SAP to Acquire Sybase for $5.8 Billion

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?

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

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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