mergers and acquisitions

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• NETSTREAMS RECEIVES STRATEGIC PATENT FOR STREAMING AUDIO, VIDEO AND CONTROL OVER IP NETWORKS

  
  Briefing Room on SVConline — Authority: 145
  Newly patented StreamNet® technology provides elegant solution for streaming media applications such as digital signage, audio and video distribution, command and control centers, corporate AV communications systems and audio paging over data networks. Salt Lake City, UT – January 7, 2010 – NetStreams, ...
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• Two VAR500 Companies Merge; Form Managed Services Giant

  
  MSPmentor — Authority: 489
  Just when I was set to unplug for the night, I noticed another managed services industry merger — the second of the day. This one involves Presidio Inc. and Coleman Technologies Inc. — two VAR500 companies. The duo will combine to create a $1.1 billion Cisco-centric managed service provider that also has VMware, ...
  20 hours ago

• Equinix, Switch and Data Facing Anti-trust Scrutiny

  
  Telecom Ramblings — Authority: 131
  Equinix’s proposed purchase of Switch and Data seems to be facing some hurdles at the anti-trust division of the Department of Justice.  In filings today , the two companies pushed back the expected closing of the deal into the second quarter.  After resetting the waiting period once already in December, ...
  22 hours ago

• Cadbury board in talks with US confectioner Hershey

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  British chocolate maker seeks alternative to multinational Krafts derisory takeover offer Members of Cadburys board of directors are talking to their counterparts at the American chocolate maker Hershey about the possibility of a "white knight" tie-up to rescue Britains biggest confectioner from takeover by the food ...
  23 hours ago

• Warren Buffett votes “no” on Cadbury take over — Cadbury shares plummet

  
  George S. May Business Blog — Authority: 131
  Warren Buffett recently voted no against Kraft’s potential takeover bid for Cadbury. Buffett is by far one of the most influential Kraft shareholders, so obviously his votes/moves/decisions are always heavily scrutinized; this time people are speculating that his “no” is actually more of a move to drive down ...
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• CNBC: What’s Warren Up To?

  
  Everything Warren Buffett — Authority: 139
  Published: Tuesday, 5 Jan 2010 | 4:02 PM ET By: David Faber CNBC Anchor and Reporter Warren Buffett Try as they might to put on a brave face, Kraft [ KFT 28.9506 0.1806 ( +0.63% ) ] management cannot be pleased that Warren ...
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• FIRST POST: Is Buffett being clever - or losing his nerve?

  
  Everything Warren Buffett — Authority: 139
  Normally folksy Warren comes down hard on Kraft’s plan to issue 370m shares By Edward Helmore L AST U PDATED 1:15 PM, JANUARY 6, 2010 W arren Buffetts unusual public warning to Kraft over its proposed takeover of Cadbury suggests the crafty US super-investor is either trying to help Kraft secure ...
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• BUSINESSWEEK: Buffett Reins In Kraft, Recalling Coke’s Retreat on Quaker Oats

  
  Everything Warren Buffett — Authority: 139
  January 05, 2010, 08:09 PM EST By Andrew Frye Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor who helped scuttle Coca-Cola Co.’s bid for Quaker Oats 10 years ago, is restraining Kraft Foods Inc. in its quest to acquire Cadbury Plc. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., ...
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• Warren Buffetts public attack on Kraft is out of character

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  When Buffett wants a strategic change, he generally wields his influence behind closed doors The worlds second richest man, Warren Buffett, is among the most powerful figures in the American business world but it is rare for the Nebraska-based billionaire to pick a fight in public with the management of one of his ...
  2 days ago

• Cadbury to Kraft: Latest Offer Still Not Sweet Enough

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 766
  Kraft Foods ( KFT ) latest bid to acquire Cadbury ( CBY ) isnt sufficiently sweet for the U.K. confectionery company to even consider. Thats the latest word from a Cadbury official who called Krafts latest approximately $16 billion bid too small , claiming it failed to take account of the full value of the company. ...
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• Federal Court Rejects Claim that Merger Negotiations are Required to be Disclosed

  
  The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation — Authority: 482
  Editor’s Note: Paul Vizcarrondo Jr. is a partner in the Litigation Department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz specializing in corporate and securities litigation and regulatory and white collar criminal matters. This post is based on a Wachtell Lipton client memorandum by Mr. Vizcarrondo and Jonathon R. La ...
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• Cadbury bid: Berkshire Hathaways statement

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Berkshire Hathaway, the investment fund run by Warren Buffett and Krafts biggest shareholder, has opposed the food groups plan to issue more shares to fund its bid for Britains Cadbury. Below is the companys statement: "Berkshire Hathaway has voted "no" on Krafts proposal to authorise the issuance of up to 370m ...
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• Kraft Sells Pizza So It Can Buy Chocolate

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 653
  Filed under: Kraft FoodsA (KFT) , Calif Pizza Kitchen (CPKI) Early Tuesday morning, Kraft Foods ( KFT ) announced that it is going to sell its North American pizza business for $3.7 billion . And of course, the natural purchaser of the pizza business is Nestle -- wait a sec.... What does Nestle want with KFTs ...
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• Kraft sweetens Cadbury bid as Nestlé rules itself out

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  The Nescafé-maker has agreed to buy a pizza business from Kraft, alllowing the US company to improve its offer for Cadbury Swiss food company Nestlé has ruled itself out of the bidding for Cadbury and has instead given Kraft Foods the firepower to sweeten its own offer. The maker of Nescafé, Kit Kats and Ski ...
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• It Was a Turbulent Couple of Years But Startups in Q4 ‘09 Prospered

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 165
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• Morgan beats Goldman in M&As

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  • Morgan Stanley advises on $585bn of deals to Goldman Sachss $548bn • JP Morgan knocked down to third place in mergers and acquisitions league table Morgan Stanley has beaten its arch-rival Goldman Sachs to the top of the mergers and acquisitions league tables that the titans of Wall Street strive to dominate ...
  3 days ago

• Nestlés sale of Alcon fuels speculation

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  On the first day back, the takeover fun began. Novartis purchase of Nestlés remaining 52% stake in Alcon may appear a dull transaction (its the second stage of a deal initiated in 2008) in a dull arena of contact lenses but its intriguing for many reasons. First, Novartis is short-changing Alcons minority investors ...
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• HMV closer to buying Mama after rival suitor abandons bid

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  • £38.4m offer for Mama group from SMS Finance has lapsed • HMV can count on support of 33% of Mama shareholders HMV moved a step closer to getting its hands on the Mama group of live venues after a rival bidder left the way clear for the retailers takeover offer. SMS Finance, the largest shareholder in ...
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• Nestlé sparks Cadbury bid talk after selling stake in Alcon

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  • Nestlé boosts war chest with $28bn sale of eye-care group • KitKat company could launch bid with Hershey for Cadbury The prospect of a bidding war erupting for Cadbury appeared to increase today when Nestlé sold its stake in the eye-care group Alcon for $28bn (£17bn), giving it a potential war chest to enter ...
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• M&A Liquidity Up, IPO Market Still Anemic: Fourth-Quarter Data on Venture Exits Is a Mixed Bag

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 629
  VC , deals , IPOs Wade Roush wrote: It’s too early to say whether it’s the beginning of the end of the liquidity drought, or just the end of the beginning. But after seven straight quarters of declining IPO and M&A earnings for venture-backed U.S. companies, there was a ray of hope in the fourth ...
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