5 posts and columns on divest

Diller: Maybe I’ll Hold on to Ask.com After All

in News on December 2, 2009 at 11:30 am PT

Turns out Barry Diller isn’t all that interested in selling off IAC’s Ask.com search engine, “speculative” though its future might be. Speaking at the Reuters Global Media Summit in New York on Wednesday, Diller said he’d rather partner with another search company than divest Ask outright.
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Mr. Ellison Asks That His Burgers Be Served With Freedom Fries Until Further Notice

in News on September 3, 2009 at 9:12 am PT

Approved without incident by Sun shareholders in July and the U.S. Justice Department in August, Oracle’s planned $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems seemed poised to easily pass muster with European regulators as well. Sadly for Oracle, that’s not how things have played out. Citing “serious concerns” about the deal’s effect on competition in the market for databases, the European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into it.
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AT&T and Verizon Sitting in a Tree, D-U-O-P-O-L-Y

in News on May 11, 2009 at 6:32 am PT

AT&T has beaten out some 30 telecommunications carriers and private equity groups to buy the wireless spectrum and other assets that rival Verizon Communications was required to divest as a condition of its recent acquisition of Alltel Wireless. The company said this weekend that it will pay $2.35 billion in cash to buy licenses, network assets and some 1.5 million wireless subscribers across 18 states, mostly in rural areas.
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AT&T and Verizon Sitting in a Tree, D-U-O-P-O-L-Y

in News on May 11, 2009 at 6:32 am PT

AT&T has beaten out some 30 telecommunications carriers and private equity groups to buy the wireless spectrum and other assets that rival Verizon Communications was required to divest as a condition of its recent acquisition of Alltel Wireless. The company said this weekend that it will pay $2.35 billion in cash to buy licenses, network assets and some 1.5 million wireless subscribers across 18 states, mostly in rural areas.
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EBay’s Donahoe Says Changes Could Take Three or Four Years

in News on April 16, 2009 at 11:42 am PT

In the past week, eBay Inc. chief executive John Donahoe has taken steps to divest two businesses, acquire another, and revamp his company’s core e-commerce website. During a call with investors Thursday morning, Donahoe said he thinks an initial public offering for eBay’s Internet-phone unit Skype will best “maximize value,” but he would be open to an unsolicited offer from another company to buy it outright.