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Regulator Approves Just Eat’s £6bn Merger With Takeaway.com
CMA 'satisfied' there are no competition concerns with Just Eat merger, as food delivery apps become vital lifeline during coronavirus pandemic lockdown
Nokia At Centre Of Merger Speculation – Report
Media report that Nokia is exploring its strategic options including asset sales or mergers, triggers rise in share price
Icahn Takes Stake in HP, Urges Xerox Merger – Report
Activist investor Carl Icahn acquires $1.2 billion stake in HP and reportedly urges merger with Xerox
Google Cloud Acquires Storage Start-Up Elastifile In Latest Buy
Google Cloud chief executive Thomas Kurian has made a series of acquisitions this year as he seeks to give the service an edge against Amazon and Microsoft
Rackspace To Acquire Datapipe In Largest Deal To Date
The deal is aimed at rapidly expanding Rackspace's ability to manage business workloads across multiple public and private clouds
UK Industrial Software Firm Aveva Agrees Takeover By Schneider Electric
Aveva is to take over Schneider's software operations, creating a Schneider-owned, Cambridge-based company with a broader reach
Worldpay To Merge With US Rival Vantiv In £9.3bn Deal
American rival Vantiv to expand beyond its US borders thanks to global reach of WorldPay
Fitbit Snaps Up Pebble Assets As Kickstarter-Funded Smartwatch Maker Calls Time
End of Pebble’s Kickstarter story, hits a sour note with backers
Dell Completes $60bn EMC Buy
Nearly 11 months after it was announced, the merger has created Dell Technologies, the world's largest private tech firm
LogMeIn And Citrix GoTo Unit Merge In £1.4 Billion Deal
LogMeIn and Citrix GoTo division announce “transformative merger”
EMC CTO: Dell Takeover Will Drive Innovation, Not Hinder It
The costly acquisition of EMC will drive innovation insists Dell's CTO, after venture capitalist expresses doubts
Dell In Talks To Acquire EMC – Report
PC maker Dell reportedly in talks to acquire storage giant EMC
Is Microsoft About To Bid For Salesforce?
Microsoft joins hunt for Salesforce.com, in what would be a remarkable turnaround in their relationship
Skrill And Optimal Payments Announce Mega Merger
€1.1bn deal could finally create a European rival to PayPal
BT/EE Merger “Would Damage The UK Market”, Says CityFibre
Proposed merger raises risk of stifling competition, firm says