Deal Talk: Garmin Pursuing Rival Navigon
Garmin (GRMN) is in negotiations to buy German maker of navigation devices Navigon for around 50 million euros ($72.14 million), according to the Financial Times Deutschland. Navigon is 90 percent...
View ArticleDeal Talk: Temple-Inland Blocking Takeover Bid from International Paper
Temple-Inland Inc. (TIN), the Austin-based packaging and building products maker, has rejected an unsolicited takeover offer that values the company at $3.3 billion. The rejection sets the stage for a...
View ArticleDeal Talk: Citigroup Unloads Private Equity Assets to AXA
Citigroup (C) has agreed to sell a portfolio of private equity assets to AXA Private Equity (CS) for $1.7 billion, the latest move by the U.S. bank to unload non-core assets. According to Reuters,...
View ArticleDeal Talk: GM May Put European Opel Unit Up For Sale Again
General Motors (GM) is considering putting European arm Opel up for sale again, two German magazines reported. Auto Bild and Spiegel Online said possible buyers could be Chinese carmakers or Germany’s...
View ArticleDeal Talk: EMC Looking to Buy “Big Data” Firms
EMC Corp. (EMC) may spend about $3 billion on acquisitions this year, keeping pace with last year’s tally, to add businesses that can help corporate customers analyze reams of data, Chief Operating...
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Deal Talk: More Buyouts Coming in Data Security Industry?
Writing that there is another buyout wave coming in data security, The Motley Fool’s Anders Bylund pegs Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP ) as a likely buyout target for a big and rich acquirer...
View ArticleDeal Talk: Dish Networks Bidding for Bankrupt TerreStar
TerreStar Networks Inc said it has received a $1.375 billion cash bid from billionaire Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network Corp (DISH) to buy the telecommunications company’s assets through a bankruptcy...
View ArticleDeal Talk: Auto Parts Supplier Visteon a Tempting Target
Johnson Controls (JCI) the largest U.S. auto supplier, is the most likely candidate to buy Visteon (VC), said Jeff Bencik, a New York-based analyst at Kaufman Bros. Johnson Controls could take...
View ArticleDeal Talk: PNC Close to Buying RBC’s US Retail Banks
PNC Financial Services Group Inc (PNC) may be near a deal to buy Royal Bank of Canada’s(RY) US retail bank operations, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the deal. * * * Deal...
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Deal Talk: Who Could Buy Struggling RIM?
Deal Idea: Beacon Equity Research thinks Research in Motion (RIMM) would be an interesting acquisition target for Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) or Google (GOOG): “There are several things that Apple...
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