buyout
RSS buyoutYahoo!-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]
Web laggard 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]
Microsoft earmarks $1.5bn for Yahoo! staff
News should it succeed in its unsolicited buyout bid for the internet search pioneer, according to court documents in a shareholder lawsuit cited by the Wall Street Journal. Microsoft plans to set aside $1.5bn for employee... [30 Apr 2008]
Microsoft Online Services Customer Story: Cingular (the New AT&T)
White Paper The approach was quick and hard-hitting: Create a one-day "Roadblock," or a complete buyout of all Windows Live Hotmail advertising, including the "Today" page, the sent-mail page, and the run-of-site banner to promote... [16 Apr 2008]
Microsoft deals Yahoo! an ultimatum
News Microsoft initially offered an unsolicited buyout bid of $31 per share for Yahoo! Microsoft has issued an ultimatum to Yahoo! giving the internet search pioneer three weeks to enter formal merger negotiations and... [07 Apr 2008]
Improving Lease Management: New Solutions to Enhance Competitiveness
White Paper In addition, Web-based systems now give customers self-service capabilities, such as requesting price quotes, processing payments and obtaining buyout quotes. Decades-old technology platforms are crippling the efforts of... [29 Mar 2008]
Microsoft and Yahoo! in 'informal' merger talks
News A lot has changed over the past two weeks, compared with 1 February when Microsoft issued its unsolicited buyout bid for Yahoo! buyout efforts, however, cautioned that if the talks had reached a... [14 Mar 2008]
CIO Connect sold in management buyout
News A management-led buyout team has bought IT management networking organisation CIO Connect from the National Computing Centre (NCC). The buyout was led by CIO Connect CEO Nick Kirkland and supported by... [19 Feb 2008]
Oracle: 'Any fresh BEA bid would be lower'
News Oracle had withdrawn its buyout offer late last month, after BEA rejected it, citing a desire for a $21 buyout offer from Oracle, or any third-party, to start negotiations. He added by gaining economies... [16 Nov 2007]
