Clearwire shareholders approved Sprint Nextel's takeover of their company on Monday, ending a saga that had included years of uncertainty and finally a bidding war for the spectrum-rich wireless network operator. Sprint co-founded ...
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Sprint Nextel shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve SoftBank's$21.6 billion takeover bid,setting the stage for the deal to close early next month. At a special shareholder meeting on Tuesday,98%of the shares voted were in favor of ...
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Dish Network has dropped its offer to buy Clearwire, probably clearing the path for a strengthened Sprint Nextel to complete its takeover of the struggling but spectrum-rich mobile operator. Both SoftBank's US$21.6 billion acquisition of ...
Sprint Nextel has offered and Clearwire has accepted a bid of $5 per share for the struggling wireless network provider, raising the stakes yet again in an expensive bidding war between Sprint and satellite service provider Dish Network. ...
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With Google set to buy app-maker Waze, the question is whether Google actually needs the crowd-sourced traffic app or is simply trying to stick it to its competitors. On Tuesday, Google confirmed weeks of rumors that?it is buying Waze. ...
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Internet giant Google is closing in on Waze, an Israeli-based mobile app company that offers a free social GPS application featuring turn-by-turn navigation. Facebook and Yahoo in its bid to acquire the company, with an all-cash offer, ...
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The tug-of-war over Clearwire looks set to continue for at least another two weeks as the struggling mobile operator postponed a special shareholder meeting once again to consider Dish Network's latest bid. On Wednesday, Dish boosted its ...
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Google is reportedly bidding for crowd-sourced map app provider Waze, igniting a possible bidding war with Facebook. Citing unnamed sources, Businessweek today reported that Google is one of multiple companies negotiating to buy Waze, ...
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Facebook is reportedly pulling out of acquisition negotiations with mobile app provider Waze, opening the door for a Google buy. Citing unnamed sources,All Things D reported today that talks between Facebook and crowd-sourced mapping app ...
Google is reportedly squaring up to Facebook in a $1bn (£660m) bidding war for Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze. According to Bloomberg, the internet giant has expressed an interest in buying up the start-up ...
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Personal computer industry pioneer Michael Dell would "invest for growth" and compete aggressively in new markets if his plan to take the company he founded private succeeds, according to a new memo. The company founder, in a message to ...
After the quietest year for mergers and acquisitions last year since the global financial crisis, bankers and lawyers are hoping deals in their pipelines will soon come to market and lift volumes. However, activity this year is down more ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed at a 19-month high as firming expectations of a February interest rate cut helped banking stocks. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 18.3 points, or 0.38 per cent, higher at 4756.6 ...
Dish Network has offered to buy Clearwire for US$3.30 per share, throwing a wrench in Sprint Nextel's deal to buy its mobile broadband partner for $2.97 per share. Clearwire disclosed Dish's offer in a press release on Tuesday afternoon, ...
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Hewlett-Packard is extending its 3PAR enterprise storage offerings with an all-SSD version of the P10000 array. The all-SSD (solid-state disk) version, announced on Monday and available immediately starting at US$350,000, is designed to ...
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