Tag: Acquisition
US: IT contractor buying Engility in US$2.5b all-stock deal
Reston, Virginia-based government IT contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) will acquire Chantilly-based Engility Holdings. It’ll create one of the largest government IT contractors...
EU: Apple cleared to buy Shazam
Apple is free to complete its purchase of music identification app Shazam, EU regulators said Thursday, September 6, in a boost for Apple's Music...
US: FTC awarded injunction temporarily blocking Tronox’ acquisition of Cristal
On Wednesday, September 5, a US judge granted the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a preliminary injunction blocking chemical maker Tronox’s pending acquisition of Saudi...
UK: Coca-Cola is buying Costa Coffee for US$5.1b
Coca-Cola announced Friday, August 31, that it will acquire the British coffee chain Costa, the second-largest coffeehouse in the world, for about US$5.1 billion,...
US: Flipkart buys voice AI startup Liv.ai
Flipkart, the Indian eCommerce player being acquired by Walmart, has acquired Liv.ai, the Bengaluru startup working on speech recognition platforms using artificial intelligence.
According to...
US: Francisco Partners completes US$3.4b Verifone acquisition
Verifone Systems announced that it has been acquired by an investor group, led by technology firm Francisco Partners.
The US$3.4 billion acquisition, previously announced in...
Romania: Antitrust body clears Elite Medical acquisition of IDS Laboratories
Romania's competition council said on Monday, August 20, it has approved the acquisition of medical laboratory services group IDS Laboratories by local healthcare provider...
US: BitTorrent inventor walks away after TRON acquisition
BitTorrent inventor, Bram Cohen, appears to have quietly left BitTorrent after its acquisition by TRON earlier this month.
Specialized media outlet, TorrentFreak reported that Bram...
US: Broadcom to acquire CA Technologies for US$18.9b
Broadcom and CA Technologies on Wednesday, August 15, announced that Broadcom has agreed to acquire the enterprise technology company for US$18.9 billion in cash.
The...
Spain/US: Amadeus confirms acquisition of TravelClick for US$1.52b
The travel technology giant's acquisition of TravelClick from private equity owner Thoma Bravo is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2018, according...
