3 posts and columns on average price

SAP to Acquire Sybase for $5.8 Billion

in News on May 12, 2010 at 2:26 pm PT

Looks like SAP AG was a bit closer to buying Sybase than reports published earlier today suggested. Moments ago, the two companies announced the acquisition. Price: $5.8 billion–a bit shy of the $6 billion figure batted around earlier.

Smartphone Price Cuts Ruining Long-Term Price Potential?

in News on November 23, 2009 at 7:32 am PT

As we head into the holidays, smartphone prices are dropping to points that belie their advanced feature sets. While this is great news for consumers, it may well be problematic for smartphone manufacturers.
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Illegal Downloads, Meet Suspicious Stock Sales: The Pirate Bay Story Gets Even Murkier

in Media on July 2, 2009 at 5:46 am PT

The more I hear about the supposed plan for an Internet cafe company to buy the world’s best-known illegal file-sharing site, the more I think that the whole thing is a farce. So this one doesn’t even faze me: Swedish regulators are looking into insider trading charges at Global Gaming Factory X, which saw shares jump several days before it said it would buy The Pirate Bay.
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