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Atmel To Buy Newport Media For $140 Million, Gain Ground In The Internet Of Things
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Shelly Palmer
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Monday, July 7, 2014 1:36 PM EDT
Touchscreen chipmaker Atmel Corp said it would buy Newport Media, a maker of low-power Wi-Fi and bluetooth gear, for $140 million to gain ground in a technology that helps connect everything through the Internet.
Google Officially Buys Music Curation Company Songza For $39 Million
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Shelly Palmer
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Thursday, July 3, 2014 11:34 AM EDT
In a sign of growing consolidation in the digital music business, Google announced on Tuesday that it had bought Songza.
Reasons For The Spike In M&A Activity
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Sober Look
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014 5:55 PM EDT
As predicted back in April (see post), US M&A activity accelerated in Q2, resulting in the most active first half since 2007.
Twitter Acquires AdTech Company TapCommerce For $100 Million
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Shelly Palmer
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014 4:56 AM EDT
Twitter announced on Monday that it’s acquiring mobile ad startup TapCommerce.
Tempting Tuesday – Looking For The New Normal
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Phil Davis
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:31 AM EDT
Corporations are only paying 10% of the US tax burden now, which is funny because they earned $3Tn last year yet paid less than $250Bn in taxes (8.3% net), which is LOWER than Ireland's 12.5% rate.
Report: Google Acquired Video Search Company ‘Baarzo’
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Shelly Palmer
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Monday, June 23, 2014 5:22 PM EDT
Google has been in talks to acquire video search startup Baarzo, according to sources with knowledge of the company. However, those sources were less clear about whether the companies had reached a final agreement.
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Own MasterCard Or Visa? Here Is Another Jewel For You
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Peter George Psaras
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Monday, June 23, 2014 1:13 PM EDT
For those of you who are already loaded up on MasterCard (MA) and Visa (V) and want further exposure to the Payment and Loyalty Solution industry, then go no further than Vantiv (VNTV), as in my opinion it is an undiscovered jewel as my firms research clearly shows below.
Google’s Nest Acquires Dropcam For $555 Million
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Shelly Palmer
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Monday, June 23, 2014 9:33 AM EDT
Dropcam, the popular home monitoring camera startup, will be acquired by Nest, maker of smart thermostats and smoke detectors.
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Argentina Again
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Vivian Lewis
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Thursday, June 19, 2014 2:19 PM EDT
Today Nokia fell for a real reason, unlike yesterday. The Finnish maker of tablet chargers recalled them because they risk electrocuting users
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Dropbox Acquires Big Data Company ‘Parastructure’
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Shelly Palmer
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 4:00 AM EDT
Dropbox has been acquiring companies to help it expand the services that it can offer to consumers and enterprises beyond cloud storage.
$29 Trillion Tuesday – Central Banksters Gone Wild!
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Phil Davis
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014 9:41 AM EDT
While it was Aristotle who said that "acting virtuous will make one virtuous," it is our modern Central Banking system that decrees that "acting like the economy is better will make the economy better."
Medtronic Buys Covidien, But What Will Johnson & Johnson Do Now? Bidding War?
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Peter George Psaras
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Monday, June 16, 2014 9:46 AM EDT
Medtronic plans to pay about $93 a share for Covidien, which is a great deal as my research says that Covidien would be fully valued at $110.21. Therefore you may just see Covidien trade much higher than $93 in the near future as I am sure Johnson & Johnson’s management is not unaware of this deal
Priceline Is Buying OpenTable For $2.6 Billion
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Shelly Palmer
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Friday, June 13, 2014 4:29 PM EDT
Travel website owner Priceline will buy restaurant reservation website operator OpenTable for $2.6 billion, aiming to broaden its offerings in an increasingly competitive online travel industry.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals: Part IIIA: Corrections And Amplifications On The Medicis Restructuring Charges
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Bronte Capital
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Friday, June 13, 2014 5:56 AM EDT
As shown in Part II, Valeant Pharmaceuticals makes huge and increasing losses after very large restructuring and other one-off expenses. If the GAAP accounts are the beginning and end of the story then Valeant is headed for bankruptcy. It has large and increasing losses and $17 billion in debt.
Report: Opera Acquires AdColony, A Mobile Video Ad Network
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Shelly Palmer
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014 1:11 PM EDT
Opera Software is making another acquisition to build out its mobile advertising business: It has either purchased or is close to purchasing mobile video advertising startup AdColony, according to sources with knowledge of the companies.
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