News for Mergers & Acquisitions
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Google acquires Motorola Mobility for £13bn
Google has completed its deal with Motorola Mobility for $40 a share, totalling approximately $12.5bn.
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Atos secures £140 million outsourcing contract
IT services company Atos has announced today that it has secured a five year contract valued at £140 million to the Shared Services Alliance (SSA).
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Randstad Managed Services and SourceRight Solutions become Randstad Sourceright
Randstad Managed Services and SourceRight Solutions have combined as part of a rebranding strategy to become Randstad Sourceright.
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CSC and HP open global cybersecurity research centre
CSC and HP have joined together in a global collaboration with Fraunhofer FOKUS, EMC, RSA, McAfee and Sourcefire to open the Cybersecurity Demonstration Center (CDC).
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012
NASDAQ OMX acquires BWise
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. has announced that it has agreed to acquire BWise, a global leader in enterprise governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) software.
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WNS and GT Nexusenter strategic partnership
WNS (Holdings) Limited has announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with GT Nexus to deliver platform-based BPO services and solutions to the Shipping and Logistics industry.
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Microsoft invests $300m in eReader firm
Microsoft has invested $300 million in eReader firm Barnes and Noble, ushering the beginning of a new ‘strategic partnership’. The partnership consists of a 17.6 percent equity stake for Microsoft and will 'accelerate the transition to e-reading'.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
AstraZeneca in agreement to buy Ardea Biosciences for $1.26 billion
AstraZeneca is set to buy Ardea Biosciences Inc in a $1.26 billion acquisition of the drug treatment firm specialising in gout and cancer.
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Vodafone has entered into an $1.7 billion agreement to acquire Cable & Wireless
Vodafone will purchase Cable & Wireless Plc for 38 pence a share in a deal that has been promoted by the directors of Cable & Wireless.
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Friday, April 20, 2012
GSK make £1.6bn hostile bid
GlaxomSmithKline have made a $2.6 billion (£1.6 billion) bid for its long term partner, Human Genome Sciences. GSK, Britain’s biggest pharmaceuticals firm, made a bid worth $13 a share for HGS – 80% higher than the closing price last night.
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