Building a Business
Activision Blizzard to Buy ‘Candy Crush’ Maker for $5.9 Billion
Activision's CEO said buying King Digital will help the company expand into new demographics.
By Reuters
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Business News
Why Did Airbnb Just Buy a Russian Design Firm?
Both companies are excited about the partnership, but neither is revealing details of their plans.
Business News
A Merger May Be Brewing Between Two of the World’s Largest Beer Companies
Anheuser-Busch InBev is courting SABMiller.
By Reuters
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.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Here Are 6 Considerations When You’re Thinking of Selling Your Business
Incredible opportunity, both personal and professional, can come from a sale. But you've also got to be prepared for what lies ahead.
By Nellie Akalp
Building a Business
PayPal Makes Its First Acquisition Post eBay Split
The digital payments company bought mobile commerce startup Modest.
By Leena Rao
Online Presence
Why Disney’s $500 Million Acquisition of Maker Studios Is Proving Less Than Picture Perfect
Maker CEO Ynon Kreiz and top executives are rumored to be leaving Disney by year's end, as the company failed to meet certain growth goals.
By Geoff Weiss
Business News
QVC’s Parent Company Buys Online Retailer Zulily for $2.4 Billion
The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter.
By Reuters
Building a Business
U.S. Dealmaking at Record Year-to-Date High
Merger and acquisition activity has been boosted by a handful of mega-deals.
By Reuters
Online Presence
Twitter Reportedly in Talks to Buy Flipboard
The social network is rumored to be exploring an all-stock deal that would value the social news reader at more than $1 billion.
By Nina Zipkin
Business News
Why a Yahoo-AOL Merger Didn’t Happen
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer discusses content and distribution at Fortune's Most Powerful Women event in New York.
Building a Business
Don’t Even Think About M&A Until You’ve Mastered These 5 Practices
Your hardest days as an entrepreneur will happen between your suitor's first email and shareholder approval, a year later.
Thought Leaders
What Will AOL’s Tim Armstrong Bring to Verizon?
Experts weigh in on what the AOL's CEO will do for the U.S. wireless carrier.
By Nina Zipkin
Business News
Salesforce May Be Up for Sale
The cloud computing giant is reportedly listening to takeover offers. Could Microsoft be interested?
By Dan Primack
Business News
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong: Merger With Yahoo Is a ‘Dead Notion’
Like Netflix and Yahoo, AOL is pushing into the market for original content.
Tech
Why Mark Cuban Thinks the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Deal Fell Apart
The feisty billionaire investor and 'Shark Tank' star sounded off about the failed mega merger on Twitter and -- no surprise -- he's pointing the finger at the FCC.
Business News
Upping Its Security Cred, BlackBerry Buys Software Maker WatchDox
This is the latest in a line of acquisitions for BlackBerry.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Raytheon to Buy Cybersecurity Company Websense for $1.9 Billion
The U.S. arms maker is buying the network security provider as cybersecurity continues to grow as a market.
By Reuters
Business Funding
Crowdfunding Platform RocketHub Acquired for $15 Million
EFactor, a resource site for entrepreneurs, bought the New York City-based alternative finance platform.
Business News
Is Yahoo Buying Foursquare? Rumors Continue to Swirl.
The recurring rumors, floated again today by Techcrunch, could mark a bid by Yahoo to ramp up its mobile prowess.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
Segway Is Now a Chinese Company
The electric two-wheeled transportation vehicle has been bought by Beijing-based competitor Ninebot.
Business News
PayPal, eBay to Stay Interdependent for Five Years After Split
The two firms agreed that eBay would not reduce the volume of transactions it channels through PayPal.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Marc Andreessen: It’s Shocking ‘How Little M&A There’s Been’ in Tech
There has never been a more dangerous time to be an unprotected public company, the prominent Silicon Valley investor said at an event this week.
By Leena Rao
Building a Business
Twitter’s Shares Jump on Takeover Rumors
At least one report says that the company has hired advisers to rebuff a takeover bid.
By Reuters
Business News
Yoox, Net-A-Porter Announce All-Share Merger to Forge High-Fashion Powerhouse
The two companies counted combined net revenues of $1.4 billion last year, and, moving forward, will complement one another's respective strengths.
By Geoff Weiss
Thought Leaders
3 Steps to Tame Merger Meltdown
Did you know that your employees' physical and emotional health could suffer?