquisition to deliver vibrant image and video marketplace for creatives worldwide

10 years ago

“World’s First” Automated Password Changer Launched

Dashlane's password manager enhanced with the world’s only automated password changing software

10 years ago

Microsoft Lets Slip Acompli Acquisition

Oops. Has Microsoft let the cat out of the bag regarding a possible acquisition of email startup Acompli?

10 years ago

KPMG Acquires German Cyber Security Firm

The deal will help KPMG tackle 'one of the greatest risks facing business today'

10 years ago

Displeased Yahoo Investors Seek AOL Deal – Report

Yahoo continues its acquisition spree as unhappy investors look to AOL for a possible merger

10 years ago

Carphone Warehouse And Dixons In Talks Over Merger

A merger deal could create one of the UK's largest electronics retailers

11 years ago

EMC And VMware To Fold Products Into New Cloud Entity

EMC has revealed plans to create a new entity that combines its and VMware's data analytics and cloud apps portfolios

12 years ago

EC Clears Western Digital’s Hitachi Acquisition

After selling off some assets, WD's merger goes ahead, reducing the number of HDD suppliers to to three

13 years ago

AT&T And T-Mobile Marriage – It’s Complicated

Both telcos say the merger is on but AT&T is paying T-Mobile $4 billion for a missed deadline. Wayne Rash…

13 years ago

BT Merges Standalone Units Into New IT Services Entity

BT has merged three standalone businesses into a single IT services unit with annual turnover of £400m

13 years ago

DoJ Bids To Halt AT&T Merger With T-Mobile

A bid to create the largest mobile operator in the United States has been blocked by the US DoJ

13 years ago

Novell Merger With Attachmate Completes At Last

Novell will operate under the Novell and SUSE Linux business units and brands as Attachmate merger finalises

14 years ago