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RSS buyoutOracle to buy Sun for $7.4bn
News At the start of April, Sun reportedly rejected a buyout offer from IBM, which apparently made a formal bid of $9.40 per share or less. Business software maker Oracle is to buy server and software maker Sun, the two... [20 Apr 2009]
Sun stamps cloud of rejection on IBM deal
News Sun Microsystems rejected IBM's formal buyout offer on Saturday, calling the bid insufficient and putting future deal talks at risk, according to a report Sunday in The Wall Street Journal. IBM, in turn, withdrew its... [06 Apr 2009]
IBM puts Sun contracts under the spotlight
News As the parties work towards a merger, IBM is reportedly considering a buyout price of $6.5bn to $8bn, according to the Journal. IBM is reportedly wading through Sun Microsystems' contracts and documents for potential... [23 Mar 2009]
The Hut buys its Zavvi savvy
News Zavvi was formed in 2007 through a management buyout of Virgin Megastores. Assets of the defunct multichannel entertainment retailer Zavvi have been acquired by The Hut Group for an undisclosed sum. The Hut - which runs... [03 Mar 2009]
2008: The year in numbers
News The cash per share Microsoft initially offered to buyout Yahoo $1bn The value Steve Jobs reckons the iPhone App store will achieve Five million The estimated number of iPhone 3Gs sold in the third quarter of the year. [02 Jan 2009]
Fewer white knights to tech's rescue in 2008
News For those companies that find white knights, or even hostile bidders, at their door, 451 notes that buyout terms have on several occasions this year been readjusted. Brocade Communications, for example, initially... [19 Dec 2008]
OFT refers Capita IBS deal to Competition Commission
News Capita CEO Paul Pindar said at the time that the buyout would provide Capita with "greater breadth and depth of expertise" and see IBS' network of local authority and housing association customers complement its own. [21 Nov 2008]
Yahoo!-Microsoft: New deal on the table?
News In May, Microsoft walked away from its buyout offer of $47.5bn to snap up all of Yahoo! only later to return with a partial buyout offer of $9bn to acquire just the company's search assets. As Yahoo!... [10 Oct 2008]
Zavvi says it's time to get net-savvy
News In an interview with silicon.com, Zavvi IT director Tony Johnson said the retailer, which was formerly branded Virgin Megastores before a management buyout in September 2007, is late to market in its internet channel. [09 Oct 2008]
How Zavvi lost its Virginity
Comment Johnson is IT director of Zavvi, formerly known as Virgin Retail, which rebranded after the chain underwent a management buyout in September 2007. Anyone involved in retail IT will say it's a tough vertical to be a... [09 Oct 2008]
Time Warner to split AOL in two?
News Microsoft buyout talks plodded along, and later expanded to involve a potential AOL-Microsoft deal. Time Warner has taken a step closer to splitting up AOL's business, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. [05 Aug 2008]
Yahoo! rejects latest Microsoft deal
News announced on Saturday night that it rejected a joint-buyout proposal by Microsoft and investor activist Carl Icahn, which called for a "complex restructuring" and sale of Yahoo! Yahoo! s search business to Microsoft. [14 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! vs Icahn: War of words
News over its rebuff of Microsoft's $47.5bn buyout offer. Yahoo! said on Wednesday that deal talks are ongoing with Microsoft as the company resisted an attack by billionaire critic Carl Icahn, who called its recent actions... [05 Jun 2008]
EDS customers advised to look for price cuts
News In many cases the buyout could trigger clauses in EDS outsourcing contracts that will entitle its customers to new rights. HP and EDS customers should look at renegotiating existing contracts to push for price reductions... [21 May 2008]
HP seals $13.9bn deal for EDS
News The buyout will see HP challenge rival IBM at the top of the global outsourcing market and is highly unlikely to be scuppered by regulatory concerns, according to analyst Gartner. HP has agreed a $13.9bn deal to create... [13 May 2008]
