Acquisition articles

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  T-Mobile says four major US carriers won't last, 'likely' will be reduced to three

  By Chris Welch on November 16, 2012 10:45 am + 81 comments

  Top executives at T-Mobile seem fully aware of the uphill battle the carrier faces against dominant Continue reading…

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  Nokia acquires 3D street imagery firm earthmine to compete with Google's Street View

  By Tom Warren on November 13, 2012 12:43 pm + 28 comments

  Alongside its newly rebranded Here mapping platform, Nokia announced at an event in San Francisco Continue reading…

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  Priceline buys travel website competitor Kayak.com for $1.8 billion

  By Dante D'Orazio on November 8, 2012 04:10 pm + 34 comments

  Travel website Priceline has just purchased Kayak.com for about $1.8 billion, or $40 per share, Continue reading…

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  Silicon shakeup: Imagination Technologies buys MIPS, hopes to compete with ARM processors

  By Sean Hollister on November 7, 2012 01:13 am + 38 comments

  Two companies you've probably never heard of have struck a deal that could help shape the future of Continue reading…

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  Disney buys Lucasfilm, plans to release 'Star Wars: Episode 7' in 2015 (update)

  By Nathan Ingraham on October 30, 2012 04:04 pm + 772 comments

  Star Wars fans, you might want to sit down for this one — The Walt Disney Company just announced Continue reading…

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  Facebook's 'billion dollar' Instagram acquisition to actually cost $715 million

  By Jeff Blagdon on October 24, 2012 11:11 pm + 19 comments

  After all the dust has settled, Facebook’s much-hyped "billion dollar" acquisition of photo Continue reading…

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  AT&T: Sprint-SoftBank deal gives Japanese firm 'control of significantly more US wireless spectrum than any other company'

  By Chris Ziegler on October 18, 2012 12:09 pm + 97 comments

  The viability of SoftBank's majority acquisition of Sprint is a big question as the deal progresses Continue reading…

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  SoftBank tries to buy Sprint: everything you need to know about the $20.1 billion acquisition

  By Chris Welch on October 18, 2012 11:20 am

  Rumors surrounding an acquisition of Sprint by Japanese carrier SoftBank originated on October 11th, Continue reading…

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  Sprint acquires majority stake in Clearwire

  By Aaron Souppouris on October 18, 2012 07:50 am + 34 comments

  Sprint has upped its stake in Clearwire to 50.8 percent, and now has voting control over the Continue reading…

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  Apple rumored to acquire Color in 'done deal'

  By Sam Byford on October 17, 2012 11:18 pm + 139 comments

  As if the confusion over Color's future wasn't already enough, we're now hearing a rumor that could Continue reading…