MuleSoft, the Cloud’s Super Middleman, Lands $37 Million From NEA

Also investing: Salesforce.com.
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Silver Lake Contributed $1.4 Billion to Dell Buyout Offer, Filings Show

Details emerge on the deal.
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Xoom Files for $50 Million IPO

You’ll never guess the ticker …
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Buy a Newspaper Stock? Yup, Says Barclays: The New York Times.

A rare vote of confidence in newspapers: Barclays analyst Kannan Venkateshwar has issued the equivalent of a “buy” recommendation for the New York Times. Venkateshwar, who has already put out a couple of positive notes on the Times this year, says he’s giving the publisher an “overweight” rating because its circulation numbers continue to improve, and because he thinks it is set to distribute some of its growing cash pile to shareholders.

Employees Are the iPad’s Best Friend in the Office

How’s this for enterprise penetration? SAP currently manages 18,000 iPads, 13,000 iPhones and 2,000 Samsung devices.
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Ultrabooks Still Racking Up Infra Sales

It has been nearly a year since Ultrabooks debuted, and still their sales fail to impress. Could it be those lofty prices?
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Google Reportedly Looking to Unload Moto Set-Top Box Unit

Sources say it has hired Barclays to pursue a sale.
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AOL Announces Special Dividend, $600 Million Stock Buyback

AOL Inc. will return $1.1 billion to shareholders through a special dividend and said it will repurchase $600 million of stock under an accelerated stock-repurchase agreement with Barclays Bank PLC.

The New York Times Reports a Digital Success Story

That pay wall seems to be working.
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Vivendi Seeks Buyers for Activision

Vivendi SA is working with two investment banks to explore the sale of videogame giant Activision Blizzard Inc., in which the French conglomerate owns a majority stake, people familiar with the matter said.

A Ray of Light for the New York Times

Kindle Fire Won’t Cool Off iPad Sales