Hewlett Packard's proposed acquisition of Texan IT services giant Electronic Data Systems has won approval from the European Commission.
Google's megamerger proposal with DoubleClick could face greater scrutiny in Europe than the US if antitrust regulators decide the deal takes the companies into new markets.
Electronic Data Systems shareholders today approved a tie-up with Hewlett-Packard, voting almost unanimously to go through with the US$13.9 billion (AU$14.73 billion) takeover.
European antitrust regulators on Tuesday approved Google's US$3.1 billion merger with DoubleClick, which Google's CEO said will mean job cuts.
Microsoft's efforts to reach some sort of arrangement with Yahoo have broken down again, Yahoo confirmed on Thursday.
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When rumours of a possible buyout of Mercury Interactive by HP started doing the rounds back in May, I described the prospective deal as "a bit whiffy".
Nobody, least of all Yahoo and Google, doubted that the two companies' search-advertising deal would escape any antitrust scrutiny.
After a resounding "no" on its unsolicited buyout offer for Yahoo, Redmond will either up the ante or ready a one-two punch.
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.
Advisor John Morris believes the forthcoming HP-Compaq merger heralds substantial benefits for both company's customers if things are handled right.
With less than a week remaining before the HP shareholder vote on the proposed acquisition of Compaq, CEO Carly Fiorina is making an all-out effort to persuade fence sitters to support the deal.
America Online has quietly secured a patent that could shake up the competitive landscape for instant messaging software.
The Internet's governing technical body gives a stamp of approval to a group intent on creating an open standard for instant messaging.
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