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CRM sector not done with mergers yet, says Gartner

June 20, 2006 Frustration from company boards, founders over slow growth will fuel further consolidation, researcher predicts. TAGS: CRM, Gartner Inc., consolidation, Siebel Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., market leader, Oracle Corp., software-as-a-service, merger, sector, founder, Microsoft Corp.

AMD to shell out $5.4 billion for ATI

July 24, 2006 Purchasing the graphics chipmaker will help AMD expand its product mix and market share as it battles Intel. TAGS: S&P, AMD, graphics chip company, ATI Technologies, microprocessor, merger, consumer electronics, mobile computing, acquisition, graphics chip, Intel, chipset, chip company, NVidia

Newly merged Lawson takes on ERP giants

May 10, 2006 Aiming high after Intentia merger, company to take on SAP, exploit confusion over Oracle's PeopleSoft acquisition. TAGS: Lawson Software Inc., ERP, Asia-Pacific, SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., human capital management, human capital, merger, Oracle Corp., manufacturing, Singapore, S3 Inc., Europe

Net neutrality showdown

January 2, 2007 special coverage Network operators want to charge Net content providers for enhanced services, but critics say regulations are needed to prevent abuse. TAGS: Net Neutrality, showdown, content provider, merger, Democrat

Behind the Activision-Blizzard union

December 3, 2007 CEO of World of Warcraft publisher pulls back curtain on $18.9 billion dollar deal that changes the face of gaming. TAGS: Activision Inc., Vivendi Universal, union, Blizzard Entertainment, publisher, merger, Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, CEO, World of Warcraft, role-playing game, Electronic Arts Inc., games, console

House panel grills Sirius chief on XM merger

March 1, 2007 Politicians say they want to keep an open mind but indicate the deal may have high hurdles to leap. TAGS: Sirius, XM Satellite Radio, satellite radio, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., merger, satellite, regulator, radio, chairman, games

Sprint's WiMax dilemma

October 10, 2007 Sprint Nextel's ousted CEO may not be the only casualty as unhappy investors pressure the company to dump plans for a next-generation network. TAGS: Sprint Nextel, investor, CEO, equity, Wall Street, Nextel Communications Inc., merger, wireless network

Feds defend approval of telecom megamergers

December 14, 2006 In court filing, the Justice Department tries to fend off criticism of analysis approving mergers between AT&T and SBC and Verizon and MCI. TAGS: MCI Inc., telecommunications, antitrust, SBC Communications Inc., merger, Verizon Communications, attorney, AT&T Corp., analysis

HP closes Mercury deal

November 7, 2006 Mercury's management software added to the HP portfolio, while IBM launches promotion to win over HP clients. TAGS: Mercury Interactive Corp., HP OpenView, HP Labs, IBM Corp., merger, network management, software product, HP, e-commerce, brand name, software company, brand

AT&T-BellSouth vote raises new concerns

December 6, 2006 Democrats and others question the FCC chief's request to allow an official with a conflict of interest to break an expected tie vote. TAGS: general counsel, chairman, BellSouth Corp., merger, telecommunications, vote, Republican, Democrat, Rep., AT&T Corp., letter, agency, decision

AT&T to buy BellSouth for $67 billion

March 5, 2006 The combined company would generate about $130 billion in sales and serve nearly 70 million local phone customers. TAGS: BellSouth Corp., AT&T Corp., telephone company, local phone company, acquisition, SBC Communications Inc., Verizon Communications, Qwest Communications Inc., merger, Cingular Wireless, telecommunications, cable company, Texas, state, U.S., TV

Jobs' new Disney role raises conflict concerns

January 25, 2006 Even with precautions, deals between studio and Apple could raise serious conflict-of-interest issues, experts say. TAGS: Disney Corp., Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Steve Jobs, corporate governance, shareholder, merger, film, Apple Computer, concern, CEO, video, TV

Privacy concerns dog Google-DoubleClick deal

April 18, 2007 Consumer privacy advocates worry what Google will do with combined data on Internet users' search and surf habits.Video: Schmidt discusses DoubleClick TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., Eric Schmidt, Internet search advertising, Google Inc., personal information, online advertising, habit, dot-com, merger, Web 2.0, acquisition, CEO, video

Week in review: Google's DoubleClick deletion dilemma

December 14, 2007 Fight over megamerger takes intriguing turns, while social networks open developer platforms. Also: celebrating Commodore 64's legacy. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., law firm, Electronic Privacy Information Center, antitrust, merger, Week in review, Republican, chairman, acquisition, Google Inc., agency, Europe, U.S.

Microsoft, Google square off in Washington

September 27, 2007 Thursday will mark the opening round in the heavyweight fight over Google's acquisition of DoubleClick. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., lobbyist, antitrust, acquisition, Google Inc., merger, Washington, economist, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp.

On Capitol Hill, Google and Microsoft spar over DoubleClick

September 27, 2007 Senators say both sides made good arguments but don't say whether the proposed $3.1 billion deal should be blocked. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., online advertising, Capitol Hill, aQuantive Inc., merger, senator, Google Inc., argument, antitrust, Sen., acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

Symantec admits to customer support woes

May 8, 2006 But says problems dealing with Veritas products are a symptom of merger's success. TAGS: VERITAS Software Corp., e-mail archiving, archiving, data management, Symantec Corp., merger, vision, e-mail

Keeping up with the (Dow) Joneses

May 7, 2007 Rumblings of a Microsoft-Yahoo deal may not have panned out, but in the merger world, the pursuers and pursued are still out in force. TAGS: Internet portal, takeover, Dow Chemical Co., Larry Ellison, merger, acquisition, CEO, media, theory, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Commissioner won't break AT&T-BellSouth deadlock

December 18, 2006 FCC member who formerly lobbied on behalf of Bell competitors says he won't vote on merger because of ethics considerations. TAGS: ethics, BellSouth Corp., merger, Republican, Net Neutrality, AT&T Corp., decision, Democrat

AMD shows loss on merger costs

January 23, 2007 ATI acquisition took a big chunk of AMD's profits in the fourth quarter, and a decline in server processor prices didn't help. TAGS: AMD, merger, gain, AMD Opteron, manufacturing, multi-core, pricing, profit, Intel, Barcelona, Intel Pentium 4, quad-core, Intel Core Microarchitecture, acquisition, ATI Technologies, Intel Pentium
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