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Meebo brings embeddable chat rooms to Hearst Media

CNET Tech blog  Fri, 11/14/2008 - 9:41am

Meebo's embeddable chat rooms have found a suitor in Hearst Media.



 

Wells Fargo, Not Citigroup, To Acquire Wachovia

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Fri, 10/03/2008 - 6:44am

Wells Fargo announced Friday it has reached a deal to buy Wachovia worth about $15 billion. Wachovia ended talks with rival suitor Citigroup.

Wells Fargo also said the merger will require no assistance from the government.

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German tyre firm succumbs to bid

BBC Finance  Thu, 08/21/2008 - 4:06am

Tyre maker Continental agrees that suitor Schaeffler can buy up to half the company after it ups its offer.



 

Anheuser strikes back at suitor

BBC Finance  Wed, 07/09/2008 - 1:37am

US brewer Anheuser-Busch sues Belgian rival InBev in a move seen as an attempt to frustrate InBev's takeover bid.



 

Activist investor says Circuit City could be sold in two months

CNET Tech blog  Fri, 05/09/2008 - 5:33pm

If Circuit City gets sold anytime soon, it probably won't be to its chief suitor, Blockbuster, according to one of the electronics chain's most vocal investors.

In an interview with TWICE magazine Friday, Jim Wattles, owner of Wattles Capital Management, which owns 6.5 percent of Circuit City ...



 

Fifth Third eyes rival National City

CNN Money  Thu, 04/03/2008 - 4:04pm

Fifth Third jumped into the fray as a potential suitor for the struggling Cleveland-based bank.



 

Union threatens Alitalia takeover

BBC Finance  Mon, 03/31/2008 - 11:52am

Alitalia extends the deadline for an agreement to be reached between its unions and its suitor Air France-KLM.



 

Yahoo takes the long road to Redmond

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 03/19/2008 - 11:14pm

Without a competing suitor to push Microsoft's unsolicited bid higher, Yahoo is turning to its investors to get that job done.

Yahoo, which announced Tuesday its three-year financial plan to investors and cited it would provide more "context" to its rejection of Microsoft's initial bid of $31 a ...



 

Yahoo's big gamble

CNN Money  Thu, 03/06/2008 - 10:07am

Shareholders may not want to back Yahoo's bet that it can hold out for a better offer from another suitor or get a higher offer from Microsoft.



 

Tech companies beware, a bear maybe outside your door

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 02/25/2008 - 10:08am

Has your tech company played coy with a potential suitor lately? You may want to rethink your options.

In the past four months, Oracle, Microsoft and Electronic Arts have all launched high-profile, unsolicited buyout bids for reluctant targets, otherwise known as bear hugs.

Oracle put the squeeze on middleware competitor BEA Systems ...