Topic: mergers
Amazon has purchased Evi, a British startup that builds voice recognition software similar to Siri, for $26 million, TechCrunch reported, crediting unnamed sources as representatives from Amazon, Evi, and venture…
Not robust, but healthy with more reasonable prices. That’s how leaders of marketing firms and media outlets view the 2013 marketplace for mergers and acquisitions, in a new poll from…
For struggling tech giants AOL and Yahoo, the word of choice for executives describing their company’s strategy has been “turnaround.” But with both stocks trading at considerable discounts, some think…
Why isn’t Wall Street warming to the Google-Motorola marriage? Two days after announcing its plan to pay a hefty $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility, Google’s stock isn’t just down more than…
Amid an intensifying patent war in the mobile technology space, Google announced Monday morning that it plans to acquire handset manufacturer Motorola Mobility for about $12.5 billion. The deal, which is…
Do the conditions that the Federal Communications Commission imposed on the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal have any real teeth? We may find out soon, thanks to a complaint…
While Congress has been off on a break over the last two weeks, the five men and women who make up the Federal Communications Commission have been able to breathe…
Wednesday's announcement that Fiat plans to spend $1.27 billion to increase its share of Chrysler Group—allowing it to reach a controlling stake of 51 percent two years earlier than previously…
