The Darden family, which owns roughly 24% of Quicksilver, has made an overture to take the natural gas firm private. Shares are up on the news, so is there still room to profit on the upside? Actually, it looks like the answer…
H&R Block has been a laggard in its online efforts, while competitor Intuit’s TurboTax keeps gaining market share. To start remedying the situation, H&R Block this week agreed to pay $287.5 million for 2SS Holdings, which deve…
Children’s clothing retailer Gymboree (GYMB) has agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm Bain Capital Partners for $1.8 billion in an all-cash deal, the companies said Monday.
Bain’s offer values Gymboree stock at $65.40 a share, a 24% premium t…
Giant drugmaker Johnson & Johnson has agreed to buy Dutch vaccine maker Crucell. The deal will give J&J a bigger piece of the vaccine market and better access to emerging markets.
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IBM, Oracle, Hewlett Packard and Intel have been on a buying spree of late, and it’s virtually guaranteed that they’ll be purchasing more companies over the next several months. But which companies will they target next? Here a…