Microsoft Industry FTC lawsuit could stop Microsoft's $69 billion takeover of Activision Also, Sony says Battlefield will never compete with CoD and predicts when the PS6 will arrive By Rob Thubron, November 24, 2022, 5:17 AM 10 comments
The Web Industry Elon Musk finally takes control of Twitter, fires CEO and other execs Musk looks set to take on the CEO role By Rob Thubron, October 28, 2022, 5:15 AM 185 comments
Industry Gaming Investment firms could be eyeing Ubisoft for a takeover The company has seen a 64-percent drop in share value over the last four years By Cal Jeffrey, April 22, 2022, 4:50 PM 13 comments
Industry Morgan Stanley and others fund Elon Musk in $46.5 billion Twitter takeover bid He would need to pick up 41.8 percent to take Twitter private, but much less could give him control By Cal Jeffrey, April 21, 2022, 1:39 PM 78 comments
The Web Industry Twitter signals intent to "poison" stock should Elon Musk acquire a 15% stake The poison pill strategy discourages a takeover by making it too expensive By Cal Jeffrey, April 15, 2022, 3:51 PM 29 comments
The Web Facebook fined $70 million by UK regulators for not cooperating on Giphy acquisition investigation UK's competition and markets authority claims Facebook refused to provide information after several warnings By Joao Silva, October 20, 2021, 1:01 PM
Industry Google Google considered silencing Epic's antitrust complaints... by buying them That wasn't very not-a-monopoly of you, Google By Matthew Lee, August 7, 2021, 10:18 AM 15 comments
Industry Uber reportedly offers to buy Postmates for $2.6 billion Uber wants to put the $11.3 billion it has in cash to good use By Adrian Potoroaca, June 30, 2020, 9:19 AM
Industry Xerox will attempt a hostile takeover of HP Inc. Xerox is seeking to replace HP's Board of Directors By Shawn Knight, January 24, 2020, 12:45 PM 19 comments
Industry Microsoft Microsoft acquires GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock Redmond vows to 'retain [GitHub's] product philosophy' By Cal Jeffrey, October 26, 2018, 1:36 PM
Gaming Industry Ubisoft averts hostile takeover bid by Vivendi The studio has seen 400-percent growth in the last three years By Cal Jeffrey, September 28, 2018, 12:21 PM
Industry Gaming An uptick in Ubisoft stock ices Vivendi's hostile takeover plans Vivendi will not make a move for at least another six months By Cal Jeffrey, November 17, 2017, 4:14 PM
Industry The Web Google, Disney, Apple won't bid for Twitter; stock plummets almost 10 percent By Rob Thubron, October 6, 2016, 7:30 AM 13 comments
Industry Nokia to buy health and wearables company Withings for 170 million Euro By Tim Schiesser, April 26, 2016, 7:30 AM
Industry Foxconn agrees to purchase controlling stake in Sharp for $3.5 billion By Shawn Knight, March 30, 2016, 12:45 PM
Mobile Industry BlackBerry refutes rumors about Samsung's takeover bid By Himanshu Arora, January 15, 2015, 6:15 AM
Software Security Security software maker AVG reportedly entertaining acquisition-driven suitors By Shawn Knight, November 8, 2014, 12:00 PM 16 comments
Industry BlackBerry co-founders may rescue ailing Canadian handset maker By Shawn Knight, October 11, 2013, 8:30 AM
Industry BlackBerry shares up 15 percent on Lenovo takeover talk, again By Shawn Knight, March 12, 2013, 8:30 AM