I take one weekend off the Internet, and everything goes crazy. Can’t you people get on without me?
What is Microsoft Really Acquiring with Yahoo?
The acquisition of Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) by Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has been something that’s frankly made sense for years. Microsoft has a lot of strengths, but it just hasn’t been able to crack the nut of content creation (does it even own a property that has any meaningful content prior to this acquisition?), particularly the semi-mythic user-generated content, and its attempts at competing with Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) in the advertising space have also proven disappointing.
Rumor: Facebook Acquiring Plaxo?
Facebook is “one hundred percent” buying Plaxo, we’ve just heard from a source. Wow, starting your story with that sentence certainly grabs your attention, doesn’t it? VentureBeat’s managed to make a statement of "fact" without actually saying that it has confirmed the story. Nice!
Google Acquiring Video Game Ad Company
Google has agreed to acquire Adscape, a company that puts ads inside of video games, for $23 million. Google had missed out on Massive, a company Microsoft picked up for $200-400 million about a year ago, and is going to have to settle for the much smaller Adscape, which it will have to build into a bigger player. Judging by Google’s great success with dMarc, I’d assume nothing at this point.
Is Google Interested In Acquiring Reuters?
One of the hurdles facing Google has it heads towards the future is besides search, what will the company do to ensure their growth stays positive. How will Google expand outside of the raw search segment of its business is a question many have asked.
Teva Acquiring IVAX for $7.4 billion
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and IVAX Corporation announced that Teva is acquiring IVAX for $7.4 billion. IVAX shares will be converted to either $26 in cash or 0.8471 TEVA ADRs.
Capital One Acquiring Hibernia
Capital One is acquiring Hibernia in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $5.3 billion.