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acquisition stories: 97 news summaries

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Yahoo,
Microsoft
Talks On Again

Microsoft may now be seeking partial deal,
not full buyout

Jun 25, 08 3:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A deal may still be in the works between Microsoft and Yahoo—but not for a full acquisition of Yahoo, according to Fortune. Microsoft may be after Yahoo's search business, which the software giant needs to tackle competitor Google. Yahoo is also under investor pressure to revive talks. Its shares... More »

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Yahoo • Steve Jobs • Microsoft • acquisition

France Telecom Offers
$42B for TeliaSonera

French telco looks to expand into Turkey and Russia

Jun 5, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - France Telecom’s long-anticipated takeover bid of Swedish telco TeliaSonera finally landed today—with a thud. TeliaSonera immediately rejected FT’s $42 billion cash-and-stock offering—worth some $10.33 per share—as too low, reports the New York Times. Investors appeared to disagree, pushing France Telecom stock down 4%... More »

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telecom industry • acquisition • France Telecom • telephone • TeliaSonera

 Smucker Nears Folgers Deal 

Best part of waking up is market-leading coffee sales

Jun 4, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A deal in which JM Smucker Co. will acquire Folgers from Proctor & Gamble is percolating and expected to close this week, the Wall Street Journal reports. The all-stock purchase, which could ring in at $2 billion or more, means Smucker will nearly double in size and take over the... More »

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Starbucks • Proctor • coffee • acquisition • Smucker • Folgers

Yahoo Planned Huge Worker Walkout: Lawsuit

Execs also hid $1.5B Microsoft offer to employees

Jun 2, 08 9:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo planned to pay all 14,000 workers to quit if Microsoft bought the company in a recent takeover bid, a lawsuit unsealed today claims. The shareholder complaint blasts execs for burying Microsoft's $1.5 billion offer to workers, and rejecting a $40-per-share offer last year. Yahoo tried to stop... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • merger • Jerry Yang • lawsuit • acquisition

Microsoft Aims for Yahoo's Search Ad Biz

But execs don't like plan, which includes breaking up company

May 19, 08 9:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft's new offer to Yahoo includes breaking up the company and buying its search-advertising business, notions that have left Yahoo execs cold, the Wall Street Journal reports. Under the plan, Yahoo would sell its Asian assets and let Microsoft buy a minority stake in what's left of the company. More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • merger • Jerry Yang • acquisition • Steve Ballmer

 Microsoft, Yahoo in Talks
 for Partial Buyout 

Transaction would involved partial purchase of Internet giant

May 18, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft is back at Yahoo's bargaining table, this time seeking a partial acquisition of the Internet portal, the Wall Street Journal reports. Buyout talks fizzled earlier this month, but billionaire Carl Icahn's push for a proxy war has left Yahoo honchos feeling shareholder pressure to cut a deal, though today... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • Carl Icahn • acquisition • buyout

analysis

Microsoft Not About to Buy Facebook (or Yahoo)

Everything else is just rumor

May 9, 08 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rumors that Microsoft is about to buy Facebook are just rumors: Despite the press corps’ desire to keep the Microsoft acquisition jones alive, it's not going to happen anytime soon, writes David Kirkpatrick in Forbes. And talk of the Yahoo deal suddenly resurfacing? Forget about it. Still, Microsoft may be... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • Facebook • acquisition

OPINION

MySpace Web's 'Biggest Steal'

Despite missing revenue targets, Mashable scribe not afraid to 'wax poetic'

May 8, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - MySpace fell short of revenue targets in the most recent quarter, but, Adam Ostrow argues in Mashable, it’s still proven a phenomenal deal since Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. bought it for $580 million in 2005. Revenues from its unit are pulling close to its purchase price and it’... More »

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social networking • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Facebook • acquisition • corporate earnings • News Corp

Analysis

 Yahoo Faces Lawsuits,
 Rough Ride on Wall Street 

Turning down Microsoft's sweetened bid may cost company in coming weeks

May 5, 08 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least seven lawsuits already have been filed against Yahoo for its handling of Microsoft’s bid to acquire the Internet portal and lawyers say the company is likely to face more, reports Reuters. Microsoft withdrew a $33-per-share offer Saturday—a 70% premium above Yahoo’s share price three months... More »

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Yahoo • Google • AOL • Microsoft • Jerry Yang • lawsuit • acquisition

UPDATED

Mars Buys Wrigley, With Assist From Buffett

Proposed purchase could push Hershey into merger to compete

Apr 28, 08 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - M&Ms-maker Mars, backed by Warren Buffett, has made a deal to buy Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for about $23 billion, reports the New York Times. The acquisition is likely to force other candy makers like Hershey and Cadbury Schweppes into mergers to maintain market share against a powerful conglomerate... More »

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Mars • Warren Buffett • The Hershey Company • acquisition • Berkshire Hathaway • Wm. Wrigley Jr.

