Mergers: Page 4

Growing a Business

Tinder Aims to Make Matching More 'Humin' With New Acquisition

'We both were trying to solve the problem of how do we use technology to get people to meet and connect in the physical world.'

Culture

3 Cultural Considerations Before an Acquisition

Melding cultural elements speeds up the success of a new business entity.

Business News

Johnson Controls and Tyco Are Merging

The new company will have revenue of about $32 billion.

Leadership

3 Truths You Must Embrace to Lead Your Team to the Summit

The owner has more to do with the success or failure of the company than any employee ever could. Act accordingly.

Business News

Net-A-Porter's Founder and Executive Chairman Abruptly Resigns

The move comes just as the online fashion group completes its merger with Yoox.

Money & Finance

5 Questions to Ask Before Acquiring a Business

What's your readiness score?

Career

7 Signs You Need to Start Looking for Another Job After Your Employer Is Acquired

The company that hired you is invested in your success. The company that buys that company sees you as an expense.

Business News

Buying a Rival: Zillow CEO Talks Trulia Deal, Integration and Layoffs

Zillow has completed its $2.5 billion acquisition of online real estate rival Trulia.

Business News

Staples Agrees to Buy Office Depot for $6.3 Billion, Creating an Office-Supply Behemoth

If approved, the deal would combine the No. 1 U.S. office supplier with its closest rival, creating a new company with expected annual revenue of $39 billion.

Business News

Staples, Office Depot in Advanced Talks to Merge

The combination of the office-supply giants should lead to greater savings, investors believe.

Business News

Activist Investor Urges Staples to Merge With Office Depot

Starboard Value has written a letter to Staples urging it to merge with rival its big rival.

Growing a Business

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em: Why Two Competitors Joined Forces in the Fight to Beat Cancer

Sometimes it makes sense to merge with your competition. Yael Cohen Braun and Julie Greenbaum didn't always think so, but they do now.

Business News

Activist Investor Urging Yahoo and AOL Merger Discloses Stakes in Both Companies

It claims a merger could create up to $1 billion in 'synergies.'

Growing a Business

How to Keep Company Culture Alive After an Acquisition

When an acquisition occurs, there will without a doubt be nervous employees, an unavoidable side effect. But entrepreneurs can avoid mass confusion and panic by following these five tips.

Growing a Business

Instead of Hoping Your Startup Will Be Acquired, Maybe You Should Be Acquiring

Even when a company is small, it can grow in a hurry by acquiring a compatible company that is even smaller.