Google to acquire analytics startup Looker for $2.6 billionTechCrunch - Ron MillerGoogle made a big splash this morning when it announced it’s going to acquire Looker, a hot analytics startup that’s raised over $280 million. It’s paying $2.6 billion for the privilege and adding the
Proud to Finish One Chapter and Excited to Start the Nextnginx.com - Gus Robertson of NGINX, Inc. I’m incredibly excited that today we announced NGINX has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by F5. While there will be a lot of press and …
Tesla to Buy Energy Storage Firm Maxwell Tech at $4.75 a ShareBloomberg - Anthony Palazzo Tesla Inc. agreed to acquire battery-technology company Maxwell Technologies Inc. for about $218 million in stock, as Elon Musk adds expertise in …
Twilio just spent $2 billion on a company that helps send mass emailsCNBC - Sara Salinas Twilio just spent $2 billion to buy SendGrid, a company that helps send mass emails, the company said Monday. Shares of Twilio fell more than 4 …
Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire Coding Site GitHubBloomberg - Dina Bass For Microsoft Corp., acquiring GitHub Inc. would be both a return to the company’s earliest roots and a sharp turnaround from where it was a decade …
Square to buy Weebly for $365 millionCNBC - Anita Balakrishnan Square announced an agreement on Thursday to buy website-building company Weebly for $365 million. The cash-and-stock deal will allow small business …
Red Hat acquires CoreOS for $250 million in Kubernetes expansionTechCrunch - Ron MillerRed Hat, a company best known for its enterprise Linux products, has been making a big play for Kubernetes and containerization in recent years with its OpenShift Kubernetes product. Today the company
QVC to Merge With Home Shopping Network in $2.1 Billion DealThe New York Times - By CHAD BRAY and MICHAEL J. de la MERCEDJohn C. Malone is solidifying his hold on home-shopping channels — in his own particular way. His Liberty Interactive, which owns QVC, said on Thursday that it would combine with its longtime rival, the
Wal-Mart Agrees to Acquire Bonobos as Amazon Steals SpotlightBloomberg - Nick Turner Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced its long-awaited acquisition of online clothing seller Bonobos Inc., just in time to have Amazon.com Inc. steal the …
Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 BillionBloomberg - Nick Turner Amazon.com Inc. will acquire Whole Foods Market Inc. for $13.7 billion, a bombshell of a deal that catapults the e-commerce giant into hundreds of …
Sinclair Broadcast to buy Tribune Media for $3.9 billion, giving it control over 215 local TV stationsThe Washington Post - Todd C. FrankelSinclair Broadcast Group said today it will pay $3.9 billion to buy Tribune Media Company and its 42 local TV stations, beating out 21st Century Fox to land the deal. Sinclair already has 173 local news
Coach’s $2.4 Billion Kate Spade Deal Aims at Weak Middle of Fashion MarketThe New York Times - By ELIZABETH PATON, VANESSA FRIEDMAN and RACHEL ABRAMSCoach and Kate Spade have long been the affordable luxury brands of choice for the aspirational shopper. From Coach’s embossed logo and leather handbags to Kate Spade’s kitschy, colorful accessories, products
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Symantec to Buy Identity Theft Protection Company LifeLockThe Wall Street Journal. - Robert McMillanComputer-security-software maker to pay $2.3 billion for seller of identity-theft protection services Computer-security-software maker Symantec Corp. has agreed to acquire LifeLock Inc., a seller of identity-theft
Tesla officially acquires SolarCityTechCrunch - Darrell EtheringtonTesla’s acquisition of SolarCity officially closed Monday morning, bringing together Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company with the solar energy company founded by his cousins Lyndon and Peter Rive. The
Oracle acquires DNS provider Dyn, subject of a massive DDoS attack in OctoberTechCrunch - Ingrid LundenA timely, if a little surprising, piece of M&A this morning from Oracle: the enterprise services company announced that it has acquired Dyn, the popular DNS provider that was the subject of a massive denial
