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Takeover Boosts Lastminute's Capacity
News In a statement, Brent Hoberman, chief executive of Lastminute.com, claimed that the two companies were complementary, and that the takeover would help his firm to offer new services to customers. Lastminute.com, which will issue 14.5 million shares...
[April 8, 2002, 17:22]
BT Shares Rise Amid Takeover Talk
News Shares in BT rose by 5 percent on Friday after it was reported that the telco could be the subject of a £20bn takeover bid. Such a deal would costs upwards of £20bn, making it easily the biggest ever takeover of a British company.
[March 3, 2006, 14:25]
Microsoft Takeover Rumours Boost Borland
News A company representative when asked about the rumoured takeover said Borland would not comment on market speculation. Borland Software shares climbed on Thursday as analysts considered whether the software company could be a Microsoft acquisition...
[December 13, 2002, 9:27]
Legal Victory For Oracle Opens Way For PeopleSoft Takeover
News In reaction to the ruling, Oracle called for PeopleSoft to drop the defences it had erected against the takeover attempt. A federal judge handed Oracle a victory on Thursday, ruling that the company's acquisition of software rival PeopleSoft would...
[September 10, 2004, 9:50]
Scoot.com Denies Takeover Rumours
News UK online directory service Scoot.com has denied it is in takeover talks with France's Vivendi, throwing cold water on a rumour that has contributed to a surge in dot-com shares this week. After first refusing to comment on the takeover report...
[September 6, 2000, 7:50]
Freeserve In Possible Takeover Talks
News Shares in maverick UK Net giant Freeserve (quote: FRE) soared Wednesday as the pioneering ISP announced it is in talks that may lead to a takeover. Sources said the discussions could -- as with previous talks -- come to nothing.
[November 22, 2000, 11:33]
JBoss Takeover 'good For Customers'
News Customers are likely to benefit from Red Hat's takeover of JBoss, according to analysts, who have also warned that the acquisition does carry several risk factors. This move came after months of speculation that JBoss was a likely takeover...
[April 11, 2006, 10:25]
ISoft Says Yes To IBA Takeover Bid
News After almost a year of uncertainty for IBA Health, iSoft's shareholders have "overwhelmingly" approved the Australian e-health group's £166m takeover offer. The takeover will make IBA the world's fourth largest e-health group.
[October 5, 2007, 8:23]
Time's Tiny Takeover Signals High Street Battle
News UK computer retailer Time's takeover of collapsed rival Tiny is likely to lead to a high street battle with Dixons and its PC World chain by this summer. Tiny was put into receivership earlier this week, and was almost immediately snapped up by...
[January 31, 2002, 14:44]
Microsoft And Yahoo Execs 'held Takeover Talks'
News Senior executives from Microsoft and Yahoo met on Monday to discuss Microsoft's takeover bid for the company, according to two people familiar with the matter. The meeting was said to be the first since Microsoft made its unsolicited offer for...
[March 17, 2008, 7:50]
IBA Completes ISoft Takeover
News The saga of IBA Health's acquisition of iSoft has now been concluded, following the completion of legal manoeuvres which allow the takeover to go ahead. The announcement comes after months of stop-start negotiations over the acquisition that saw...
[October 31, 2007, 8:44]
Bertelsmann Plans Napster Takeover
News German media and publishing giant Bertelsmann may be planning to launch a takeover bid for Napster, the MP3 file-sharing company that is still deeply mired in copyright disputes. In an interview with German newspaper Die Welt, Bertelsmann's chief...
[April 5, 2002, 17:35]
3G Excesses Fuel O2 Takeover Rumours
News The vast sums of money spent by O2 on 3G mobile licences at the start of the decade make it a tempting takeover target today, according to analysts, but not just because of the potential of 3G services.
[September 1, 2005, 17:00]
Netstore Plays Down Reports Of A Takeover
News A spokesperson for Netstore, which was founded in 1996 and achieved a London Stock Exchange listing in April 2000 that raised £40m, was quoted on Friday as saying that the company would consider any takeover bids.
[August 21, 2001, 9:22]
IBA Re-enters ISoft Takeover Fray
News Australian e-health group IBA has re-entered the tug of war for UK software company iSoft with a revised takeover bid. Allco Equity Partners (AEP) has agreed to become a "significant cornerstone shareholder" should the takeover be concluded...
[August 22, 2007, 9:25]
IBA Health Close To ISoft Takeover
News IBA Health is a step closer today to closing the deal on its proposed takeover of beleaguered software supplier iSoft, with IT behemoth CSC providing written consent for the deal to go ahead. CSC's approval of the takeover offer follows a...
[June 18, 2007, 11:51]
Skype Silent On EBay Takeover Rumour
News VoIP pioneer Skype was refusing to comment on Thursday on claims that it is in talks with eBay over a possible takeover. This popularity has attracted the attention of many of the world's largest companies; Intel recently teamed up with Skype, and...
[September 8, 2005, 14:40]
SuSE Takeover 'pushed Customers To Debian'
News A German company that provides support for Debian, the free Linux distribution, has claimed that Novell's takeover of SuSE Linux has been good for Debian-related business. Noèl Köthe, a Debian developer and a consultant at Debian support firm...
[March 14, 2005, 15:30]
IWon Completes Excite.com Takeover
News IWon, the new owner of Excite.com, said it has migrated data and online traffic to its Web servers, completing a takeover of the portal assets acquired in the Excite@Home bankruptcy. With the takeover completed, iWon changed its corporate identity...
[December 28, 2001, 15:47]
Hutchison 3G Denies Phones 4U Takeover Rumours
News Reports that third-generation mobile phone licence holder Hutchison 3G is planning a multi-million pound takeover of the Phones 4U chain were denied by the company on Monday. Speaking to ZDNet News, a company spokesman insisted that no such...
[December 17, 2001, 12:44]
