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THQ may be in play?

Lost in the buzz about Electronic Arts potentially being taken over by Microsoft was a rumor with more veracity about smaller game publisher THQ being a target of Time Warner or Viacom.


'No plans to acquire EA,' says Microsoft

Will Electronic Arts go from the hunter to the hunted? Hard to answer, but at least one far-fetched acquirer has emphatically taken itself out of the game, Microsoft.


Deal Stocks: AONE, CLNY, ARI, C, MSFT, ERTS, MVL

A look at the news driving movement in deal-related stocks including A123 Systems Citigroup, Electronic Arts, Marvel Entertainment and Perot Systems.


Bartz continues selloff game plan

Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz's game plan has been to cast off noncore assets with the latest reportedly to make the short list being Yahoo! Games.


Deal Digest: March 28, 2008

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Roll Call: March 11, 2008

Here are the latest rumors and news to kick off your Tuesday morning. Online campaign management software Eyeblaster is going public for $115 million, and cancer diagnostics Bostwick Laboratories is planning a $100 million IPO, The New York Times reports.Negotiations to invest in AEG Live have stalled, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Deal has been closely following the discussions between Cablevision Systems Corp. and IAC/InterActiveCorp 's Ticketmaster.NBC Universal is not for sale, GE CEO Jeff Immelt said, PaidContent reports. AOL's president Curt Viebranz was fired, and Silicon Alley Insider has the story.Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. was slapped with...


Electronic Arts bids $2B for Take-Two

Stealing a page out of the "Grand Theft Auto" playbook, video game giant Electronic Arts Inc. has ambushed Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. with a $2 billion take-over offer as it attempts to lock up the company before the release of the next installment of the blockbuster crime game. Electronic Arts is offering $26 a share for Take-Two, a 63% premium to the company's $17.36 closing price on Friday. Electronic Arts made the offer public after Take-Two's board turned down a Feb. 15 private offer of $25 share and a $26 bid on Feb. 22.In an ironic twist Take-Two's board, stacked...



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