Tech news site TechCrunch believes that Yahoo Inc's acquisition of natural language processing technology builder SkyPhrase is to improve its content delivery to its mobile audience.
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OIL STATES ACQUIRES QUALITY CONNECTOR SYSTEMS
Oil States Industries, Inc., subsidiary of Oil States International, Inc., has acquired Quality Connector Systems, LLC, headquartered in Houston, Texas. QCS designs, manufactures and markets a portfolio of proprietary deep and shallow water pipeline connectors for subsea pipeline construction, repair and expansion projects.
Apple buys social analytics startup Topsy
Apple Inc has acquired social media search and analytics startup Topsy, an unusual purchase for a hardware-focused company that has made few forays into social networking.
OCZ REACHES AGREEMENT WITH TOSHIBA CORPORATION TO ACQUIRE SOLID STATE DRIVE BUSINESS
OCZ Technology Group, Inc. today announced that the Company has signed an asset purchase agreement with Toshiba Corporation to acquire all of OCZ's assets in a chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding for $35M.
TELEHOP COMMUNICATIONS SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT TO ACQUIRE G3 TELECOM INCLUDING WIRELESS OPERATIONS
TELEHOP COMMUNICATIONS INC SAYS THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE BUSINESS WILL BE $4.3 MILLION Telehop Communications Inc. today announced its expansion into Wireless Services by signing a Letter of Intent to acquire G3 Telecom's Business including wireless and United States operations, and a private placement of $3 million of 10% unsecured 5 year debentures.
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Forest Laboratories Inc, which is facing patent expirations on several of its biggest drugs, on Monday said it plans to buy rights to a new schizophrenia treatment from Merck & Co and cut annual operating costs by $500 million in fiscal 2016.
Wipro Ltd announced today in a statement that it is set to acquire Opus Capital Markets Consultants LLC, a US-based mortgage services provider in order to expand its offerings to its financial services clients.
Dow Chemical revealed its plans today to divest its USD5 billion worth of assets, which was way more than the range chief executive Andrew Liveris initially declared in October.
Akamai Technologies Inc said it will spend about $370 million to acquire Prolexic Technologies Inc, a pioneer in fighting distributed denial of service attacks, cyberthreats that cripple networks by overwhelming them with Internet traffic.
Stem Inc. today announced the closing of a $15 million Series B financing round. Iberdrola, GE Ventures joined Series A investor Angeleno Group in committing financing for the round.
Exceed Company Ltd, one of the leading domestic sportswear brands in China, today announced that it has entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger with Pan Long Company Limited
TransDigm Group Incorporated and Metalmark Capital announced today that TransDigm has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Airborne Systems Inc., for approximately $250 million in cash. Airborne Systems is owned by MetalmarkCapital.
Norwegian bank DNB ASA through its Chief Executive Officer Rune Bjerke rejected predictions on the country's housing market, saying that the claims were unfounded.
Switzerland bank UBS AG launched its EUR1.75 billion or USD2.4 billion bond buyback program, which will be applicable to subordinate and senior unsecured bonds in several European currencies.