 Ballmer to Yahoo:
 That's Our Final Offer 

CEO not impressed by Yahoo's Q1 profits

Apr 23, 08 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft won't raise its $44.6 billion takeover bid for Yahoo despite the Internet firm's strong first-quarter earnings, Bloomberg reports. "We are prepared to go forward without a merger," said CEO Steve Ballmer, who has threatened a proxy shareholder revolt to push the deal through, possibly at a... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • Jerry Yang • acquisition • buyout • Steve Ballmer • search advertising • display advertising

Buffett Covets Euro Family Businesses

Billionaire investor scouts targets for
$40B in cash

Apr 23, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Warren Buffett is looking to put some of Berkshire Hathaway’s $40 billion in cash to work outside the US, targeting family-owned European businesses for acquisition, reports Bloomberg. Buffett—who Forbes magazine says is the world’s richest person--is going on a scouting tour next month to four European cities. More »

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Europe • Warren Buffett • acquisition • Berkshire Hathaway • Iscar Metalworkng

 Murdoch
 Closing In on
 Newsday Deal 

Media mogul about to grab third New York paper

Apr 22, 08 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. empire is closing in on a deal to buy Newsday from the Tribune Company for an $850 million package, reports Reuters. Under the terms of the deal, Newsday would be run as a joint venture with the New York Post, but the papers would remain separate... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • Tribune Company • New York Post • acquisition • Newsday • media ownership • News Corp

 Blockbuster Makes
 $1.35B Bid for Circuit City 

Movie-rental chain takes its $6-$8 per share bid public

Apr 14, 08 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Movie-rental chain Blockbuster went public today with an offer to buy struggling consumer electronics retailer Circuit City for between $6 and $8 a share, reports the Wall Street Journal. Blockbuster made the offer—worth up to $1.35 billion—in February, but said Circuit City hasn’t opened its books.... More »

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retail • Blockbuster • acquisition • consumer electronics • Circuit City

Yahoo Investor Calls Microsoft Threat a Blunder

Stakeholder Legg Mason will support Yahoo if Microsoft tries to drop price

Apr 9, 08 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo received a tepid endorsement from its second-largest shareholder yesterday as its takeover battle with suitor Microsoft continued to heat up, the Wall Street Journal reports. Legg Mason, which holds a 7% stake in Yahoo, said it would back an independent Yahoo before it would sell its stake at a... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • acquisition • Steve Ballmer • proxy battle • takeover bid • Legg Mason

Murdoch Heir's Deal for Aussie Media Mainstay Falls Apart

Consolidated Media won't budge on price

Apr 7, 08 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - A $3 billion bid for control of Australia's Consolidated Media Holdings by Rupert Murdoch’s son, Lachlan, is dead in the water after Murdoch’s financial backers and CMH—a major magazine and TV player—failed to agree to a price for the takeover, the Australian reports today. The original... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • acquisition • Providence Equity • Lachlan Murdoch • James Packer • Consolidated Media Holdings • CMH • Kerry Packer • Foxtel • Nine Network • Illyria

Yahoo Says Microsoft Is
at Fault on Stalled Talks

Yang fires back after Ballmer ultimatum

Apr 7, 08 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo execs fired back a response this morning to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's weekend ultimatum giving the Yahoo board a deadline of 3 weeks to avoid a hostile takeover. CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock reiterated that the Microsoft offer is still too low—it has declined in value... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • acquisition • Steve Ballmer • proxy battle

  Pernod Spirits High
  After $8.3B Absolut Buy 

French company pays $8.3B for premium vodka brand

Mar 31, 08 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - French liquor giant Pernod Ricard's spirits were soaring after its $8.34 billion bid won it ownership of Sweden's state-owned Vin & Spirit, the parent company of Absolut vodka. Pernod topped US-based Fortune Brands in an auction for the purchase, the Wall Street Journal reports, and is now the... More »

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acquisition • Sweden • vodka • Absolut • Pernod Ricard • Vin & Spirit • liquor industry • Bacardi

Bear Stearns Staffers Gird for Mass Layoffs After $3B Hit

After losing their shirts, half will also lose jobs

Mar 26, 08 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Icarus-like fall of Bear Stearns stock, trading as high as $170 a share a year ago before plummeting to $2 last week, has cost Bear employees—who once owned nearly a third of the company—more than $3 billion. That's even after JPMorgan raised its bid for the investment... More »

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Federal Reserve • Bear Stearns • acquisition • takeover • buyout • JPMorgan Chase

Angry Shareholders Want More for Bear Stearns

Bargain basement $2 price sets up potential battle, lawsuits

Mar 19, 08 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bear Stearns shareholders are threatening to vote against its sale to JPMorgan, saying the $2 price per share for the nation’s fifth largest investment bank is unrealistic; speculators seem to agree, trading up Bear stock to $5.91 yesterday, a 23% bump. Expect some serious brinkmanship to force a... More »

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Federal Reserve • Bear Stearns • acquisition • James Dimon • JPMorgan Chase

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