TikTok reaches deal to partner with Oracle, rejects Microsoft's plan ~tech social media microsoft Article 762 words 22 votes
LVMH backs out of $16.2 billion acquisition of Tiffany, citing US threats of tariffs on French goods. Tiffany has filed a lawsuit to enforce the agreement ~finance business Article 126 words 6 votes
Hermann Hauser: ARM sale to Nvidia would be a disaster ~tech Article 735 words, published Aug 3 2020 7 votes
Microsoft faces complex technical challenges in TikTok carveout ~tech microsoft social media security.cyber Article 666 words 5 votes
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, investor group agree to buy XFL for $15M ~sports.american_football Article 759 words, published Aug 1 2020 7 votes
A summary of the developments over the weekend regarding Microsoft's potential acquisition of TikTok ~tech microsoft social media Article 574 words 8 votes
Possible sale of ARM incoming, Apple is rumoured to be one of those interested ~finance business Article 413 words 10 votes
Uber to acquire Postmates for approximately $2.65 billion in an all-stock transaction ~finance business Article 1488 words 9 votes
Ready at Dawn (developer of VR games Lone Echo, Echo Arena, Echo Combat) has been aquired by Facebook's Oculus Studios ~games Article 617 words 3 votes
Zoom acquires Keybase and announces goal of developing the most broadly used enterprise end-to-end encryption offering ~tech security Article 1159 words 38 votes
RuneScape developer Jagex acquired for $530 million by Macarthur Fortune Holding ~games Article 175 words, published Apr 3 2020 9 votes
Apple has acquired the Dark Sky weather app - Android version and website will shut down on July 1, API active through end of 2021 ~tech apple android Article 280 words 41 votes
PepsiCo to acquire energy drink maker Rockstar Energy in a $3.85 billion deal ~finance business Article 270 words 9 votes
Sophos has received an offer to be acquired for $3.9 billion by private-equity firm Thoma Bravo ~tech security Article 246 words 8 votes
Spotify is acquiring The Ringer to boost its podcast and sports content ~tech Article 824 words 8 votes
The FTC is investigating the last 10 years of acquisitions by Alphabet (including Google), Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft ~tech amazon apple facebook microsoft Article 618 words 15 votes
US Federal Trade Commission files suit to block $1.37 billion acquisition of shaving company Harry’s by Edgewell (owner of Schick) ~finance business Article 490 words 7 votes
Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs has been acquired by Garena for $150 million ~games Article 915 words 3 votes
Lego accused of muscling in on fans after BrickLink takeover – sale has alarmed secondhand brick collectors but Danish toymaker claims it is about reconnecting with customers ~hobbies Article 914 words 4 votes
LogMeIn (owner of LastPass, GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, OpenVoice and join.me) is being acquired by private equity firms for $4.3 billion ~tech Article 269 words 23 votes
Bloomberg just bought CityLab—and will put half its staff out of a job ~finance business Article 1203 words 13 votes
Codemasters has acquired Project CARS developer Slightly Mad Studios for $30 million ~games Article 452 words 6 votes
The Lego Group has acquired BrickLink, the world’s largest online LEGO fan community and marketplace ~hobbies Article 399 words 15 votes
Hewlett-Packard board unanimously rejects $33 billion takeover offer from Xerox ~finance business Article 57 words 11 votes
Google owner Alphabet has made an offer to acquire wearable device maker Fitbit ~tech google Article 117 words 9 votes
SoftBank to take control of WeWork at a pre-funding valuation of $7.5B - $8B, according to sources ~finance business Article 11 votes
Apple in advanced talks to buy Intel’s smartphone-modem chip business ~tech apple Article 75 words 5 votes
Apple acquires self-driving startup Drive.ai, hires dozens of Drive.ai engineers ~tech apple Article 6 votes
WestJet says it has agreed to be acquired by Onex Corporation and will become a private company in a deal valued at $5 billion ~finance business Article 754 words 5 votes
Verizon is looking to sell Tumblr, Pornhub looking to buy ~tech social media Article 315 words 29 votes
Epic buys Rocket League developer Psyonix, strongly hints it will stop selling the game on Steam ~games Article 399 words 62 votes