mergers-and-acquisitions
Al Franken Makes Comcast's CEO Look Like A Tool
Uncle Sam Cool With Live Nation/Ticketmaster Monopoly
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Comcast Celebrates Conquest Of NBC With Gifts Of Sh*tty DVDs
Why A Comcast/NBC Merger Is Bad News
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Comcast One Step Closer To Owning NBC Universal
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Daddy, Can I Borrow $7 Billion To Buy Cadbury?
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AOL Rearranges Deck Chairs, Introduces New Logo
GM Fails To Send Saab Back To Sweden
eBay's $2.025 Billion Sale Of Skype Complete
eBay has successfully unloaded Skype. They remain a minority stakeholder, but 70% of Skype has been sold to a group that includes the original co-founders of the internet telephony company. More »
All The PBR You Want For $300 Million
Pabst Brewing Company is up for sale, the New York Post reports. More »
GM, Tengzhong Close To Hummer Brand Sale
So long, Hummer. Sort of. GM and Chinese company Tengzhong are closer to their deal to sell the Hummer brand. More »
What's The Over/Under On Mint Starting To Suck Now That Intuit Bought Them?
I blanched when I saw the subject line, "Mint.com to be acquired by Intuit, maker of Quicken." More like "Mint.com to be acquired by Intuit, makers of crap," I thought. Judging by your comments, I don't blanch alone. More »
Intuit Will Buy Mint.com For $170 Million
No longer wishing to compete with Mint.com, Quicken-maker Intuit has decided to buy it. The AP says that the company plans to keep its current offering, Quicken Online, but that it will be aimed at customers who also use its Quicken desktop software. Mint.com will become the company's primary personal finance website. More »
Sprint Nextel Purchases $483 Million In Virgin Mobile Prepaid Minutes
Sprint Nextel announced this morning that they will purchase Virgin Mobile USA. The company, which specializes in prepaid mobile phone service, started as a joint venture between Sprint and Virgin, and Sprint owns 13% of their stock. Virgin Mobile USA phones already use the Sprint network. More »
Report Says Zappos Was Forced To Sell To Amazon
According to the San Francisco Business Times a report by PrivateEquityHub citing "two sources close to the company" claims that Zappos wanted to remain independent, but was forced to sell to Amazon by venture capitalists who had invested in the company. More »
VW wants to make sweet merger love with Porsche. We wonder what a talking Porsche would sound like. [AP] More »
Everything Retailer Amazon Buys Shoe Retailer Zappos
Amazon has purchased Zappos for $807 million. Reaction around Consumerist's (virtual) newsroom: "Oh, no." Then we started locking up our shoes in case our right to own them is revoked. No, no, we kid. Maybe. More »
The Pirate Bay Bought For $7.7 Million, Plans To Evolve Into Legitimate P2P Service
The Swedish gaming company Global Gaming Factory X AB has purchased The Pirate Bay for $7.7 million, and plans to transform the embattled file sharing site into a legitimate peer-to-peer service. "We would like to introduce models which entail that content providers and copyright owners get paid for content that is downloaded via the site," the buyers said in an ambiguous statement. The Pirate Bay's current administrators did offer up one undeniable truth to comfort the site's fans... More »
Frontline Examines The Bank Of America/ Merrill Lynch Merger
The merger between Merrill Lynch and Bank of America was sold to us as a marriage made in heaven that would save the financial system. It wasn't, and it didn't. Now Frontline takes a closer look at the now-infamous debacle that cost tax payers billions — and CEO Ken Lewis his chairmanship. More »
Lipitor-shilling drug maker Pfizer has announced that they will be buying rival Wyeth for $68 billion. [WSJ Health Blog] More »
