Tag: buyout
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A tycoon may be about to spend £9 billion to buy O2 and merge it with Three?
Mobile network operator O2 is reportedly in talks with one of Asia’s richest men who may buy it for £9 billion. O2 is Britain’s second largest mobile operator. This deal if true would unite O2 and Three according to The Sunday Times. Telefonica, which owns O2, is in talks with Three’s owner, the corporate group…
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EU Approves Facebook’s WhatsApp Buyout
The EU is constantly vigilant for the encroachment of foreign products and tech into the EU market, which of course removes revenue from countries within the union and also makes competition from new companies within the union virtually impossible. It also works to ensure fairness within EU markets, making sure each and every business has…
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Facebook buys WhatsApp for a staggering $16 billion
Despite denying claims in December of last year, WhatsApp has been acquired for big bucks…
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Google sells Motorola to Lenovo (but keeps the best bits)
The world’s biggest PC manufacturer buys its ticket to US smartphone domination, but is Google the real winner?
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Microsoft now owns Nokia’s mobile business as part of $7.2 billion deal
You didn’t think Steve Ballmer was just going to bow out with little adieu, did you?
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HMV future secured with Hilco Buyout – 150 shops and 2,500 jobs secured
It’s now official; UK retail chain HMV has been officially bought by restructuring and investment firm Hilco in a deal worth £50 million, which will mean that hundreds of stores will not be closed across the UK and many jobs will be saved. At the start of 2013 a spate of UK stores went into…
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Facebook in talks to buy cross platform messaging app Whatsapp?
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Is the success of Whatsapp about to be guzzled up by the super social network?
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Instagram Tops Charts – Photo App Brought into Focus by Android Launch & Facebook Buyout
If you’re a social mobile user you’re probably familiar with Instagram – particularly in the past couple of weeks. First of all, the popular photo editing app touched down on Android gadgets. Then just two days ago, Facebook confirmed its intention to acquire the Instagram software and its brand. Since then downloads of the mobile…
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Instagram Tops Charts – Photo App Brought into Focus by Android Launch & Facebook Buyout
If you’re a social mobile user you’re probably familiar with Instagram – particularly in the past couple of weeks. First of all, the popular photo editing app touched down on Android gadgets. Then just two days ago, Facebook confirmed its intention to acquire the Instagram software and its brand. Since then downloads of the mobile…