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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

Andreessen on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace strategy (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Marc Andreessen, the serial entrepreneur whose new VC fund was featured on our sister blog Dealscape, said a few words on the corporate strategy of social networking sites Facebook Inc. and MySpace and microblogging site Twitter.Andreessen (pictured), who founded Netscape Communications Corp., is on Facebook's board and has invested...

Posted on July 6, 2009 4:45 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

Internet strategy: Buy company, add business model? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

That's too often the plan when big public Internet companies buy startups, complains analyst Jeffrey Lindsay at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. -- first in a report, and then in a Q&A posted at paidContent.org. What set him off? Rumors about a possible acquisition of Twitter by Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)....

Posted on April 9, 2009 12:29 PM

Amazon buys Fabric.com in just one of several '08 deals (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It may not be a big deal for Amazon.com Inc., but Fabric.com and sewing enthusiasts alike should be ecstatic about the giant online retailer buying the Marietta, Ga.-based online fabric store. Launched in 1999, Fabric.com will still function as a standalone company, but will now enjoy access to Amazon.com's...

Posted on June 25, 2008 4:12 PM