I was up late last night searching for breaking to news to report…and perhaps profit from. :)
I saw a headline that Samsung, the Korean electronics giant, is pursuing an acquistion of SanDisk. SanDisk is a U.S. based computer memory card manufacturer and the world’s largest supplier of flash memory cards.
SanDisk was down over 4 percent yesterday but gained […]
Longs Drug Stores has agreed to be acquired by CVS Caremark Corp.
CVS has over 6,000 stores nationwide and will acquire 521 Longs drugstore locations scattered across California, Hawaii, Arizona and Nevada. The deal will cost CVS approximately $2.9 billion.
Shares of Longs closed today at $54.04, but CVS offered to purchase the California based drug store […]
Belgian brewing company InBev announced that it will purchase Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion.
Anheuser-Busch is the North American brewing company responsible for making Budweiser AKA the King of Beers.
InBev has been courting Anheuser Busch for quite some time, but had to up the ante in order to gain the approval of its directors. In June, InBev offered Anheuser Busch shareholders […]
Dow Chemical has agreed to purchase Rohm and Haas for $15 billion.
Dow representatives say the deal will allow the company to enter the market for specialty chemicals which earn higher margins.
The two chemical giants have been competing for years. While Rohm and Haas may not have been searching for a buyer, I don’t think any […]
Fresenius SE announced the purchase of APP Pharmaceuticals for $3.7 billion.
Fresenius, a global health care group based in Germany, has over 116,000 employees and brought in over $17 billion in sales last year. APP employs about 1,400 workers and has a handful of production facilities in the U.S. and Canada. Last year, APP brought in approximately $640 million […]
Where talk is money.
Written by Tisa Silver [email] for b5media.
Accounting Solver
Behind The Buzz
Biz Chicks Rule
Biz Levity
Brandcurve
Business & Blogging
Buzz Networker
Common Sense PR
Contract Worker
Daily Blender
Doing Biz Abroad
E-shop Owner
Everyday Networker
Franchise Pick
Greener Assets
Health Care Insiders
Home Biz Notes
Interview Chatter
Just Make Money Online
Leadership Turn
My Organized Biz
One Vote Matters
Pimp Your Work
Project Management 411
Property Crossroads
Slacker Manager
Small Business Boomers
Startup Spark
Talk Stock Trading
The 501(c) Files
The Golden Pencil
Yielding Wealth
Recent Comments