Mergers & Acquisitions

1. February 2011: Internet media company AOL Inc. acquired this left-inclined website
5. January 2014: Google announced its decision to acquire a manufacturer of thermostats and smoke detectors.
6. January 2014: This is touted to be Google's biggest acquisition in the European Union.
8. This strategy is named after one of Shakespeare's conniving characters. Under such a strategy, a third party poses as a white knight to gain trust, but then turns around and joins with unfriendly bidders.
9. December 2013: This company is set to be acquired by Wipro with a view to strengthen Wipro's mortgage solutions and outsourcing business.
10. This term is used to denote a growth in the operations of a business that arises from mergers or takeovers, rather than an increase in the companies own business activity.
11. May 2012: This networking website for professionals acquired Slide Share for $119 Million. This deal was materialised by way of 45% cash and 55% stock.

2. This is an obsolete takeover strategy which was prevalent in America, wherein one company attempted a takeover of another company by making a sudden public tender offer, usually over the weekend. This technique was popular in the early 1970s when the Williams Act required only seven calendar days between the time that a tender was publicly announced and its deadline.
3. March 1988: Apple's first acquisition
4. This term specialises in the early detection of takeovers. The firm's primary business is usually the solicitation of proxies for client corporations.
7. Founded by Rupert Murdoch, some of the holdings of this mass media corporation include Dow Jones & Company, Harper Collins, the now defunct News of the World, etc.