Apple bought Shazam for around $ 400 million, which may have made it the company's
biggest acquisition of 2017, but it's hard to tell because Cupertino doesn't disclose such details.
Fitbit building a proper smartwatch makes sense with their latest acquisitions, including the luxury smartwatch maker Vector, and
the biggest acquisition of all for the company: Pebble, which was confirmed just before the end of 2016.
This was not only the largest ever foreign deal by a Japanese company, but also
the biggest acquisition of European tech yet.
The film's hype has grown steadily since its Sundance premiere, where it sold to Netflix for a whopping $ 12.5 million in
the biggest acquisition of the year.
While Osweiler has the team's biggest salary cap hit until 2019 and was
the biggest acquisition of the offseason, O'Brien's best quarterback seems to clearly be Savage, a fourth - round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.
In a rare stroke of humility, Sanders said Rhodes, who was fired as coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and then the Green Bay Packers after the last two seasons, «was the Redskins»
biggest acquisition of the off - season.»
Verizon Communications made
the biggest acquisition of the year to date with its purchase of a 45 % stake in Verizon Wireless from Vodafone of the UK in September.
LONDON / NEW YORK / TOKYO (Reuters)- Rare disease specialist Shire said on Wednesday it was willing to recommend a sweetened $ 64 billion offer from Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co to shareholders, in what would be
the biggest acquisition of a drug company since 2000.
Reuters reports: Warren Buffett is paying a hefty price for
the biggest acquisition of his career, now that his Berkshire Hathaway Inc has
This past month, the Central Bank of Iraq purchased 36 metric tons of gold, or $ 1.56 billion worth of the yellow metal,
the biggest acquisition of any central bank or nation in three years.
A former top executive behind China's
biggest acquisition of an overseas carmaker is setting out to make history twice, raising $ 1 billion in an initial fundraising round as the latest homegrown electric vehicle startup to challenge Tesla Motors Inc..
In addition to advising Verizon Communications in
the biggest acquisition of 2013, J.P. Morgan raised $ 6.4 billion in 21 equity deals and $ 23.1 billion in 77 debt deals for telecom companies, more funding than any other bank, according to Dealogic.
LONDON / NEW YORK / TOKYO Rare disease specialist Shire said on Wednesday it was willing to recommend a sweetened $ 64 billion offer from Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co to shareholders, in what would be
the biggest acquisition of a drug company since 2000.
Keep in mind last year at Sundance, we produced the film that won the jury prize [«I Don't Feel at Home In This World Anymore»], and we acquired «Mudbound» in
the biggest acquisition of the festival.
The deal announced late Wednesday comes less than two years after Google bought Motorola Mobility for $ 12.4 billion in
the biggest acquisition of Google's 15 - year history.
LONDON / NEW YORK / TOKYO, April 25 - Rare disease specialist Shire said on Wednesday it was willing to recommend a sweetened $ 64 billion offer from Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co to shareholders, in what would be
the biggest acquisition of a drug company since 2000..
Earlier this month, I announced one of
the biggest acquisitions of my career.
Walmart is reportedly closing in on
a big acquisition of Flipkart, and that single move could ignite yet another major fight between the big - box retailer and Amazon.
Last month, Zuora — an enterprise subscription services company — filed to go public amid a fresh wave of enterprise IPOs that included Dropbox and Zscaler (and also, to a certain extent, Salesforce's
big acquisition of Mulesoft).
Not exact matches
The CEO is open to a
big acquisition to expand the apparel maker
of North Face, Timberland and Lee jeans brands.
The sales growth got a boost by its 2015 purchase
of Interline Brands the company's
biggest acquisition in nearly a decade.
The one virtue
of startups that these
big companies do seem to value and appreciate above all (and one that makes
acquisitions so attractive rather than internal R&D efforts) is the freedom we have to embrace rapid change, the ability to adapt and pivot, and the understanding that things may never be perfect at the start, but that you'll never get started at all if you wait until they are.
This has driven interest in
acquisitions and joint ventures by
big beverage companies like Starbucks, which acquired Atlanta - based tea retailer Teavana in 2012, and Hain Celestial, which says it plans to complete multiple
acquisitions of ready - to - drink beverage brands valued at $ 5 million to $ 20 million.
The founder
of one
of Facebook's
biggest acquisitions is working behind the scenes to help Donald Trump's candidacy, according to a report.
