Acquisitions news (26 articles) 
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NEWS PHONES
HTC buys design company
Announces buy out of firm that created the Touch Diamond 3 December 2008 9:16 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Argos buys Alba and Bush brandnames
Budget brands sell well in stores 27 November 2008 10:39 GMT -
NEWS SOFTWARE
Facebook in buyout talks for Twitter
Failed negotiations see $500 million offer refused 25 November 2008 9:05 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Symantec completes MessageLabs acquisition
Merger goes through 17 November 2008 16:58 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Panasonic confirms Sanyo takeover
Merger will see Japanese tech "behemoth" 10 November 2008 9:26 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Panasonic to start talks to buy Sanyo
Agreement could be reached this year 3 November 2008 13:24 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Samsung drops SanDisk bid
SanDisk questions Samsung's "real motivations" 22 October 2008 8:59 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Toshiba buys $1 billion share in SanDisk
Gets 30% of manufacturing capacity 21 October 2008 11:07 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
RIM could face Microsoft take-over threat
Share plunge leaves it open to hostile bids 10 October 2008 14:09 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Carphone Warehouse makes another bid for Tiscali
Talks re-opened? 22 September 2008 12:13 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Samsung makes hostile bid for SanDisk
And gets rejected 17 September 2008 12:25 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Best Buy to acquire Napster
For $121 million 15 September 2008 15:07 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Samsung considering buying SanDisk
"We are looking at various opportunities" 5 September 2008 10:02 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Microsoft acquires ciao.com
Bid to boost online Euro market share 1 September 2008 12:02 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Blockbuster withdraws Circuit City offer
Not in the best interest of shareholders 2 July 2008 13:22 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
EU approves Nokia's Navteq acquistion
Deal to close soon 2 July 2008 11:52 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Verizon Wireless purchase of Alltel official
$28 billion deal done 5 June 2008 15:34 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Vodafone confirms Verizon Wireless in Alltel talks
"Potential acquisition" 5 June 2008 10:15 GMT -
NEWS HARDWARE
Stone buys Rock Computers
No longer in a hard place 22 May 2008 10:38 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
AOL completes Bebo buy-out
AIM to be incorporated into social networking site 19 May 2008 14:56 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Vodafone buys rest of Arcor
Pays 474 million euros for remaining 26.4% 19 May 2008 14:44 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Vodafone acquires ZYB mobile social networking site
Pays over 31 million euros for company that's "web 2.0 in action" 16 May 2008 10:47 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Apple buys chip designer PA Semi
According to sources 23 April 2008 11:39 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
Sony to acquire Gracenote
Buying music search company for $260 million 23 April 2008 8:52 GMT -
NEWS BIZ
AOL buys Bebo for $850 million
Social networking firm snapped up 13 March 2008 12:49 GMT
