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• LiveJournal Sale May Revive Six Apart

  After selling the blogging community site, CEO Chris Alden may have a chance to finally turn Six Apart into a Web 2.0 behemoth Read More... Posted Sunday, December 02, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Technology, Computers, AMZN, Mergers & Acquisitions, PG, INTU, ADBE, Blogs

• T.J. Rodgers' Startup Strategy

  The Cypress Semiconductor CEO's approach to new markets—funding outside companies, not internal groups—has made it No. 4 on our Tech Hot Growth Read More... Posted Sunday, December 02, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Technology, Investing, AAPL, Company News, Computers, Executives, Management, Innovation, Politics, Semiconductors, Mergers & Acquisitions, MS, IPOs, Public Relations, Entrepreneurs, NTDOY, HON, CY, CEOs, Leadership, Board of Directors, SPWR, Green Business, HP

• Skype's 'Make-or-Break Year'

  EBay may be more apt to sell the online phone service if new initiatives, including a digital-content push and a potential social network, aren't successfu Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, YHOO, Telecommunications, EBAY, Mergers & Acquisitions

• Garmin Drops Bid for Tele Atlas

  The navigation device maker cedes victory to TomTom in the takeover battle and extends its contract with mapping data supplier Navteq Read More... Posted Friday, November 16, 2007 4:45 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Technology, MSFT, Consumer Electronics, International, Europe, NOK, Stock Market News, Mergers & Acquisitions, GRMN, NVT

• The EU Delays Google's Ad Buy

  European officials want more time to review the proposed DoubleClick deal, and critics in the U.S. hope the FTC is paying attention Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:20 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Legal Issues, Technology, Company News, MSFT, International, Europe, Advertising and Marketing, Advertising, YHOO, TWX, Mergers & Acquisitions, Search Engines, Info Tech 100

• The Ad Network Spending Spree

  Big Internet companies have been snapping up ad networks to boost ad revenue. Now Specific Media plans to join the M&A frenzy Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, MSFT, Advertising and Marketing, Advertising, YHOO, TWX, Mergers & Acquisitions, Paid Search, WPP

• Microsoft-Facebook: 'A True Bubble Deal'

  After the software giant struck a deal valuing the social networking site at $15 billion, commentators from around the Web are weighing the implication Read More... Posted Monday, October 29, 2007 8:01 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Software, MSFT, YHOO, TWX, Mergers & Acquisitions, Blogs

• Time for a New Corporate Buying Spree?

  As earnings take a nosedive, analysts expect to see more companies turn to M&A to pick up the slack. They certainly have the cash Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 8:57 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Investing, AAPL, MSFT, CS, C, MHP, Mergers & Acquisitions, SBUX, UBS, WAG, ADP

• Microsoft's Jellyfish Buy Is No Stinger

  Acquiring the shopping-and-auction service is the giant's latest bid to grab a bigger share of online ad dollars. Google has little to fear Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 02, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, TGT, Company News, MSFT, Advertising, YHOO, TWX, Mergers & Acquisitions, PG, HD, E-commerce, BBY, SCOR, WKL

• EBay's Skype Bubble Bursts

  The shakeup and $1.43 billion charge confirm eBay's irrational exuberance as well as Skype's struggling Web-calling business model Read More... Posted Monday, October 01, 2007 4:54 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, Executives, MSFT, Earnings, YHOO, Telecommunications, EBAY, VG, FORR, Mergers & Acquisitions, Branding, E-commerce

• Nokia to Pay $8.1 Billion for Navteq

  In an effort to capitalize on the hotly anticipated—but unproved—market for mobile search, the Finnish handset maker inks a deal for the digital Read More... Posted Monday, October 01, 2007 9:45 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, Computers, Software, Consumer Electronics, International, Europe, Telecommunications, Wireless, NOK, VOD, Mergers & Acquisitions, GRMN, Search Engines, Paid Search, NVT, TOM2.AS, TA.AS

• Google Defends the DoubleClick Deal

  In Senate hearings on the proposed acquisition, critics say the deal would give Google too much control of the online advertising market Read More... Posted Thursday, September 27, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, MSFT, Advertising, YHOO, Politics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Search Engines

• AOL's Mobile Ambitions

  The company once known for bringing the Internet home wants to make its software available on cell phones worldwide Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, AAPL, Company News, MSFT, Consumer Electronics, Advertising and Marketing, Advertising, Personal Technology, YHOO, T, S, VOD, TWX, Mergers & Acquisitions

• EchoStar Raises the Bar for Mobile TV

  Its purchase of Sling Media gives it a competitive edge—and could raise the ire of companies with lucrative TV subscriber revenue Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, AAPL, MOT, Entertainment, MSFT, NOK, S, VZ, CSCO, CMCSA, PALM, Mergers & Acquisitions, DTV, DISH, TWC, HTGC

• Facebook: The $10 Billion Social Network?

  The hugely popular site seeks funding at a jumbo valuation, and Microsoft is nibbling. Yahoo and Google could be craving a piece as well Read More... Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, MSFT, Advertising, YHOO, Mergers & Acquisitions, DJ, NYT