In the true indie spirit, though, none
of the company's principals are much interested in making the
big money through getting
bigger or selling out in an
acquisition, like many
of their forebears did.
As
big a deal as Salesforce's planned
acquisition of MuleSoft is, it may be just one small chapter in what turns out to be an epic year for tech mergers and
acquisitions.
Crowder, one
of the
big acquisitions in the Kyrie Irving trade, is shooting his worst percentage from the field since his rookie season and hasn't defended up to snuff.
As you look across the robotics landscape, there are a number
of notable names that may come to mind, from the «cute» robots that consumer electronics companies roll out for the holidays to the
big acquisitions being made by Silicon Valley companies, including Google.
If the funder is selling directly to merchants, given today's sky - high marketing costs,
acquisition can take a
bigger chunk out
of the 40 percent — more like 12 to 15 points (the industry average cost
of acquisition for a $ 30,000 advance is $ 2,600).
If the board agrees to a deal with Blackstone, it would represent the
biggest shake - up
of Thomson Reuters since it was formed a decade ago by Thomson Corp's
acquisition of Reuters Group Plc..
According to Koch, mergers and
acquisitions led by Molson Coors» subsidiary MillerCoors and Anheuser - Busch InBev (bud) have led to $ 2 billion in higher prices annually, thousands
of lost jobs, and a more restrictive wholesaler channel that favors
Big Beer over craft upstarts.
A
big player in Atlantic Canada, Imvescor made its move into Central Canada with the
acquisition of Baton Rouge.
After a year
of acquisitions and
big contract wins, diversified business OTOC has returned to the black and will pay its first - ever dividend.
Amazon's purchase
of Whole Foods is their
biggest deal to date, and is 14 times as
big as their second - largest
acquisition of Twitch in 2014.
He says, «The cost
of customer
acquisition is very high and if you're letting the competitors get those customers when at a potentially lower cost than the online channel, I think you're missing out on a pretty
big opportunity.»
Consider his
biggest deal ever — the
acquisition of Precision Castparts for $ 32 billion in cash.
It's an area that CEO Marissa Mayer has identified as critical to revitalizing the Web portal, and the Flurry deal marks one
of her
biggest acquisitions during her two - year tenure.
Early
acquisitions, like Quebec's Mont Tremblant — which like Whistler offered the best mountain terrain within a three - hour drive
of a
big city — worked well.
If Twitter can successfully pivot to broadcast network, it wouldn't be surprising for an
acquisition by one
of the
big six media companies.
Whitman's continued slimming
of HPE has stoked talk that it could now be an attractive
acquisition target for private equity companies that have been emboldened to spend
big money on technology providers.
Jefferies» Michael Yee discusses the
big deals in biotech, like Celgene's
acquisition of Juno Therapeutics, and what means for the rest
of the sector.
Whitman did not rule out «smaller» future
acquisitions, pointing to HP's
acquisitions of 3Com, 3Par, and Aruba as examples
of purchases that have paid off
big in terms
of expanding HP's networking and storage businesses.
Following the announcement
of the
acquisition, the
biggest deal in the history
of the aerospace industry, shares
of United Technologies dropped nearly 6 percent Tuesday.
The deal is Albertsons» first
big strategic move since Amazon's
acquisition of Whole Foods Market earlier this year.
The deal was part
of a broader trend
of Chinese resource companies making foreign
acquisitions as part
of a global strategy to gain better access to the key commodities needed to fuel China's economy, the world's second
biggest.
Broadcom's proposed
acquisition of Qualcomm could have
big implications for the chip business.
While most
of our conversation revolved around start - ups, seeing as Monday's deal was Google's
biggest acquisition ever, I thought I'd post a quick excerpt from our chat:
The $ 15.1 billion purchase
of Nexen, which closed in February, was China's
biggest - ever overseas energy
acquisition.
Many
of the recent
Big Pharma deals and
acquisition proposals have been motivated by the companies» desire to lower their tax rate by acquiring a foreign rival and moving their headquarters overseas in a process known as an inversion.
It's still early
of course, but Andreessen raises a thought - provoking point: The rise
of the super angel may be helping to create a culture in which the mid-sized
acquisition is celebrated — and the
big ideas and billion - dollar exits are scant.