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Internet M&A watch list from Collins Stewart (from Corporate Dealmaker)

To start Tuesday, we see industrial conglomerate Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) agreeing to acquire Avocent Corp. (NASDAQ:AVCT) for $1.2 billion in cash, enhancing its data center offering. This is in the wake of many announced technology deals as the economy seems more stable.But what about Internet M&A for the techies?Collins...

Posted on October 6, 2009 9:30 AM

Chrome OS compromises Schmidt's Apple role (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Google's Chrome OS puts it in direct competition with Apple, making Google CEO Eric Schmidt's directorship of Apple -- already under FTC scrutiny -- even more questionable.

Posted on July 10, 2009 1:25 PM

Apple, Google face FTC antitrust probe (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt and former Genentech Inc. chief executive Arthur Levinson sit on the boards of both Google and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). According to The New York Times, that isn't sitting well with the Federal Trade Commission, who thinks it violates the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914,...

Posted on May 5, 2009 9:04 AM

Google CEO on M&A: Prices not cheap enough (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It seems Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt doesn't think the recession has hit hard enough ... yet. At a Morgan Stanley technology conference, Schmidt said that the Internet search giant has been inactive in M&A because, while it has capital available, it's waiting for prices to go lower.One report...

Posted on March 4, 2009 11:37 AM

Google chief softens on timeline for ad deal with Yahoo! (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Back in mid-September, Google Inc. chief executive Eric Schmidt said his company was unwilling to wait much beyond Oct. 11 to launch its advertising revenue-sharing partnership with Yahoo! Inc. The tech companies agreed to wait until that date for the Department of Justice to complete a review of the deal....

Posted on October 7, 2008 9:37 AM

Google, Yahoo! ad deal is a go (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Breaking news: On the subject of a search advertising deal with Yahoo! Inc., which is facing a U.S. Justice Department probe, Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt said "We are going to move forward ... We are in the process of talking to the government. Also, Microsoft just emerged as the mystery bidder for Greenfield Online Inc., wresting the Internet price-comparison and survey firm from the arms of Quadrangle Group LLC ...

Posted on August 29, 2008 9:42 AM

Google looking good after 'Microhoo' collapse (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt was highly vocal in his opposition to Microsoft Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Yahoo! Inc,, charging that it created the possibility of Microsoft being able to "break the Internet."Now, with Microhoo apparently dead, how stands Google and its own alliances, past and potential? Short answer: in...

Posted on May 8, 2008 3:35 PM