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Facebook says it will spend $1 billion to buy Instagram, a photo-sharing start-up which recently passed 30 million members.
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Word out on the web rumors CNN is looking to acquire popular technology and social news website Mashable.
According to several media reports, Mashable CEO Pete Cashmore is in talks with the news giant.
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According to a latest report, social network giant Facebook has acquired the online social travel guide Gowalla for an undisclosed sum. Neither company has confirmed the reports, but a source said the company will relocate to Palo Alto, California.
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Yahoo has announced that it is buying online advertising firm interclick for $270 million in cash. This move will assist Yahoo in search optimization, premium supply and data targeting in order to revive its online advertising business.
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In a press release issued this morning, Microsoft confirmed rumours it will buy Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. The acquisition is the largest in Microsoft's history.
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Microsoft is reportedly buying Internet phone company Skype Technologies SA for close to $8.5 billion. It would be Microsoft’s largest acquisition in its history.
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Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo announced on Tuesday it has agreed to purchase Sara Lee’s North American Fresh Bakery (NAFB) business for an estimated value of $959 million.
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Oracle, the software maker, has just bought a telecom service provider in the latest move under its CEO’s applications to disk strategy.
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The computer firm Dell has said it will buy the Texas-based IT provider Perot Systems. Dell is said to be paying $3.9 billion.
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In a recent announcement on Monday, Canpages Inc. has purchased GigPark, which will grow the online social media company.
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Twitter, the popular social networking site that lets users share updates in just 140 characters, has just announced that it has acquired Posterous, a micro-blogging service. The terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed. Both companies announced the acquisition on their respective company blogs....
Patrick Moorhead, analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, analyses Facebook's acquisition of the photo sharing smartphone app Instagram.
 Merger and acquisition deals in the mining sector are expected to reach record levels this year as demand for resources by the developing world continues to grow, a report by global professional services firm PwC suggests.
 Transcontinental Inc. will cut about 500 jobs as it integrates its recent acquisition of Quad/Graphics' Canadian printing operations, saying the cuts will better position the company in a tough market.
 Facebook says it will spend $1 billion to buy the popular photo-sharing software company Instagram, in the company's largest acquisition to date.
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Grupo Bimbo announced on Tuesday it is buying Sara Lee's NAFB for $959 million.
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