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Exclusive: Myspace to Be Sold to Specific Media for $35 Million

in News on June 29, 2011 at 10:51 am PT

Closing another chapter on one of the Internet’s most iconic properties, Myspace has been sold to to Specific Media, an advertising network, for $35 million. Sources close to the situation said the deal is being completed today, although it has not been officially signed. Myspace’s owner, News Corp., will hold on to a very small [...]
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VMware Is in Talks to Acquire Novell's Linux Software Unit

in News on September 17, 2010 at 1:31 am PT

Novell Inc. is in advanced talks with at least two buyers, including VMware Inc., to sell the software company in separate pieces, people familiar with the matter said. VMware is pursuing Novell’s SUSE Linux operating system business, these people said. Attachmate Corp., a private-equity backed software company, could end up buying some or all of the remaining assets.

Bargain Hunting: Oracle, Symantec, Tata Go Shopping

in News on October 8, 2008 at 9:17 am PT

When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping. Or at least that’s why they do in the technology business. In what seems like a fairly optimistic note in these gloomy times, some companies are taking advantage of reduced valuations to pick up strategic assets at prices that undoubtedly are a lot lower than they would have been even a few months earlier.