Neowin News Feed for: Merger

Yahoo reportedly wants to buy Tumblr; is scared of Facebook

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:44:39 +0100

Yahoo supposedly wants the buy the super popular Tumblr to invigorate its user base and get a foothold in mobile marketing. However, they are scared of competing with Facebook for Tumblr's graces. Read more...

T-Mobile and MetroPCS announce merger agreement

Anthony Tosie — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:03:53 +0100

T-Mobile and MetroPCS have entered a merger agreement just one day after the companies announced they were considering a potential merger. The deal is worth $1.5 billion Read more...

Microsoft considered buying Nokia, still mulling options

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:38:00 +0100

According to a new report, Microsoft was given access to Nokia's financial information late last year in a potential buyout. Microsoft eventually walked away from the deal, however. Read more...

Google-Motorola merger could become official next week

John Callaham — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:34:46 +0100

The $12.5 billion merger of Google and Motorola Mobility could officially close early next week as the Chinese government has now given its approval for the deal. Read more...

Cisco wants EU to look again at Microsoft-Skype merger

John Callaham — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:16:14 +0000

Cisco announced today that it has filed an appeal to the European Union to revisit its approval of October's merger of Microsoft and Skype in order to put in some new conditions. Read more...

Google-Motorola merger approved in US and Europe

John Callaham — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:24:59 +0000

The European Commission and the US Justice Department have both approved the proposed $12.5 billion merger between Google and Motorola Mobility, although other countries must still approve the deal. Read more...

AT&T ends bid to acquire T-Mobile USA

John Callaham — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:47:13 +0000

AT&T has announced that it has ended its $39 billion attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA from its parent company Deutsche Telekom thanks in part to resistance by the FCC and the Department of Justice. Read more...

FCC slams AT&T/T-Mobile merger proposal

John Callaham — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:43:16 +0000

The Federal Communications Commission has allowed AT&T to withdraw its application to merge with T-Mobile but the FCC still released a report that was highly critical of the merger proposal. Read more...

AT&T bets on long shot to save T-Mobile buyout

Nathan Tsui — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:36:32 +0000

A source claims that AT&T is planning to offer to sell a large portion of T-Mobile's assets - as much as 40 percent - in an attempt to appease the Department of Justice's concerns over their merger. Read more...

AT&T could take $4 billion charge if T-Mobile merger fails

John Callaham — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:35:58 +0000

AT&T has admitted that it could take a massive $4 billion one time charge on its financial books if its proposed merger with fellow wireless carrier T-Mobile fails to happen. Read more...

Sprint files lawsuit to block AT&T/T-Mobile merger

John Callaham — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:41:29 +0100

Sprint Nextel, the nation's third biggest wireless phone carrier, has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the proposed $39 billion merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. Read more...

Justice Department sues to block AT&T/T-Mobile merger

John Callaham — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:33:42 +0100

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit to block the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, claiming that such a move would cause less competition in the wireless phone industry. Read more...

Leaked AT&T letter seems to hurt case for T-Mobile merger

John Callaham — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:11:20 +0100

A leaked letter from a law firm representing AT&T that was posted and then partly redacted on the FCC web site seems to hurt AT&T's case to merge with T-Mobile. Read more...

Lawyers against AT&T-T-Mobile merger create Fightthemerger.com site

John Callaham — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:54:48 +0100

The proposed merger of the AT&T and T-Mobile wireless carriers has generated lots of comments both for and against. Today the Bursor and Fisher law firm launched a web site called FightTheMerger.com that's designed to... Read more...

California may scrutinize AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

James Woodfin — Sat, 28 May 2011 22:42:12 +0100

California may now be involving itself in the AT&T and T-Mobile merger that is slated to occur pending regulatory approval. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has not launched an official investigation, but may do... Read more...

T-Mobile and Sprint in merger talks

Tzvi Friedman — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:05:42 +0000

The two underdogs in the US carrier wars, T-Mobile and Sprint, may be joining forces. According to Bloomberg’s “people with knowledge of the matter”, Sprint and Deutsche Telekom have been in talks to make T-Mobile... Read more...

Amazon buys out LOVEFiLM media rental in $312m deal

Ross Dundas — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:55:54 +0000

According to Techcrunch, Amazon is set to acquire European DVD rental service LOVEFiLM in a $312 million deal. The company currently operates in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Amazon already owns a significant... Read more...

AOL continues looking into a Yahoo merger

Christopher White — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:56:14 +0000

Rumors that AOL was interested in purchasing Yahoo were reported here last month and it appears that AOL is now taking the next steps in investigating a possible merger; Reuters is reporting that they have... Read more...

Microsoft and Adobe chiefs meet to discuss Apple and possible merger

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:22:26 +0100

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen set up an hour long secret meeting to discuss a variety of topics, including a possible acquisition of Adobe by Microsoft. According to The New York... Read more...

Softlayer and The Planet in merger talks

Dave Legg — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:45:48 +0100

Two of the industry's largest providers of dedicated servers and hosting services have entered into talks regarding a possible merger. If completed, the merger would make Softlayer CEO Lance Crosby the CEO of the combined... Read more...