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Ciena raises bid for some Nortel assets: sources

C iena Corp. CIEN-Q has raised its offer for Nortel Networks Corp's optical networking and carrier ethernet business to $714 million (U.S.), sources familiar with the matter said Sunday, as the auction for these assets entered its third day. Ciena's new ...

From ANUPREETA DAS, Globe and Mail,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nortel Networks

Brocade: Deal or no Deal?

In an October 11 research note titled “Castles in the Air, Downgrading to Perform,” Oppenheimer & Co analyst Ittai Kidron throws cold water on expectations that Brocade will be bought anytime soon. The speculation began last week, after The Wall Street ...

From ANUPREETA DAS, Reuters,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Oracle,  IBM,  Wall Street Journal,  Hewlett-Packard,  Larry Ellison

Weekends held hostage by M&A chatter

With Merger Mondays back in fashion, could “Freaky (Rumor) Fridays” be far behind, as Eric Savitz over at Barron’s Tech Trader Daily blog writes? Since this morning, there has been a steady stream of rumors — most of them originating in the options ...

From ANUPREETA DAS, Reuters,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Perot Systems,  Tandberg,  Blue Coat Systems Inc,  Cisco Systems, Inc.

Will Brocade find a buyer now?

One theory is doing the rounds about why the Brocade-shopping-itself story found its way into the press when it did. People familiar with the matter have told Reuters that Brocade has been up for sale for weeks; one person said Brocade began sending ...

From ANUPREETA DAS, Reuters,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: IBM,  Cisco Systems, Inc.

CSC: No comment is the safest

I was rather surprised yesterday to see an e-mail from Ogilvy PR pitching an interview with Dave Booth, the Chairman of Computer Sciences Corp, only a couple of hours after Xerox announced its $6.4 billion planned purchase of Affiliated Computer ...

From ANUPREETA DAS, Reuters,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Xerox,  Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.,  France Telecom S.A.,  SWISSCOM AG

Xerox-ACS: the backstory

Xerox, which said early Monday morning it will buy Affiliated Computer Services for $6.4 billion, has had its eye on the IT services company for at least two years, but talks only began toward the end of the first quarter of 2009, several people ...

From ANUPREETA DAS, Reuters,  28 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Xerox,  Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.,  Accenture Ltd.,  TPG, N.V.

Yahoo seeking up to $500 mln for small business unit

San Francisco / New York: Yahoo Inc hopes to get up to $500 million for a unit that hosts websites for small companies, after putting it on the market for several months, two people familiar with the matter said. Yahoo has received interest from ...

From ALEXEI ORESKOVIC AND ANUPREETA DAS, livemint.com,  22 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Yahoo!,  Carol Bartz,  Microsoft Corporation

Weinstein Co in dire need of a hit: NY Times

NEW YORK -- The Weinstein Co, founded by the two brothers behind some of the most iconic films of the past 20 years, are under pressure for one of their next movies to be a blockbuster, The New York Times reported on Sunday. A string of boxoffice ...

From PHIL WAHBA AND ANUPREETA DAS, Hollywood Reporter,  17 Aug 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Harvey Weinstein,  Brad Pitt,  Bob Weinstein,  Miramax

Quattrone brings “emo” back in dealmaking

The Financial Times’ Richard Waters does a profile of Frank Quattrone in Thursday’s paper, pegging the return of Silicon Valley’s “most prominent banker” to the ongoing Data Domain-EMC-NetApp saga. Quattrone’s firm Qatalyst Partners is the sole adviser ...

From ANUPREETA DAS, Reuters,  18 Jun 2009

Related Topics: Sun Microsystems, Inc.,  IBM,  Oracle

Hostile deals in tech just don’t work

Broadcom extended its tender offer for Emulex shares yet again this morning, after less than 3 percent of shareholders turned in their shares to avail of the hostile, $764 million buyout offer. If anyone’s wondering which way this deal is headed, maybe ...

From ANUPREETA DAS, Reuters,  18 Jun 2009

Related Topics: Yahoo!,  Microsoft Corporation,  Samsung Electronics,  Diebold,  Electronic Arts Inc.

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