After months of wrangling and shareholder protests, Seven has finally closed the book on its acquisition of wireless ISP Unwired.
As Yahoo sheds over 1,000 staff, some shareholders have filed a lawsuit against it in the hope of forcing the company to reconsider Microsoft's US$44.6 billion takeover bid.
Without a competing suitor to push Microsoft's unsolicited bid higher, Yahoo is turning to its investors to get that job done.
The bulk of shareholders in ASX-listed Unwired are yet to respond to Seven's proposed takeover of the wireless company, with only 21 percent of shareholders accepting the AU$127 million deal to date.
Seven has extended its takeover offer for WiMax spectrum holder Unwired a fourth time, as it edges achingly close to the 90 percent acceptance required for whole ownership of the business.
A good merger always gets the pulse racing -- and Seven's takeover of Unwired could be shaping up to be one of the most interesting for a while.
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As Microsoft's deadline for Yahoo to accept its takeover bid passes, the tech world is still waiting for information from either company on their wedding plans.
CEO Subrah Iyar explains why he thinks WebEx is worth more than YouTube and what's ahead for Web conferencing.
Do software customers actually care about the impact of provider's mergers and acquisitions, or are they just too far from the crux of business.
Don't rush into a Vegas-style marriage when acquiring a company, warns Ram Gupta of PeopleSoft. Take your time and get to know each other properly during the 'dating' phase.
On Saturday, Microsoft formally withdrew its offer to acquire the search pioneer, at least for now. So what happens next for Yahoo? A deal with Google looks likely.
So much for Netscape 8.0. That's one upshot of Thursday's settlement between Microsoft and AOL Time Warner, according to industry analysts.
Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to more tightly integrate the development of Windows, Office and its other programs--and much of these efforts are tied to Longhorn.
Palm will buy rival Handspring for approximately US$169 million in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices.
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Palm announced on Thursday that it is acquiring the technology assets and intellectual property of software maker Be for US$11 million in stock, in a move aimed at strengthening its operating system to compete against Microsoft.
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