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Oracle Is Buying NetSuite for $9.3 Billion

July 29, 2016

Via: Time

Per NetSuite’s latest proxy, filed in April, Larry Ellison owned 39.7% of NetSuite’s outstanding shares at that time. The shares are held by an entity called NetSuite Restricted Holdings LLC. In a deal that’s been long rumored,Oracle is buying NetSuite, […]


Energy, Industries

Great Plains Energy to buy Westar for $8.6B

May 31, 2016

Via: CNBC

Great Plains Energy, the parent of regulated power utility Kansas City Power & Light, will buy rival Westar Energy for $8.6 billion, the biggest deal in the U.S. power distribution market so far this year. Falling demand for electricity in […]


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Anacor shares soar 57% on $5.2B Pfizer acquisition

May 17, 2016

Via: CNBC

Shares of Anacor Pharmaceuticals spiked more than 57 percent Monday after it agreed to be bought by pharma giant Pfizer. Pfizer is buying Anacor in a $5.2 billion deal to add an eczema gel to its portfolio, just a month […]


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Foxconn Agrees to Buy Sharp at Reduced Price

March 30, 2016

Via: Time

The Taiwanese company that assembles Apple’s iPhones agreed Wednesday to buy control of financially struggling Sharp Corp. for $3.5 billion in the first foreign takeover of a major — producer. The acquisition by Foxconn unites Sharp, a pioneering electronics brand […]


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IHS Is Buying Markit in a Business Information Deal Worth $6 Billion

March 21, 2016

Via: Fortune

Business research provider IHS IHS 0.37% said it would buy Markit Ltd in an all-stock deal that values the London-based financial data provider at about $5.9 billion. Read More on Fortune