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Eleazar David Melendez

New Era Of Big Deals Should Concern Consumers, Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleazar David Melendez | Posted 02.15.2013 | Business
Read More: Heinz Deal, Dell Buyout, Acquisition, Buyout, Big Deal, American Airlines Merger, Competition, Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyout, Video, Wall Street, Mergers Consumers, Finance, Antitrust, Warren Buffett, Heinz, Mergers, Business News

A recent spate of mega-mergers is leading some on Wall Street to declare the era of big deals is back. Large transactions involving household-name com...

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The Truth Behind IBM's Plans to Acquire Big Data Company, StoredIQ

Tom Butta | Posted 03.02.2013 | Business
Read More: 21weeks, Acquisition, Ibm, Thomas Butta, Storediq, Business News
Tom Butta

If you were a fan of the band, The Police, you certainly remember the haunting song that featured the lyrics, "Every breath you take, every move you...

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Don't Acqui-hire, Acqui-source Instead

Bryce Maddock | Posted 01.26.2013 | Business
Read More: Outsourcing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Internet, India, Labor, Acquisition, Crowdsourcing, Startups, Technology, Philippines, Business News
Bryce Maddock

Why renegotiate exclusivity agreements every few years? Why continuously review outsourcing vendors or auditing your existing outsourcing vendor? Bring the highly specialized outsourcing process in-house.

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Chrysler, Fiat One Step Closer To Merging Into One Of The World's Leading Automakers

Posted 01.05.2012 | Business
Read More: Automakers, Sergio Marchionne, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Government, Video, Acquisition, Fiat SpA, Veba, Chrysler Group LLC, Merger, U.S. Treasury Department, Business News

MILAN/DETROIT, Jan 5 (Stephen Jewkes and Bernie Woodall) - Italy's Fiat SpA has raised its stake in Chrysler Group LLC by 5 percent to 58.5 percen...

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Local in Layers: Google Places

Daniel Haarburger | Posted 01.02.2012 | Technology
Read More: Google, Yelp, Tech, Events, Acquisition, Technology, Localized Advertising, Google Places, Google Places Advertising, Technology News
Daniel Haarburger

Yes, I care about the amount of feedback regarding a specific listing, but at a certain point additional reviews become irrelevant. Much more important becomes how I interact with this spread of information.

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BofA Could Soon Have No Market Share To Show For Countrywide Purchase

Posted 12.11.2011 | Business
Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Video, Freddie Mac, Acquisition, Countrywide Financial Corp, Wells Fargo, Inside Mortgage Finance, Mortgage Crisis, Bank of America, Fannie Mae, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Westwood Capital LLC, Business News

(Rick Rothacker) - Bank of America is set to lose nearly all the mortgage market share it gained by buying Countrywide Financial Corp in 2008, in ...

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Finding Your Way to Loyalty

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 12.11.2011 | Business
Read More: Retailers, Point-of-Sale, Shopper-Marketing, National Retail Federation, Small Business, Crm, Sales, Online Retail, Acquisition, Cause-Related-Marketing, Sales Motivational, Retail, Media, Cause Marketing, Business, Continuity Programs, Social Media Marketing, Products, Retail News, Retail Industry, Voice of Customer Marketing, Customer Retention, Retail Sales, Multichannel Marketing, Yoplait, Online Marketing, McDonald's, Branding, Relationship Marketing, Marketing, Shoppers, Marketing Best Practices, Business News
Sarah O'Leary

You must meet the wants, needs, and/or desires of your shopper and her consumers if you want to cultivate loyalty.

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Google Copies Apple with Motorola Acquisition

Eliot Van Buskirk | Posted 10.16.2011 | Technology
Read More: Google, Mobile Platform, Apple, Motorola, Acquisition, Platform, Android, Ios, Technology News
Eliot Van Buskirk

Android has always essentially been an open-source copy of Apple iOS. Now, Google is taking another cue from Apple by uniting hardware and OS under one roof.

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Borders Puts Itself Up For Sale To Private Equity Firm

AP | By MAE ANDERSON | Posted 08.31.2011 | Business
Read More: Columbia House, Debt, Ann Arbor, Stalking Horse, Bankruptcy, Acquisition, Pasta Pomodoro, Barnes & Noble Inc., Book-of-the-Month Club, Borders, Waldenbooks, Hilco, Phoenix Suns, Najafi Cos., Gordon Brothers, Doubleday Book Clubs, Business News

-- Borders Group Inc. said late Thursday it agreed to sell itself to private investment firm Najafi Cos. for $215 million and is seeking court approv...

