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Cadbury's Carr regretting tough talking Kraft?

Is Cadbury's chairman Roger Carr regretting blasting Kraft for bidding on the company?


WebTV founder tackles games

Despite the media's instant praise for OnLive's new streaming game delivery technology, gamers remain skeptical over the technology and founder Steve Perlman's prior promises.


The Deal Calendar: July 7-July 11, 2008

In this week's edition of The Deal Calendar, Corporate Dealmaker's senior editor Suzanne Stevens speaks with Matt Wurtzel, online news director for TheDeal.com, about potential deals in the video gaming sector. There are some dealmaking dates coming up in the Activision Inc.-Vivendi Games Inc. deal and the Electronic Arts Inc.-Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. bid, and a potential bid by Ubisoft Entertainment SA for THQ Inc. could be on the table. ...


The Deal Calendar: June 16 - 20, 2008

The Deal's Mary Kathleen Flynn and Suzanne Stevens discuss the next steps of the most talked about deals for the week of June 16, 2008. ...


Take-Two Interactive tries to dodge the FTC

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. is not only fighting a hostile bid from Electronic Arts Inc. but is also fending off an antitrust investigation from the Federal Trade Commission that was launched as a result of the prospective takeover. ...


Deal Stocks barely budge on deal news

The somewhat tepid mood of the broader markets on Monday seemed to be contagious as a handful of stocks involved in pending deals barely moved despite positive deal news. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday climbed 41.36 points to close at 13,028.16....


EA takes three for Take-Two

Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. is once again extending the deadline on its $2 billion tender offer for smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. another month, but it hasn't raised its offer, making the deal unlikely to be consummated. ...


Lazard analyst: Expect EA news soon

With the expiration date hanging over Electronic Arts Inc.' $2 billion unsolicited bid for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., an analyst note from Lazard Capital Markets' Colin Sebastian has video game bloggers speculating about the prospects of the offer. ...


EA, Take-Two far apart on price

Electronic Arts Inc.'s efforts to acquire Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. are drawing parallels to Microsoft Corp.'s pursuit of Yahoo! Inc. Whether the end result is the same will depend on how much the two video game publishers are willing to compromise. ...


Risk-Arb update: Take-Two, Clear Channel, more

The game is on for Electronic Arts Inc.'s hostile approach to Take-Two Interactive Software Inc, while the trial begins in New York Supreme Court next week over the debt commitment for the buyout of Clear Channel Communications Inc. ...


Rabble Babble: EA's Take-Two bid in extended play

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.'s shares are up with the highly anticipated release of "Grand Theft Auto IV," and that has bloggers and discussion boards chatting about the possible takeover of the New York-based company by industry leader Electronic Arts Inc. ...


SCi receives bid, borrows from Take-Two's play book

When Electronic Arts Inc.'s made an unsolicited bid for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., speculation about the next video game deal ran rampant in the press. Well, it seems U.K.-listed video game company SCi Entertainment Group plc, best known for its "Tomb Raider" games, said it had received an offer, but rejected it....



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