Tag: buyout
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.@HeinzKetchup_US buys @Kraft in Mega-Merger for Big Food
from washingtonpost.com: The corporate kings of sugary ketchup and processed cheese, under assault by consumers’ growing love for fresher cuisine, are making a major gamble to revive their fortunes in […]
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Music Industry Optimistic About Apple-Beats Deal
from abcnews.go.com: A day after the sale of Beats By Dre on Wednesday to tech giant Apple Inc., members of the music industry were abuzz about what the $3 billion […]
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Facebook to Acquire Oculus VR for $2 Billion
from IGN.com: Facebook has announced that it will acquire Oculus VR, makers of the Oculus Rift for $2 billion. Announced today, the social networking giant will acquire the Oculus VR […]
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Comcast, Time Warner Cable Agree to Merge in $45 Billion Deal
from washingtonpost.com: Comcast’s $45 billion bid for Time Warner Cable would create a cable television behemoth in an industry that has steadily increased prices for bundles of channels and services […]
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Google Acquires British Artificial Intelligence Developer DeepMind
from dealbook.nytimes.com: As it aims to build driverless cars and the next generation of robots, Google said on Monday that it had acquired the British artificial intelligence developer DeepMind. A […]
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Why @Google paid $3.2B for @Nest, a thermostat company
from computerworld.com: Google is moving into your home. On Monday, the Internet company said it was acquiring Nest, a maker of smart smoke alarms and thermostats, in a move that […]
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Google Buys DARPA-funded Robotics Firm Boston Dynamics
from truthstreammedia.com: Google has announced that it has purchased Boston Dynamics, the engineering firm which has produced all those creepy dystopian future robots for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency […]