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Online Food Delivery Services Seamless and GrubHub Will Merge
New York City-based Seamless and Chicago-based GrubHub have agreed to merge their privately held online food delivery businesses, the companies announced today. The companies combined did more than $100 million in revenue in 2012, they said. GrubHub CEO Matt Maloney will retain the CEO title of the new company, whose name has yet to be chosen.
Former Groupon President and COO Solomon Joins Accel Partners
Every time a bell rings, a VC gets its wings.
Voices
MetroPCS Holders Approve T-Mobile Takeover
T-Mobile agreed last year to merge with MetroPCS, creating a publicly traded company of which Deutsche Telekom would own 74%.Voices
MetroPCS Holders Urged to Vote Against Merger
A prominent proxy adviser said MetroPCS Communications Inc. shareholders should vote against a merger with Deutsche Telekom AG unit T-Mobile USA, saying they would receive an unfair split of the combined company and would do fine owning shares of a stand-alone carrier.FCC Approves T-Mobile, MetroPCS Deal
The deal now awaits approval from MetroPCS shareholders.
Rubicon Project Adds Two Top Execs, as Ad Tech Company Moves Toward IPO
Is ad tech ready to go big and go IPO?
Five Years In
With 20/20 hindsight, the Nextel merger was a mistake. The synergies, if you will, that we had hoped for and planned for didn’t materialize.
– Sprint’s Dan Hesse to GigaOM’s Kevin Fitchard, on his fifth anniversary as CEO
MetroPCS and T-Mobile: Oh My, What an Ugly Baby
Combing two wireless weaklings just leaves you with a bigger weakling.
Nice Try: Motorola Demanded a License to Every One of Apple’s Patents
Motorola hit Apple up for a lot more than just royalties.
Proxy Ho? Like Yahoo, AOL Could Face Alternate Board Slate From Irked Investor as Early as Today.
Is AOL ready to come about? Hard to see.