After Microsoft's £55 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard was blocked in the UK, the company brought in top legal talent to take the fight to the UK's CMA in a Competition Appeal Tribunal.
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Sega Sammy, the Japanese video game company, has announced its acquisition of Rovio Entertainment, the creator of the popular mobile game, Angry Birds, in a €706 million takeover deal.
The e-commerce giant Amazon is reportedly in talks to acquire MX Player, as per sources. The famous OTT streaming app has a strong foothold in India with over 300 million users globally.
FTC has announced that it wants to block Microsoft's acquisition of Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard. The main reason for this seems to be earlier unfulfilled promises by Microsoft.
According to a recent report, Twitter will begin laying off its employees on Friday as it looks to improve its profitability. Employees are asked to stay home while they await their fate.
Elon Musk has officially acquired Twitter before the Friday deadline. He also sacked CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal, as well as legal head Vijaya Gadde after his takeover on Thursday.
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The Twitter vs. Elon Musk legal battle continues as the trial date approaches. According to sources, Twitter's shareholders voted in favor of Musk completing the $44 billion purchase of Twitter.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk seeks more time to address Twitter's urgency for completing the acquisition. Musk's legal team issued a 14-page filing, asking for the trial to be delayed until next year.
After Elon Musk's announcement that he is terminating his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the latter's attorneys have filed a letter to the billionaire's lawyers, calling the decision "wrongful".
Elon Musk has filed to terminate his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, claiming that the platform did not provide him information about bot accounts. Twitter says that it will pursue legal action.
In an unprecedented turn of events, it looks like Elon Musk may finally get his hands on Twitter as a new report claims that the deal has been finalised and may go public as early as today.
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Twitter's board has officially launched its poison pill plan to fend off Elon Musk's $43 billion takeover. This means that shares may be offered at discounts to dilute the stake of hostile parties.
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It seems that Twitter's board is preparing to reject Elon Musk's offer to acquire the company for $43 billion. Two plans under consideration are poison pill and telling him that the offer is too low.
After relentlessly pursuing an acquisition of rival HP, Xerox has announced that it is no longer moving forward with the takeover attempts due to concerns over the current coronavirus outbreak.
After Xerox officialized its tender offer for all outstanding HP shares, the latter company is telling shareholders to reject the offer, saying it would create an "irresponsible capital structure".
In its continued attempts to take over HP's business, Xerox has now launched a tender offer for all outstanding HP shared, valuing the company at $24 per share, in both cash and Xerox shares.
Xerox announced today that it intends to raise its acquisition offer for HP to $24 per share, for a total value of nearly $35 billion. The company will launch the tender offer on or around March 2.
In the latest development of the ongoing saga between Xerox and HP, in which the former is attempting to buy the latter, Xerox has confirmed that it will take its bid directly to HP shareholders.
Paul Jacobs, ousted as CEO of Qualcomm after Broadcom's attempted hostile takeover last month, is now assembling potential buyers to take Qualcomm private, with him once again at its helm.
Broadcom might just be living a nightmare, as its latest offer was rejected by Qualcomm yet again, with the Singapore-based chipmaker becoming increasingly hostile in its takeover attempts.
With the threat of a takeover by media conglomerate Vivendi, Ubisoft is going to buy back four million of its own shares in order to enable the Guillemot family to retain executive control.
Rumors have been swirling for quite some time but today Google and HTC announced that will form an alliance. Google will pay HTC $1.1 billion - gaining access to HTC staff and intellectual properties.
Acer's founder Stan Shih said today that he would welcome a takeover of the company, but given the recent slide in its sales, profits and share price, he warned that Acer is an "empty shell".
Don't freak out too much. Microsoft isn't planning on buying BlackBerry anytime soon, but they are evaluating the possibility of such a takeover. Leather and carbon fiber clad Windows Phones anybody?
Weeks after the terms of the deal were said to have been agreed, Sprint has reportedly withdrawn its $32bn bid to purchase T-Mobile US, amid concerns that it would not get regulatory approval.
Sony has denied claims that it is planning to sell off its international PC business to Chinese rival Lenovo, but says that it is considering "various options" for its loss-making Vaio unit.
For the second time this year, comments from a Lenovo executive have hinted at interest in a possible takeover of BlackBerry, with Lenovo's CEO stating that such a deal "could possibly make sense".
Former CEO and Chairman of Microsoft Bill Gates, said he advocated the Skype takeover last week. Although Gates has handed power down to Steve Ballmer, current CEO of Microsoft, he still obviously plays an important...
Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint has said that the company plans to voice their concerns over the proposed takeover of T-mobile USA by AT&T. The primary concern by Sprint is that the deal will hurt...
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has been given the go ahead by the British Government for its bid to take over the media company BSkyB. The approval follows the corporations agreement to set up Sky News...
In December, Twitter raised $200 million in financing in a deal that valued it at $3.7 billion. The company, which allows users to broadcast 140-character messages to groups of followers, had 175 million users as...
A lot of people thought Mark Zuckerberg was crazy when he turned down Yahoo's $1 billion offer, but it now turns out that he also declined a $15 billion offer from Microsoft in 2007. This...
The founder of the popular MySQL database is calling for people to protest against Oracle's attempted takeover of Silicon Valley based Sun Microsystems. Michael Widenius says that the European Commission must block the deal in...
Take this with a with a grain of salt, but the intertubes are buzzing with rumours that Apple is going to acquire Electronic Arts, the world's second largest gaming company. Yup, Twitter isn't the only...
A report by Reuters has suggested that earlier reports of a $20 billion deal between Microsoft and Yahoo are false and that the only possibility is an acquisition of the search division of Yahoo. ...
Microsoft Corp. directors failed to decide on the next step in the pursuit of Yahoo! Inc. yesterday, leaving open the debate over whether to walk away from the $44.6 billion bid or fight to replace...
Microsoft is considering launching a hostile bid for search provider Yahoo as early next week if Yahoo does not begin talks soon, Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell said today. Liddell repeated a threat by Chief...
Ageia Technologies, the developer of so-called physics processing units (PPUs), on Tuesday denied reports about its acquisition by an undisclosed third party. The company said it remains independent and has a roadmap to execute. The...
Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. are climbing on rumours that the BlackBerry maker may be bought by software giant Microsoft Corp. RIM shares set a new trading record by rising as high as $89.68...
EMI, the music group behind Apple's digital rights management free iTunes, has agreed to be bought by private equity firm Terra Firma for £3.2 billion (US$6.4 billion). The deal values EMI shares at £2.4 billion...
