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• AOL: Small Layoff Today, a Voluntary Buyout and, Then…the Big One

  
  BoomTown — Authority: 736
  Essentially–although AOL is located in New York and not California, it’s going to be like tremors before the Big One at the online company today, as about 100 employees are laid off. Sources said the cuts, first reported by Valleywag’s Ryan Tate , will be widespread across AOL, even as it inches ever closer to ...
  23 hours ago

• Buy-out groups see off Apoteket’s peers

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 160
  Private equity groups triumphed over several industrial groups – including Alliance Boots – in the $858m auction of Sweden’s state-owned pharmacy chainsource : traxfer.ft.com
  1 day ago

• Google to acquire Gizmo5, swing at Skype with VoIP-enabled Google Voice?

  
  F-Default — Authority: 560
  There’s no official word on this yet, but the inimitable Michael Arrington says that Google’s up and purchased VoIP company Gizmo5 for “around $30 million in cash.” You know, pocket change for the crew in Mountain View. The deal would presumably bring Gizmo’s SIP-based VoIP talents to Google Voice , taking ...
  1 day ago

• Google to acquire Gizmo5, swing at Skype with VoIP-enabled Google Voice?

  
  Engadget — Authority: 879
  Theres no official word on this yet, but the inimitable Michael Arrington says that Googles up and purchased VoIP company Gizmo5 for "around $30 million in cash." You know, pocket change for the crew in Moutain View. The deal would presumably bring Gizmos SIP-based VoIP talents to Google Voice , taking it from quirky ...
  1 day ago

• Google to acquire Gizmo5, swing at Skype with VoIP-enabled Google Voice?

  
  RSS fabriek — Authority: 461
  There’s no official word on this yet, but the inimitable Michael Arrington says that Google’s up and purchased VoIP company Gizmo5 for “around $30 million in cash.” You know, pocket change for the crew in Moutain View. The deal would presumably bring Gizmo’s SIP-based VoIP talents to Google Voice , taking ...
  1 day ago

• Google to acquire Gizmo5, swing at Skype with VoIP-enabled Google Voice?

  
  InfoZone Where News Comes Ahead — Authority: 164
  Theres no official word on this yet, but the inimitable Michael Arrington says that Googles up and purchased VoIP company Gizmo5 for "around $30 million in cash." You know, pocket change for the crew in Moutain View. The deal would presumably bring Gizmos SIP-based VoIP talents to Google Voice , taking it from quirky ...
  1 day ago

• EA acquires social network game dev Playfish for $300 million

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 790
  As a number of "industry sources" reported last month , Electronic Arts has elected to add a new studio to its already expansive roster: Playfish, a prolific developer of free-to-play casual games on social networking sites like Facebook. The studio was bought out for about $275 million with an additional $25 ...
  1 day ago

• Franklin fund bought into Cadbury hoping for buyout deal

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  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. ...
  2 days ago

• All Is Forgiven: "Its a Clean Slate," Says Andreessen About Lawsuit-Mad Skype Co-Founders

  
  BoomTown — Authority: 736
  Silicon Valley legend and now VC Marc Andreessen was making the interview rounds after the settlement between the litigation-addled co-founders of Skype and all the various people they were suing was announced this morning . He has been tight-lipped until now, due to the morass of lawsuits. But, as Andreessen told ...
  4 days ago

• IMS Health in $5.2bn leveraged buy-out

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 160
  The prescription-drug data provider has agreed to sell itself to TPG Capital and Canada Pension Plan’s investment board in what is the biggest such deal this yearsource : traxfer.ft.com
  4 days ago

• Big LBOs are teetering, but Wall Street still planning record bonuses

  
  BloggingBuyouts — Authority: 405
  Filed under: Apollo Management , Cerberus Capital , Private equity industry , Private equity This post was written by DailyFinance contributor Peter Cohan. Wall Street has a short memory when it comes to pay. Thats what came to mind when I saw a report saying that many big leveraged buyouts (LBOs) are in ...
  5 days ago

• Big LBOs are teetering, but Wall Street still planning record bonuses

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Columns , Economy , Moodys Corp. Wall Street has a short memory when it comes to pay. Thats what came to mind when I saw a report saying that many big leveraged buyouts (LBOs) are in trouble -- four of the 10 biggest companies bought in leveraged buyouts have stopped paying back the money they ...
  5 days ago

• Windstream Acquires NuVox Communications – Adds an additional 90,000 customers to the mix…

  
  remove the labels | Gadgets and Life — Authority: 135
  Windstream Communications has announced that the company will be buying Greenville, South Carolina CLEC NuVox Communications (see our user reviews ) for a cool 3 million. Like most CLECs, NuVox has found its niche primarily as a small business operator, offering service to approximately 90,000 business customers. ...
  6 days ago

• REPORT: Chrysler again offering early retirement to 23k hourly workers

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 787
  Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Chrysler , UAW/Unions The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Chrysler is again offering early retirement packages in an effort to entice some of its 23,000 hourly employees to hit the road. The buyout packages are the first offered by post-bankruptcy Chrysler, ...
  6 days ago

• Black & Decker, Stanley mix their tools in same toolbox

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 580
  We’re sorry for all the dirty jokes we’ve made lately, but they’re WAY too easy to make. Anyway, Stanley plans to buy Black & Decker in an all-stock deal for $3.5 billion. They’ve been trying to share the same tool belt for a while now, but they only pulled it off today. We’re going to stop writing now, ...
  1 week ago

• Comcast likely to purchase NBC Universal

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 705
  According to NBC Universals former Chief Executive Bob Wright, the purchase of NBC Universal by Comcast will take some time, but is likely to be successful.
  1 week ago

• New York Times Buyout Package Discloses Insider Secrets

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 801
  Last week, news spread that the New York Times would need to cut 100 of its 1,250 editorial staffers by year’s end. But instead of just flat-out firing people, the Times decided to lead with a buyout option open to any newsroom employee, which they delivered to everyone the next day. And when the packages ...
  1 week ago

• Cisco Pockets UK Security Software

  
  alarm:clock euro — Authority: 122
  Two former British investment bankers are set to share about $60M (€40M) after selling ScanSafe , the internet security company they set up five ears ago, to Cisco Systems for up to $183M (€123M). The group was originally founded in 2004 in London by brothers Eldar and Roy Tuvey but quickly set up a second ...
  1 week ago

• How many took the USPS postal buyout?

  
  The Postal Newsgroup — Authority: 124
  18,000 sign up for Postal Service buyouts "... About 18,000 U.S. Postal Service employees are expected to take $15,000 buyouts to leave their jobs this year — far less than the 30,000 originally projected by the agency.Postal officials say that figure isn’t final. Employees were required to sign up for the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Buell Rumblings: Backers Planning Buyout?

  
  The IronWorks Blogger — Authority: 136
  There are reports that a business group has asked Erik Buell to meet with them to help formulate an attempt at a takeover of  the motorcycle company that bears his name. The group is based in the area of Wisconsin where the Buell facilities are located. The closing of the plant means a direct job loss to 170 people ...
  3 weeks ago

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