Business Accounting
The Art of Selecting an Investment Banker
The numbers are important, but your relationship with whom you are crunching the numbers with is even more important.
By Katie May
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Building a Business
3 Lessons to Learn From the Marriott-Starwood Merger
Entrepreneurs should pay close attention to how these two hotel chains merge their brands and strategies.
By AJ Agrawal
Business News
Samsung to Buy Car Tech Firm Harman for $8 Billion in South Korea’s Biggest Overseas Deal
The electronics giant previously shunned big acquisitions, and the latest deal underscores a strategic shift as the company tries to break into the high-barrier automotive industry where it has little track record.
By Reuters
Building a Business
A Secret Tactic for Quick Growth: The Roll-up
Sometimes your company's strategic growth can be achieved most quickly by merging with several others at once. Here, let us walk you through that.
By George Deeb
Business News
In a First With an Automaker, BlackBerry Signs Software Deal With Ford
Blackberry has signed a deal with Ford Motor Co.
By Reuters
Business News
Female Executives Left Yahoo at Unusually High Rate This Year
It was not clear why there was such a marked decline in the proportion of women leaders at Yahoo, which is led by Silicon Valley's most powerful female CEO, Marissa Mayer.
By Reuters
Business News
Why AT&T May Succeed With Time Warner Where AOL Couldn’t
Brad Feld of TechStars says the new deal reflects the need to establish linkage between the 'content' and 'network' layers.
By Jeff Harbach
Business News
AT&T to Acquire Time Warner for $85 Billion
The boards of directors of both companies have approved the deal, but it must still pass muster with regulators.
Building a Business
5 Ways to Prepare for the Season of Acquisitions
Acquisitions have led to a flurry of activity in the business world in the last year and the pace isn't letting up.
By Ash Rust
Business News
Verizon Says Yahoo Hack Is ‘Material,’ Could Affect Deal
Verizon has had preliminary briefings from Yahoo but it still needs 'significant information' from the company before it makes a final decision on the acquisition.
By Reuters
Business News
Verizon Pushes for $1 Billion Discount on Yahoo Deal
Last month Yahoo said at least 500 million of its accounts were hacked in 2014.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Bass Pro Shops Hooks Cabela’s in $5.5 Billion Deal
Cabela's has struggled with declining sales of apparel and footwear and has reported same-store sales growth in only one quarter in more than three years.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Why the Jet.com Acquisition Is Disappointing the NJ/NYC Tech Community
Had Jet grown into the company some hoped it would, New Jersey would have an anchor tenant that attracted other innovators.
By Aaron Price
Thought Leaders
These Companies Just Merged and Want to Help You Find the Perfect Co-Founder
Onevest recently purchased FounderDating to better connect entrepreneurs with potential co-founders.
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
4 Ways to Develop a Better Exit Strategy
Build a great business first. The rest will follow.
Building a Business
What Does Microsoft Stand to Gain From its $26.2 Billion Acquisition of LinkedIn?
We'll give you a hint: It gives the Windows maker a network of professionals that will potentially buy its services.
By Nina Zipkin
Business News
Microsoft to Buy LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion
'Today is a re-founding moment for LinkedIn,' Reid Hoffman, chairman of LinkedIn's board, said in a statement.
By Reuters
Business News
Verizon to Submit $3 Billion Bid for Yahoo’s Internet Business
Yahoo is expected to hold at least one more round of bidding, and the offers could change by the final round, the paper reported.
By Reuters
Building a Business
How Former PepsiCo CEO Roger Enrico Transformed the Corporation Into a Food and Beverage Giant
Enrico, who died at age 71 on June 1, helped Pepsi rival Coke and dive deeper into the food business.
Building a Business
Twitter Met With Yahoo to Discuss Merger
A news report, citing sources close to the talks, said execs at the two firms had met several weeks ago and had spent several hours looking at whether a strategic combination might make sense.
By Matt Clinch
Business News
J&J to Buy Hair Care Products Maker Vogue for $3.3 Billion
The transaction, slated to close in the third quarter, is not expected to have an impact on the company's 2016 sales or earnings forecasts.
By Reuters
Business News
Staples CEO to Step Down After Office Depot Deal Termination
The decision comes three weeks after a U.S. federal judge ordered to halt the deal because of antitrust concerns.
By Reuters
Business News
HP Enterprise to Merge IT Services Unit With Computer Sciences
HPE is expected to have $33 billion in annual revenue after the spinoff and will concentrate on its remaining enterprise group that includes its cloud services business and makes servers, routers and switches.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Oracle Co-CEO Says it Did Not Buy Sun Micro to Sue Google
Safra Catz told jurors that the point of the acquisition was to protect its products that relied on Sun's software.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Nissan Buying $2.2 Billion Controlling Stake in Scandal-Hit Mitsubishi Motors
The deal is a lifeline for Mitsubishi Motors, which is mired in its third scandal in two decades and has had $3 billion wiped off its market value
By Reuters
Building a Business
3 Business-Exit Plans That Actually Work
Not having a plan for selling your business is like not having a will.
By Neil Patel
Business News
How Staples Plans to Come Back After U.S. Killed Office Depot Merger
The office supplies giant is going after smaller companies.
By Phil Wahba