Companies such as Duke Energy and DuPont are off and running with megamergers early this year. Even Playboy is among the dealers. And market pros say the trend is far from over. Why are so many U.S. companies tying the knot? Fa…
Companies have record amounts of cash to spend: $1.9 trillion. How can they put it to the best use to keep stock markets booming?
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Groupon has turned down Google’s acquisition offer of roughly $6 billion. It might be holding out for more money, but columnist Alex Salkever thinks it’s more likely to be aiming for a big IPO. Here’s why he believes its offeri…
Google has bought speech-synthesis software maker Phonetic Arts and video-distribution technology firm Widevine Technologies, the company announced in blog posts Friday. These firms are the latest to be snapped up as Google con…
Mellanox Technologies, a maker of networking chips and switches, has agreed to pay $218 million or $8.75 per share for rival Voltaire.
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