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- 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.
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- 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.