5 posts and columns on suitor

Exclusive: Silver Lake Finally Signs Yahoo NDA, as Talks Proceed With Bidders

in News on November 9, 2011 at 11:08 am PT

Aggressive private equity firm signs on the secret dotted line it said it would not. Of course.
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100 Percent Fresh Exclusive!: Flixster/Rotten Tomatoes in Acquisition Talks With Yahoo and Others

in News on March 16, 2011 at 12:02 am PT

Flixster–the popular social movie site whose brands include the Rotten Tomatoes premium reviews site, as well as BuddyTV–is in early acquisition talks with several suitors, including Yahoo, said sources close to the situation. The price being discussed for the San Francisco-based start-up is between $60 million and $90 million, said several sources, in talks that are “substantive.”
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Who's Your M&A Consultant, Sun? Jerry Yang?

in News on April 6, 2009 at 7:22 am PT

What’s Sun going to do now? Shares in the company dropped more than 27 percent percent to $6.48 in premarket trading following reports that Sun’s board rejected a formal acquisition offer by IBM. After weeks of negotiations, the two companies were thought to be finalizing a deal for about $7 billion. But IBM lowered its offer over the weekend and then withdrew it after Sun balked at the price and terms of the sale.
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Who’s Your M&A Consultant, Sun? Jerry Yang?

in News on April 6, 2009 at 7:22 am PT

What’s Sun going to do now? Shares in the company dropped more than 27 percent percent to $6.48 in premarket trading following reports that Sun’s board rejected a formal acquisition offer by IBM. After weeks of negotiations, the two companies were thought to be finalizing a deal for about $7 billion. But IBM lowered its offer over the weekend and then withdrew it after Sun balked at the price and terms of the sale.
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Save Sirius Coalition Having Trouble Saving Sirius

in News on December 11, 2008 at 9:01 am PT

If the Save Sirius coalition hopes to fulfill its eponymous mandate, it may have to do so by other than legal means. Because its lawsuit against Sirius XM has been dismissed.