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Mergers and Acquisitions

NetSuite Buys OpenAir For $26 million

Techcrunch is reporting that OpenAir was acquired by NetSuite for $26 million, adding to its online CRM and accounting applications. more...
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Ask.com is Buying Lexico, the Owner Of Dictionary.com

Greg Sterling of SearchEngineLand has this post about the interesting acquisition of Lexico by Ask.com. As you may already be aware, Lexico is the owner of this well-known and popular reference sites more...
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Microsoft acquires Farecast

Seattle based online travel website Farecast has been acquired by the Seattle based giant Microsoft for a cool $100 Million or so. Madrona Venture Group, Par Capital Management, Greylock Partners and more...
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Cox to buy online Ad Network Adify For $300 Million

Check out the convergence happenings. Cox Communication Enterprises is putting down a hefty $300 Million to buy out the online advertising network company Adify. Adify is actually a company that provides more...
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Apple Buys Chip Designer P A Semi

A boutique microprocessor chip design company with about 150 people was bought by Apple for about $278 Million in cash with the plans of this startup P.A.Semi to design the new chips that Apple needs in more...
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AOL buys Sphere

Om Malik first spoke about this. The San Francisco based startup Sphere, which pulls and provides related content from across the web has been acquired by the once-almighty AOL for an undisclosed amount; more...
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Kinetic Concepts to Offer $1.7 Billion for Lifecell

Medical equipment company Kinetic Concepts is offering about $51 a share and paying up a total of $1.7 Billion in cash, which is actually a 18% premium over the last closing stock price to buy LifeCell. more...
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Acquisition: Twhirling Seesmic's Underweb

Ross Mayfield shares his wisdom on the latest buzz on the acquisition drama that is unfolding (first revealed by TechCrunch): Seesmic of San Francisco has acquired the Twitter client Twhirl and thus makes more...
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EXFO acquires Builds With Brix Networks

Ambitious test equipment company EXFO has big plans. Barely a week after acquiring Navtel, it is now moving on to acquire Brix Networks that specializes in IPTV testing and the shopping actually fits more...
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Phoenix Technologies Acquires BeInSync for $25M

Four and a half year old Israeli startup BeInSync that provides software for the synchronization of files across computers and access them while on the road, has been acquired by Phoenix Technologies for more...
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