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Apple Acquires Indoor Location Company WifiSLAM

Jessica E. Lessin, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on March 23 at 4:41 pm PT

Apple has acquired indoor-GPS company WifiSLAM, a sign that the war over indoor mobile location services is heating up.

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Canada’s CGI to Buy IT Rival Logica for $2.6 Billion

Lilly Vitorovich, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 31, 2012 at 10:20 am PT

CGI Group Inc., a Canadian provider of information-technology services, agreed on Thursday to buy embattled Anglo-Dutch rival Logica PLC for £1.7 billion ($2.6 billion), as CGI seeks to expand its global footprint.

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Chip Maker Buys Rival in $939 Million Deal

Don Clark and Kristin Jones, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 3, 2012 at 3:00 am PT

Microchip Technology Inc. agreed to buy Standard Microsystems Corp. for about $939 million, the latest sign of market forces pushing mid-sized semiconductor makers together.

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EU Clears Sony’s $2.2 Billion Acquisition of EMI

Vanessa Mock, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on April 19, 2012 at 9:47 am PT

European competition regulators gave the green light Thursday to a plan by an investor group led by Sony Corp. to buy EMI Group Ltd.’s huge music-publishing division for $2.2 billion.

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EU Expected to Approve Sony’s EMI Music Deal

Ethan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on April 18, 2012 at 4:00 pm PT

European antitrust regulators are expected Thursday to approve a plan by a Sony Corp.-led investor group to buy EMI Group Ltd.’s huge music-publishing division for $2.2 billion, according to people familiar with the situation.

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In Facebook Deal, Board Was All but Out of Picture

Shayndi Raice, Spencer E. Ante and Emily Glazer, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Social on April 18, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

On the morning of Sunday, April 8, Facebook Inc.’s youthful chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, alerted his board of directors that he intended to buy Instagram, the hot photo-sharing service.

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Google’s $12 Billion Toy

Dennis K. Berman, Editor, Marketplace, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 11, 2012 at 12:58 pm PT

Here’s a business riddle: Divine Google Inc.’s intentions for its largest-ever acquisition, the $12.5 billion purchase of the once-great, now-faltering Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.

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SAP to Buy Mobile-Application Maker Syclo

Nathalie Tadena, Reporter, Dow Jones Newswires in Enterprise on April 10, 2012 at 12:42 pm PT

German enterprise software company SAP AG said Tuesday it will acquire Syclo, a maker of mobile applications, as SAP looks to expand its mobile solutions offerings.

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China’s Youku to Buy Chief Rival Tudou

Loretta Chao, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on March 12, 2012 at 9:05 am PT

Chinese online video company Youku Inc. reached an agreement to acquire its chief competitor, Tudou Holdings Ltd., in a stock-for-stock transaction that will solidify the companies’ dominance of the sector.