Showing posts with label acquisition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acquisition. Show all posts

Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Behind The Bidding War The Real Reasons Why HP And Dell are So Desperate For 3Par

As I was writing this, news of the HP / Dell bidding war for 3PAR broke on the front page of Yahoo.

This made me laugh, as it typified just how crazy this story has becomefew things outside of a bidding war will make a storage acquisition sexy enough to make mainstream news.
At $30, HPs current offer is the sixth bid, a 200 percent premium over 3PARs previous $10 share price. Not only is this insane, but its also nearly unprecedented in M&A histo

Source:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/29/behind-the-bidding-war-the-real-reasons-why-hp-and-dell-are-so-desperate-for-3par/

Monday, 30 August 2010

Reddit Open to Chat Over Ben Cheezburger Huhs Proposed Acquisition

Ben Huh, CEO of I Can Has Cheezburger parent company Pet Holdings, Inc., has made a public offer to purchase Reddit from parent company Conde Nast.

Reddit's management team is skeptical, but willing to entertain a chit-chat.

Source:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2368447,00.asp

Friday, 11 June 2010

Twitter Buys Analytics Company

Twitter is seeking to boost its Web analytics capacity with the acquisition of Smallthought Systems.

Source:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/198507/twitter_buys_analytics_company.html

Thursday, 1 April 2010

12 Most Exciting Logo Mergers of the Corporate World

A logo design is a reflection of a companys corporate identity.

That is why when companies merge, on several occasions their logo designs undergo similar treatment. When two or more corporate brands decide to unite, either through a merger or an acquisition, it often gives birth to a new corporate logo.

Source:
http://www.logoblog.org/wordpress/corporate-logo-mergers/