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EBay Studying Whether to Spin off The Business as Part of a Broadening Restructuring
Jan 23, 2015Less than four years after acquiring GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion, eBay Inc. announced Wednesday it was studying whether to spin off the business in IPO as part of a broadening restructuring. The company disclosed the plans in its ...
Tags: broadening restructuring, box retailers, Sporting Goods
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EBay's Mobile Commerce Platform Increased 70 Percent in First Quarter
Apr 30, 2014EBay Inc. reported that the value of goods sold on its mobile commerce platform increased 70 percent in first quarter ended March 31, 2014 and now represent 19 percent of its e-commerce volume. Total revenue at the company increased 14 ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, E-Commerce
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Apple Shares Fell to $506.51 in Trades Tuesday Afternoon on The Nasdaq Exchange
Feb 8, 2014Activist investor Carl Icahn fired off word on Tuesday that he beefed up his Apple stock holdings by a half-billion dollars as the share price dipped. "Just bought $500 mln more $AAPL shares," Icahn said in a message on Twitter. "My ...
Tags: Apple, buyback, shareholder, AAPL
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Hologic Is Defending Itself Against a Hostile Takeover From Activist Investor Carl Icahn
Nov 26, 2013Hologic Inc. (Bedford, MA), a diagnostic and medical imaging equipment specialist, is defending itself against a hostile takeover from activist investor Carl Icahn, who know owns a 12.63% stake in the firm. Icahn recently announced his ...
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Dell's Board Has Struck Down New Shareholder Voting Guidelines for a Buyout
Aug 9, 2013Dell's board has struck down new shareholder voting guidelines for a buyout proposed by company founder Michael Dell and his associates, Silver Lake Partners, which are in a fight with investor Carl Icahn to take the PC maker private. ...
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Dell's Board Has Struck Down New Shareholder Voting Guidelines for a Buyout Proposed
Aug 5, 2013Dell's board has struck down new shareholder voting guidelines for a buyout proposed by company founder Michael Dell and his associates, Silver Lake Partners, which are in a fight with investor Carl Icahn to take the PC maker private. ...
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DELL for Rule Change for Voting on Proposed Deal Is Criticized by Icahn
Jul 31, 2013The takeover bout for Dell resumed on Monday, with investor Carl Icahn sounding off on the proposal from Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners to change rules governing the shareholder vote for a revised bid to take the PC maker private. ...
Tags: Proposed Deal, Dell
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Shareholder Services Has Given a Stamp of Approval to Dell Founder Michael Dell's Bid
Jul 10, 2013Prominent shareholder advisory group Institutional Shareholder Services has given a stamp of approval to Dell founder Michael Dell's bid to take the company private. "ISS recommends clients vote for this transaction, which offers a 25.5 ...
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DELL Has Backed Its Founder's Bid for The Company in Partnership with Silver Lake
Jun 5, 2013The board of Dell has backed its founder's bid for the company in partnership with venture capital firm Silver Lake. A special committee set up by the company has recommended Michael Dell's bid, rejecting an alternative offer from ...
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Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Comes up Short by Billions of Dollars
Jun 5, 2013As the time for a shareholder vote draws near, the Dell special committee weighing competing bids for the company said Wednesday that a plan from investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management comes up short by billions of dollars. ...
Tags: Dell, Icahn Bid, Wall Street
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Meanwhile The Nasdaq Closed up 27.41 at 3463.58 Friday
May 15, 2013Increasing confidence in the economy and a rising stock market could lay the groundwork for a revival in tech-sector mergers and acquisitions as companies embrace cloud technology and pursue game-changing software, particularly for the ...
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Financing for The Proposal Is to Come From Existing Cash in Dell&$5.2 Billion in New Debt
May 14, 2013Investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have countered Dell's plan to go private with an offer that would give shareholders a large payout and still keep the computer company publicly traded. In a letter Thursday to Dell's ...
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The Dell Buyout Saga Continues Apace
May 13, 2013The Dell buyout saga continues apace, with activist investor Carl Icahn teaming up with Southeastern Asset Management to provide yet another alternative to founder Michael Dell's $24.4bn (£15.9bn) offer to buy back his company. In a ...
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Blackstone Group Has Given up Its Bid for Dell
Apr 23, 2013Blackstone Group has given up its bid for Dell, less than a month after the private-equity fund manager said it was planning to top an offer from founder Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners. In the so-called ...
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The Investment Group Had Made an Original Offer of $14.25 Per Share
Apr 22, 2013The Blackstone Group has pulled out of the race to buy Dell. The investment group, together with tech investors Insight Venture Partners and Francisco Partners, had made an original offer of $14.25 per share (£9.28). Further ...
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