paidContent.org:
So Joost’s been put out of its misery and its assets have been acquired by Santa Monica, CA-based online ad network Adconion Media Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but likely would have been pennies on the dollar, (Read More)
VCCircle News:
Two months back, Bharti Airtel’s talks with South Africa’s MTN fell through, steamrolling its plans of creating an emerging markets mobile service behemoth. Legal and regulatory hurdles blocked the deal like the Chinese Wall. (Read More)
Gates of Vienna:
The story about the hacked emails from Hadley CRU continues to bounce around the blogosphere, and has even leaked a little into the MSM. Some sources maintain that the emails were tampered with after they were stolen, and oth (Read More)
Ars Technica:
As digital downloads have disaggregated the album and restored the single to prominence, "unit sales" at the Big Four major labels have increased even as revenues have dropped. But new data out from EMI shows (Read More)
Xconomy:
deals, acquisitions, Aviation Gregory T. Huang wrote: Kent, WA-based Naverus, which develops navigation technologies for airplanes, has been acquired by GE Aviation, a Cincinnati-based division of General Electric. Finan (Read More)
Times Online:
Endemol, the television company behind Big Brother, has acquired Tiger Aspect, Darlow Smithson and Tigress, three smaller rivals, for a total of £30 million from IMG Media. (Read More)
The Guardian:
Brilliant American painter with a vivid palette – and an affection for animalsThe exhibition of contemporary painting, 15 Americans, has remained almost as famous in New York since the Museum of Modern Art organised it in 195 (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Google just announced that it has acquired Teracent, a display ad company that specializes in creating customized display ads in real-time based on machine-learning algorithms. While regular display ads always look the same f (Read More)
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TechCrunch submits:
By Leena Rao Google (GOOG) has acquired display advertising company Teracent for an undisclosed amount of money The deal is expected to close this quarter.Complete Story ». (Read More)
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page:
Mark Krieger submits:The regional grocery chain has had a spectacular run-up lately, surging over 100% from $5.97 in early Sept. to nearly $13 last week. The stock’s stunning rally is by no means a result of operational impr (Read More)
New York Times:
Cincinnati acquired Larry Johnson, who was banished by the Chiefs, and promptly lost to the Raiders. And Kansas City beat the Steelers. Hmm.
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TechCrunch:
Google’s on a bit of a shopping spree this holiday season. The search giant just acquired AdMob for $750 million a few weeks ago. Today, Google has acquired display advertising company Teracent for an undisclosed amount of mo (Read More)
Blogrunner > Technology:
Google GOOG today announced its acquired Teracent, saying its "technology has great potential to improve display advertising on the web. Go to Blog Post. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- BJ Services Co. said Monday it swung to a fourth-quarter loss of $9.95 million, or 3 cents a share, from net income of $168 million, or 57 cents a share, in the year-ago period. BJ Services said its (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
After seeing off Fiorentina 3-2, Parma find themselves fifth in the table and that certainly is an extraordinary achievementEven as one of the so-called "Seven Sisters" who dominated Italian football in the 1990s and early 20 (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• 'Nico will be able to make an immediate impact' says Brawn• Mercedes team principal says Schumacher return will not happenNico Rosberg will drive for Mercedes in the 2010 season but the team principal Ross Brawn has dampene (Read More)
VCCircle News:
United Spirits, the spirits division of the UB Group, today acquired the entire share capital of Tern Distilleries (Tern) based in Andhra Pradesh for Rs 13.42 crore. Consequent to this acquisition, Tern has become a wholly ow (Read More)
New York Times:
Haitong Securities, one of the largest Chinese stock brokerage houses, announced Monday that it would take a controlling stake in Taifook Securities of Hong Kong for 1.82 billion Hong Kong dollars, or $235 million -- the firs (Read More)
www.ft.com:
The chief executive of Sanofi-Aventis criticises the past dominance of science over commerce in the French pharmaceuticals group and the stifling of the companies it acquired, as he lays out a distinctive strategy almost one (Read More)