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Franklin fund bought into Cadbury hoping for buyout deal
DailyFinance —
Authority: 791
Filed under: Company News , Investing , Kraft Foods Some of the money managers at fund and money management firm Franklin Resources ( BEN ) must be clairvoyant. They bought Cadbury ( CBY ) shares before Kraft ( KFT ) made its buyout offer for the U.K. company. Franklin now owns at least 7.2% of Cadburys shares. ...7 hours ago -
Bharti Airtel not looking for new buys, says Sunil Mittal
Thaindian News —
Authority: 727
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Bharti Airtel chief Sunil Mittal Sunday said his company was not actively looking for new acquisitions after its talks for a mega billion-dollar tie-up with South Africa’s MTN group collapsed.“We are taking a break,” Mittal told reporters on the sidelines of the India Economic Summit, ...12 hours ago -
This Weeks (Belated) Acquisitions
The Little Professor —
Authority: 535
Stanley G. Crawford, Some Instructions to My Wife (Dalkey Archive, 1985). Reprint of Crawfords parody of Victorian marriage manuals. (eBay) L. H. Myers, The Root and the Flower (NYRB, 2001). Reprint of a series of novels set in sixteenth-century India. (eBay) Caroline Levine and Mark W. Turner, eds., ...1 day ago -
Merrill Bonuses Raised Issues in Merger with Bank of America
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation —
Authority: 500
(Editor’s Note: This post comes is based on an article that first appeared in the New York Law Journal .) On Jan. 1, 2009, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (”Merrill”) merged with Bank of America Corporation (”BofA”). [1] At the end of 2008, prior to the close of the merger, Merrill awarded approximately ...1 day ago -
The Chasm Between the Economy and Finance
Alexandria —
Authority: 443
I never feel comfortable with self promotion, but for the indefatigable out there check out my latest essay under the Featured Works section, “ The Chasm Between the Economy and Finance .” For the not-so-indefatigable, just check out the intro, corporate profits, and the ending. Comments, as always, are welcomed. ...1 day ago -
EBay Settles Suit Over Skype Sale
DealBook —
Authority: 786
EBay has formally settled the litigation around its sale of Skype, settling a dispute with the online calling services founders.2 days ago -
Suns Business in Shambles Thanks to "Uncertainty Associated With the Proposed Acquisition by Oracle"
Digital Daily —
Authority: 683
“The decrease in ____ revenue was primarily due to _____ “and uncertainty associated with the proposed acquisition by Oracle (ORCL) and increased competition.” That refrain is repeated over and over again in Sun’s (JAVA) latest grim earnings report which was filed without much in the way of announcement ...2 days ago -
Skype sale moves forward, patent disputes settled
Business 2.0 Press —
Authority: 118
eBay is inching closer to selling it’s popular internet telephony service Skype after reaching an agreement with Joltid and Joost M.V. over patent infringement litigation. The settlement did not come cheap. Skype founders Niklas Zennstorm and Janus Friis have given up a lot of equity, bringing their total stake in ...2 days ago -
Skypes founders prove reputation as the internets deadliest operators
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
Authority: 982
Over the last decade there have been plenty of internet entrepreneurs and thinkers who have been recognised for the subtle - and not so subtle - impact they have made on the way the world operates. Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, web creator Tim Berners-Lee and even Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, for example, can ...2 days ago -
eTaxPortal tax process automation solution acquired by Namtra Corporation
eNewsChannels —
Authority: 438
RESTON, Va. — Namtra Business Solutions, a 2009 Deloitte 500 fastest growing company, today announced that its software division has completed the acquisition of eTaxPortal, a Web-based tax process automation solution for today’s tax department. It provides a single gateway to commonly used tax tools. The key ...2 days ago -
Skype founders wrestle back $400m share of company
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
Authority: 982
• Creators receive 14% of stock in $2bn sale • Deal ends long running dispute over companys future The founders of Skype have regained a significant stake in the internet company after settling a contentious legal dispute that had threatened to derail its $2bn sale. The deal, which was announced today, will give ...2 days ago -
CF Industries Rejects Final Agrium Bid
DealBook —
Authority: 786
CF Industries spurned Agriums latest hostile takeover bid on Friday, saying the offer from the rival fertilizer maker "continues to substantially undervalue the company."2 days ago -
Microsoft Chief Eyes Yahoo Partnership Outside U.S.
DealBook —
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Microsofts chief executive, Steve Ballmer, said Thursday that the company might look to extend its search engine partnership with Yahoo outside the United States, if it gets regulatory approval.2 days ago -
DealZone Daily
DealZone —
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Poland’s top utility PGE jumped 13 percent at its market debut on the Warsaw bourse today. The IPO, at $2.1 billion, is Europe’s biggest this year. And IPO flows from Asia continue — South Korea’s No. 2 insurer Korea Life Insurance may raise around $2 billion in the country’s biggest IPO since Lotte ...2 days ago -
CVS Caremark: Pharmacy Gain, PBM Pain
Drug Channels —
Authority: 118
CVS Caremark disclosed unexpected problems in its PBM business yesterday, spooking investors and sending its stock down by 20%. See Dow Jones’ coverage: CVS Pharmacy Benefit Struggles Renew Merger Benefits Debate Judging by the financials, it sure looks like CVS Caremark has sacrificed its PBM business for the ...2 days ago -
Column on the Black and Decker Mfg Co sale to Stanley - in The Tentacle
Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack —
Authority: 510
The Tentacle: Pulling the Plug on Maryland Kevin E. Dayhoff Wednesday, November 4, 2009 http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41 http://tinyurl.com/ygnvfs2 Word spread quickly through Maryland early Monday evening that the Black and Decker Manufacturing Company is “merging” with The ...3 days ago -
Apex court begins hearing Reliance gas dispute afresh (Lead)
Thaindian News —
Authority: 727
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday began hearing afresh the dispute over gas from Krishna-Godavari basin, assigned to Reliance Industries, with the Anil Ambani Group once again accusing the oil ministry of colluding with the Mukesh Ambani firm.Harish Salve, counsel for Reliance Industries, presented ...3 days ago -
In Surprise Move, Wynn Drops Racetrack Bid
DealBook —
Authority: 786
Stephen A. Wynn, the Las Vegas gambling impresario, on Wednesday dropped out of the bidding to revive the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens with 4,500 electronic slot machines, just two days before competing operators were to deliver their final offers for the complex.3 days ago -
DealZone Daily
DealZone —
Authority: 435
Mergers and acquisitions activity may be predicted to increase over the next year but in the short-term it may provide another reason for deals to be postponed . Just ask General Motors . Other deals news in the media on Thursday: * An investment company controlled by the Shanghai city government will own a ...3 days ago -
E.U. Faces Tricky Decision on Oracle Deal
DealBook —
Authority: 786
The European Commission must decide in the coming days whether or not to issue formal charges against Oracles $7.4 billion offer to acquire Sun Microsystems -- and neither of its options looks appealing.3 days ago