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Yahoo joins growing list of bidders for Hulu: sources

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:06:45 +0000

By Ronald Grover and Greg Roumeliotis LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) has submitted a formal proposal to buy Hulu, joining a growing list of bidders for the video service owned by News ...

Google eyes Waze as Facebook circles hot Web maps property

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:22:16 +0000

By Sarah McBride and Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is in talks to buy Waze, an Israeli mapping start-up that has held discussions with several large technology companies, two sources ...

Office Depot, OfficeMax tap Boston Consulting

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:42:28 +0000

Office suppliers Office Depot Inc. and OfficeMax Inc. have enlisted The Boston Consulting Group to provide support for their pending merger. The two office-supply chains said in February they planned to ...

TheDeal: Duke Energy Joins With Alinda for Fiber Offering, Sources Say

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:52:00 +0000

Duke Energy and Alinda Capital Partners are bringing the power company's telecom fiber unit known as DukeNet Communications to market, sources said.

SolarWinds Set to Buy N-able

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:50:03 +0000

IT management software provider SolarWinds recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire N-able Technologies for $120.0 million in cash

Royalty Pharma offer for Elan gets little support

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:45:57 +0000

Royalty Pharma disclosed Friday that a negligible number of Elan Corp. PLC shareholders have voted their shares in favor of its offer to buy the company. The New York company offered to buy Elan in February ...

DISH Adds Fifth Bank for Sprint Deal

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:55:02 +0000

DISH Network Corp. has added Scotiabank to a list of four other banks

Marsh & McLennan Buys Peru Insurer

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:45:03 +0000

Marsh & McLennan's Marsh intends to acquire Peru-based Rehder y Asociados Group for an undisclosed amount.

BlackRock Remains Neutral

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:20:03 +0000

On May 23, 2013, we reiterated our long-term recommendation on BlackRock, Inc. at Neutral based on its improved capital deployment activities and acquisition plans.

Google Considers Outbidding Facebook To Buy Waze For ~$1 Billion – Report

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:12:00 +0000

Waze is a mapping app for smartphones that's infused with cool social features.