mergers 
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Investor Group Offers $6.9 Billion to Take BMC Private
Software company BMC has agreed to be acquired by a group of four private equity firms. Together, Bain Capital, Golden Gate Capital, GIC Special Investments and Insight Venture Partners have offered to take BMC private at $46.25 a share, a deal that values the company at $6.9 billion, which amounts to a premium of less than 2 percent over BMC’s closing share price on Friday.
Icahn Threatens Dell With “Years of Litigation” Over Buyout
Read the letter.
Sprint Takeover of Clearwire Just Wishful Thinking, for Now
Put down the champagne bottles, folks.
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Deutsche Telekom, MetroPCS Boards Back T-Mobile Deal
The boards of Deutsche Telekom AG and MetroPCS Communications Inc. have approved a deal to merge MetroPCS with the German operator’s U.S. subsidiary, T-Mobile USA, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday, a deal that would give the fourth-largest U.S. wireless carrier more scale as it tries to compete with the industry’s leaders.Salesforce.com Quietly Bought an Israeli Start-Up Called BlueTail in July
At least five people who used to have jobs at an Israeli start-up called BlueTail now have jobs at Salesforce.com. One of them is the new chief scientist at Salesforce’s Data.com.
Dear Mr. Zuckerberg
Bad-faith negotiations are inexcusable, and I didn’t want to believe your company would stoop this low. My mistake.
– App.net founder Dalton Caldwell, in a blog post accusing Facebook of bullying tactics in its M&A practices
Akamai Confirms the Rumors, Nabs Cotendo for $268 Million
Akamai confirms the rumors, and nabs Israeli content-distribution start-up Cotendo, apparently outbidding Juniper in the process.
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Well, That Was Fast: IBM Snags Q1 Labs, Forms Security Unit
Making good on signals it floated that it might begin another acquisitive streak, IBM today said it will acquire Q1 Labs, a Massachusetts-based security firm that specializes in using analytics to detect and flag suspicious activity on corporate networks. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but IBM said Q1 will be added to its newly formed Security Systems Unit, going after what it says is a $94 billion opportunity in security software and services.News Byte
IBM Signals a New Round of Acquisitions
IBM bought 15 companies last year, yet has only bought three this year. Could it be on the verge of a new wave of dealmaking? A senior Big Blue exec signals that it just might.Britain’s First Software Billionaire Now Reports to HP CEO Meg Whitman
Hewlett-Packard closes on its $11.7 billion deal to acquire the British software firm Autonomy. Now the question is whether it can make it pay off.
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