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HP agrees to settle backdating suit for $117.5M 16 October, 2007 08:53:42
HP agrees to a settle stock-option backdating case filed against Mercury Interactive.Hewlett-Packard has agreed in principle to resolve the stock-options back-dating suit facing Mercury Interactive, a company it acquired in 2006, for US$117.5 million. - +
Dell in compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements 02 November, 2007 08:30:06
Dell received a notice that it was in compliance with the listing requirements of NasdaqAfter facing delisting on Nasdaq multiple times for failing to file earnings reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on time, Dell announced this week it is fully compliant with the stock exchange's listing requirements. - +
Microsoft, Siemens, IBM and Intel lead tech R&D spenders 18 October, 2007 08:20:48
Toyota topped the list with US$7.7 billion in R&D spending and Merck invested the most in R&D as a percentage of sales among the top 20 companies, at 21.1 percent.Microsoft is getting more serious about investing in R&D, according to Booz Allen Hamilton's annual study of the world's largest corporate R&D spenders.
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Even by the bloated standards of high-tech mergers and acquisitions, Microsoft's proposed purchase of Yahoo appears to be the largest ever among technology firms. It is certainly Microsoft's largest. The company mostly buys smaller firms for less than a billion dollars to fill in gaps in its product lineup. But that may be changing. Last year, for instance, Microsoft bought Seattle online advertising firm aQuantive for US$6 billion, its largest ever until the long-rumored Yahoo deal was unveiled on Friday.
Here's how the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo deal compares to some other memorable high-tech acquisitions by the company's main competitors:
Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo
Why: Microsoft wants to buy into the search/online advertising biz. Yahoo is struggling. Their common foe: Google.
Price: US$44.6 billion -- half cash, half stock -- a 62 per cent premium over Yahoo's price a day earlier.
Hostile/friendly: Unsolicited, though the two firms have had discussions during the past 18 months, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
Key premerger stats:
Market cap: Microsoft: US$303 billion; Yahoo: US$25.6 billion
Head count: Microsoft: 78,565; Yahoo: 14,300 (minus 1,000 in layoffs announced earlier this week)
Revenues: Microsoft: US$58 billion; Yahoo: US$7 billion
Net profit: Microsoft: US$16.9 billion; Yahoo: US$660 million
Deal to be completed by: Microsoft is targeting the end of this year, if Yahoo agrees and no regulators call foul.
Other major Microsoft acquisitions:
1999: Visio Corp. (business planning), for US$1.4 billion
2001: Great Plains Software (accounting and CRM), for US$1.45 billion
2002: Navision Software (ERP), for US$1.45 billion
2007: aQuantive (Internet advertising), for US$6 billion
2008: Fast Search & Transfer ASA (enterprise search), for US$1.3 billion
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