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Unilever is allegedly paying $1 billion in cash for the Venice, California-based company.

SoftBank Corp. founder Masayoshi Son has divided investors and analysts with his latest "crazy idea."

The purchase will help the French company to pursue affluent consumers by adding WhiteWave's popular health food offerings such as Silk almond milk, Earthbound Farm Organic salad and Horizon organic milk to its product range.

The snub underscores the challenges Mondelez Chief Executive Irene Rosenfeld faces in wooing Hershey's controlling shareholder, the Hershey Trust, a $12 billion charity created by the eponymous company's founder a century ago.

The talks are said to be 'exploratory.'

Webpass has deployed its 'superfast' connections in five US markets.

'Magic Pony's technology ... will be used to enhance our strength in live and video (imagery) and opens up a whole lot of exciting creative possibilities for Twitter,' Jack Dorsey wrote.

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The deal will help Salesforce open a new front as it look to take away more market share from traditional software providers such as Oracle and SAP.

The unsolicited proposal, which includes debt, would be the largest foreign takeover by a German company if accepted.

Safra Catz told jurors that the point of the acquisition was to protect its products that relied on Sun's software.

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Last year, Exedia bought rivals Orbitz Worldwide Inc. for $1.3 billion and Travelocity for $280 million.

The new company will be called TiVo and led by Rovi Chief Executive Tom Carson.

The company said St. Jude's devices for heart failure, blockages and abnormal heart rhythm complement its range of heart products.

DreamWorks Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg will become chairman of DreamWorks New Media.

An acquisition of DreamWorks by Comcast will bring a breath of fresh air for the company that has held several unsuccessful buyout talks in the past.

Gannet offered to buy Tribune Publishing for $815 million earlier this month.

Look back at over two decades of turmoil at a company that once sat atop the World Wed Web, and weep.

Shareholders for both companies on Friday agreed to a deal, which was valued at $12.41 billion.

Yahoo launched an auction of its core business in February after it shelved plans to spin off its stake in Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba.