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Google closes Motorola buy

Google has completed its $12.5bn purchase of Motorola's mobile business and immediately replaced the chief executive of the company with a Google executive Read more

22 May, 2012 by Ben Woods
Sony Ericsson gives way to Sony Mobile

Sony Ericsson gives way to Sony Mobile

...Sony completed its buyout of the Sony Ericsson brand on Wednesday and renamed the venture Sony... Read more

16 February, 2012 by Steven Musil

EU approves Sony's Ericsson buyout

Sony's purchase of Ericsson's part in the two manufacturers' decade-old smartphone venture has been given the go-ahead... Read more

30 January, 2012

Groupon rejects Google's $5bn buyout bid, says report

The 'deal of the day' site has reportedly rejected Google's bid to buy it, as the web giant focuses on producing more targeted local services Read more

6 December, 2010 by Tom Krazit

Sony Ericsson hit by £173m loss in final quarter

...to the Thai floods, and significant restructuring costs ahead of Sony's buyout of the partnership with Ericsson, this led to net losses of €247m... Read more

19 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Sony takes over Sony Ericsson in 1bn euro deal

...phone — as well as laptops, tablets and TV sets. Stringer said the buyout means Sony can allow those devices to connect with each other more... Read more

27 October, 2011 by David Meyer
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...a thing of the past. Large company layoffs, golden handshakes, mergers, leveraged buyouts, company acquisitions and similar business moves have left people of all ages... Read more

27 March, 2012
Cisco buys UK-based NDS for £3bn

Cisco buys UK-based NDS for £3bn

...Videoscape platform, according to the San Jose-based company.NDS history The buyout, which equates to £3.2bn, involves a $4bn cash payment and the... Read more

16 March, 2012 by David Meyer

Report: Game faces adminstration

...be considering buying out Game, though whether it would involve a complete buyout or a sell-off of part of Game's international operations is... Read more

12 March, 2012 by Joe Svetlik

Google's Motorola buy gets green light from US and EU

...in the ongoing mobile patent wars. The $12.5bn (£7.6bn) buyout was announced last August, but antitrust regulators have to give it the... Read more

14 February, 2012

Sony CEO Stringer to step down

...was, being outsold by Nintendo. Sony is also conducting a billion-euro buyout of Ericsson's stake in their mobile joint venture, Sony Ericsson, and... Read more

1 February, 2012

Oracle's cloud swallows RightNow for $1.5bn

...that closed at $10.3bn in January of that year; 2006's buyout of Siebel Systems for $5.85bn; the 2007 acquisition of Hyperion for... Read more

24 October, 2011 by Jo Best

Seagate drops plan to go private

...board have chosen to cease discussions concerning a private equity-led leveraged buyout," Seagate chief executive Stephen Luczo said in a statement. "Given the strong... Read more

30 November, 2010 by Erica Ogg

SAP to offer tools through Sybase's mobile platform

...held to announce the completion of SAP's $5.8bn (£3.7bn) buyout of Sybase, executives from the companies said the deal will result in... Read more

20 August, 2010 by Ben Woods

Oracle aims for integration with Business Intelligence 11g

...the result of three years of work integrating technologies acquired with the buyouts of companies such as Siebel and Hyperion. The resulting product offers a... Read more

7 July, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

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