Kenneth Baldwin
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$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$'s agreement to pay almost $69 billion for $Activision Blizzard (ATVI.US)$ would market the highest price ever paid by a U.S. tech company in an acquisition.
The deal is nearly the equivalent of the cumulative payout of Microsoft's five previous largest acquisitions
At the time of the LinkedIn announcement, Microsoft was valued at about $400 billion, so the purchase amounted to roughly 6.5% of its market cap. When it tried to buy Yahoo, Microso...
The deal is nearly the equivalent of the cumulative payout of Microsoft's five previous largest acquisitions
At the time of the LinkedIn announcement, Microsoft was valued at about $400 billion, so the purchase amounted to roughly 6.5% of its market cap. When it tried to buy Yahoo, Microso...
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Kenneth Baldwin
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$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ agreed to buy $Activision Blizzard (ATVI.US)$ in an all-cash deal valued at about $75 billion, using its largest acquisition by far to grab a videogame heavyweight.
The deal, if completed, would sharply expand Microsoft’s already sizable videogame operation, adding a stable of popular game franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush to Microsoft’s Xbox console business and its own...
The deal, if completed, would sharply expand Microsoft’s already sizable videogame operation, adding a stable of popular game franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush to Microsoft’s Xbox console business and its own...
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By Danilo
Hey, mooers! Here are things you need to know before the opening bell:
- U.S. stock futures were slightly higher early Wednesday following a sell-off on Wall Street triggered by surging bond yields.
- The iPhone maker Apple said a proposal in Congress would weaken a privacy-protection tool it rolled out last year, adding that the change could benefit "irresponsible" companies profiting from user data.
Market Sn...
Hey, mooers! Here are things you need to know before the opening bell:
- U.S. stock futures were slightly higher early Wednesday following a sell-off on Wall Street triggered by surging bond yields.
- The iPhone maker Apple said a proposal in Congress would weaken a privacy-protection tool it rolled out last year, adding that the change could benefit "irresponsible" companies profiting from user data.
Market Sn...
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Kenneth Baldwin : Now that Microsoft has brought Activision watch their stock drop