EveryWare Global, Inc. and ROI Acquisition Corp. (ROIQ) said Tuesday that they have completed their business combination deal.
This follows the receipt of stockholder approval at ROI's Special Meeting in lieu of the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and receipt of public warrantholder approval...
J. Powell Brown, Chief Executive Officer and President of Brown & Brown, Inc. (BRO), announced that Brown & Brown, Inc. has entered into a merger agreement to acquire Beecher Carlson Holdings, Inc. The transaction will be a cash acquisition and is not subject to financing conditions. The transaction...
AVG Technologies N.V. (AVG) said Tuesday that it has acquired online privacy organisation PrivacyChoice.
Founded in 2009, PrivacyChoice's primary mission is to make privacy easier. For the past four years the company has been helping people around the world take control of their privacy through web...
Online travel agency Priceline.com Inc. (PCLN) said Tuesday that it has completed the acquisition of Kayak Software Corp. (KYAK).
In November 2012, Priceline.com agreed to buy Kayak in a $1.8 billion cash and stock deal.
Kayak, which went public in July 2012, is a travel research site that allows...
AVG Technologies N.V. (AVG) announced that it has acquired online privacy organisation PrivacyChoice.
Commenting on PrivacyChoice, the company said it was founded in 2009 and for the past four years the company has been helping people around the world take control of their privacy through web and...
Mobile phone carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. on Tuesday sweetened its offer by 14 percent to acquire the 49.2 percent stake in wireless network operator Clearwire Corp. that it currently did not own. The raised offer stands at $3.40 per share and represents a significant premium over the unaffected Clearwire share price. The offer values Clearwire at $10.7 billion.
Sprint (S) announced it has submitted an increased offer to the Board of Clearwire (CLWR) to acquire the approximately 50 percent stake in the company it does not currently own for $3.40 per share, valuing Clearwire at $10.7 billion. Sprint said the offer represents its best and final offer.
In a...
Vertu Motors PLC (VTU.L) reported full year profit attributable to equity holders of 3.54 million pounds or 1.76 pence per share compared to 5.03 million pounds or 2.53 pence per share year-ago. Adjusted earnings per share were 3.22 pence, up from 3.19 pence previous year.
For the twelve months, profit...
Satellite television provider Dish Network Corp. (DISH) said late Monday that the company and Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) will begin due diligence and engage in talks regarding Dish's unsolicited $25.5 billion takeover bid for Sprint made in mid-April.
Earlier in the day, Sprint said it received a waiver...
DISH Network Corp (DISH) announced that it has planned to engaging in full due diligence and continued discussions with Sprint Nextel Corp. (S)
DISH Network responded to Sprint's announcement that it has received a waiver of various provisions under merger deal between it and SoftBank Corp(SFTBF.PK).
The...
Japanese telecommunications company Softbank Corp. (SFTBF) is planning to raise around 400 billion yen or $3.9 billion from the sale of retail bonds to Japanese investors, the Nikkei business daily reported Monday. The sale could come as early as June.
According to the Nikkei report, Softbank will...
Financial services firm Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) has exited its entire stake in Chinese lender Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. or ICBC, with a $1.12 billion stake selldown, according to media reports on Monday.
The New York-based investment banking firm has sold its entire remaining...
Charlie Ergen, chairman of satellite television provider Dish Network Corp. (DISH), has made a $2 billion bid for radio frequencies used for wireless communications from bankrupt wireless broadband company LightSquared Inc., Bloomberg reported Monday.
Ergen reportedly made the offer on May 15 to buy...
H.B. Fuller Co. (FUL) said Monday that it has signed an agreement to buy adhesives company Plexbond Quimica, S/A, a provider of chemical polyurethane specialties and polyester resins.
The business generated nearly $20 million in revenue for the 2012 fiscal year and operates a manufacturing facility...
Wausau Paper Corp. (WPP) said Monday that it has agreed to sell its specialty paper business to a new company sponsored by New York-based private equity firm KPS Capital Partners L.P.
The new company will be known as Expera Specialty Solutions, LLC.
KPS has previously entered into a definitive...