Dealing with a legacy
Posted by Brenon Daly on November 18, 2008
Justly or not, acquisitions go a long way toward shaping a CEO’s legacy. (If you don’t believe us, just ask Jerry Levin, who sold Time Inc for what turned out to be a pile of wampum, in the form of overinflated AOL equity.) With Monday’s announcements that two major tech CEOs are on their way [...]
Red-zone M&A
Posted by admin on August 26, 2008
Eastern European Web 2.0 markets continue to flourish, and interest in successful domestic companies is increasing from global competitors. Czech Seznam is rumored to be on the block in what could be the largest Internet deal in the region’s history.
‘Cuil-ing’ off Google
Posted by admin on July 30, 2008
The launch of search startup Cuil has the world ablaze this week. Can the hyped search engine dethrone Google as the leader in search?
Should Ask prepare to get Answers?
Posted by admin on July 14, 2008
Now that Ask.com has acquired Lexico, could it be turning its attention to Lexico’s earlier failed suitor, Answers.com?
Microsoft makes meaningful buy
Posted by admin on July 2, 2008
Since shelling out nearly $10bn in a year and a half to reinvent itself as an online contender, Microsoft, on July 1, confirmed reports of its purchase of online search and natural language vendor Powerset. Microsoft aims to add Powerset’s Web search linguists, engineers and technology to its Live Search division. On the heels of [...]
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