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AT&T CEO: T-Mobile Deal Won't Raise Cellphone Bills

Reuters | Kenneth Li | Posted 05.30.2011 | Business
Read More: Iphone, T-Mobile, Market Share, Consumer Bills, Verizon, Randall Stephenson, Deutsche Telekom, Acquisition, AT&T, Wireless Market, Cellphones, New York Attorney General, Business News

By Kenneth Li NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc (T.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Chief Executive Randall Stephenson disputed the commonl...

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GE Buys French Company For $3.2 Billion

Posted 05.29.2011 | Business
Read More: Energy, General Electric, Expansion, Lbo, Gas, Acquisition, Coverteam, France, Oil, Barclays Private Equitiy, John Krenicki, Jeff Immelt, Ge, Business News

BOSTON (By Scott Malone) - General Electric Co reached a $3.2 billion agreement to acquire a maker of automation systems used in the oil and gas s...

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'Like, What's The Difference?': Users Weigh In On AT&T and T-Mobile

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo and Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Cell Phones, T-Mobile, Verizon, Wireless Carriers, Dropped Calls, Acquisition, Poll, AT&T, Lily Fisher, Shana Fox, Variety, Ben, Manfred Leon, Jean Carislil, Malu Peoples, Customer Service, Technology News

NEW YORK –- Cell phone users are skeptical of AT&T's claims that their planned$39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile will result in faster service and...

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Buffett's Berkshire Makes Big Bet On Lubricants Company

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Elephant Gun, Lubrizol Corp, Acquisition, Bangalore, Warren Buffett, 9 Billion, Chemicals, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Business News

BANGALORE: Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc agreed to buy lubricants maker Lubrizol Corp for $9 billion to tap rising demand fo...

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Frog 6 Guidance for 2010-2020

Robert David Steele | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Citizenship, Strategy, Information Operations, Acquisition, Threats, Decision-Support, Brent Scowcroft, Io, Engagement, Peace, Armed Forces, Whole of Government, Challenges, Change, Education, Intelligence, Reality, Legitimacy, Multinational, Truth, m4is2, Politics News
Robert David Steele

From Virtual Secretary of Defense Purpose The purpose of this memorandum is to establish priorities for my strategic objectives through 2012 and p...

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How Much Will Each F-35 Cost?

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Pentagon, F-22, Ashton Carter, Department of Defense, Acquisition, Joint Strike Fighter, Waste, Acquisition Reform, Learning Curve, Defense Spending, Christine Fox, Weapon System Acquisition Reform Act, Winslow T. Wheeler, F-35, Politics News
Winslow T. Wheeler

Whatever that final unit cost may be, to predict it now will surely be met with derisive laughter from advocates of this ongoing disaster -- laughter that will last only until the actual bill arrives.

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Time Warner And MGM: Cable Company Emerges As Leader In Acquiring Studio

AP | By RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Time Warner and MGM, Television, Time Warner Cable, Time Warner, Cable, Acquisition, Mergers and Acquisition, Mgm, Media, Film, MGM Studios, Media News

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Banks: KYC is Killing Your Customers

Brett King | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Compliance, Acquisition, Application, Banking, Innovation, Future, KYC, Policy, Engagement, Organization Structure, Customer Experience, Advocacy, Business News
Brett King

In my discussions with bankers about innovation, I often hear them tell me that perhaps in other industries innovation could be achieved, but due to h...

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Quad Graphics To Acquire World Color Press In Major Print Industry Acquisition

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Mergers and Acquisitions, Quad Graphics, Acquisition, Business, Print Industry, Print, World Color Press, Business News

Quad Graphics, a U.S. commercial printing company, announced Tuesday that it plans to acquire Canadian rival World Color Press. Reuters reports the t...

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Exxon Mobil Strikes Deal With XTO Energy For $31 Billion

AP | MARK WILLIAMS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Energy, Mergers and Acquisitions, Gas, Exxon, Acquisition, Exxon Mobil, Xto Energy, Business News

Exxon Mobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, is making a $29 billion bet that pressure to curb climate change will mean natural gas &...

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XTO Energy, Exxon Deal: Learn More About XTO Energy

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Energy, Exxon, Gas, Mergers, Business, Acquisition, Exxon Mobil, Exxon Xto, Xto Energy, Business News

XTO Energy, a natural gas producer, is expected to be purchased by Exxon Mobil for $31 billion in stock and the assumption of $10 billion in debt, the...

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Smucker Buys Folgers, Still Shopping

Reuters | Carol Wolf and Heather Burke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Folgers, Acquisition, Smucker, Business News

J.M. Smucker Co.'s $3 billion purchase of Folgers coffee, an acquisition that will double the 111-year-old jelly maker's size, won't be its last. The...

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