Story 1 – Facebook buys Whatsapp Facebook has bought instant messaging service Whatsapp for £11bn‚ giving Facebook access to Whatsapp 450 million users. The deal was split into £2.4bn in cash‚ £7.2bn in Facebook shares and £1.8bn in restricted stock awards for the Whatsapp founders and employees. Facebook has also paid a break fee of £1.2bn (Rushton 2014). Facebook’s acquisition of Whatsapp can be described as a hostile takeover in effort for Facebook to monopolize on the Internet market
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Pros and cons of mergers and business transfer Pros and cons of mergers and business transfer There are many ways of acquiring a business. Among them‚ there are mergers and business transfer that convert two different companies into a company‚ and comprehensive stock exchange and share acquisition allows for the acquisition of management control of other companies without changing the legal entity. To summarize the concept of mergers and business transfer: first‚ the merger is a method of amalgamating
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Universal Merger NOVA Southeastern University H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship Abstract For the over past decade cable television industry has experienced restructuring through a large number of creative innovation‚ mergers and acquisitions. For the purpose of understanding both legal and ethical issues in regards to such a merger in the US cable television industry‚ this study employs a very detailed legal and ethical examination of a merger between Comcast
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Hewlett-Packard | HP – Compaq merger | M&A‚ Finance and Investments‚ MSc. | 29th November‚ 2012 | | | | Authors: Marjan van Lieshout 348050 Bram Piederiet 322688 Jamie Romeo 319954 Patrice Temming 351185 Authors: Marjan van Lieshout 348050 Bram Piederiet 322688 Jamie Romeo 319954 Patrice Temming 351185 1. Executive summary In the spring of 2002‚ Hewlett-Packard Co (‘HP’ from here on) obtained all of the outstanding common shares of Compaq Computer Corp (‘CC’
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HUTCH & VODAFONE MERGER A brief study on Voodafone’s purchase of stake in Hutchison Telecom International GLOBSYN BUSINESS SCHOOL HUTCH "Hutch" is the GSM mobile network of Hutchison Teleco Limited‚ which is a fully owned subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (HTIL)‚ a listed company in the New York and Hong Kong stock markets. HTIL is a leading provider of telecommunications services‚ operating or rolling out mobile telecommunications services in 9 countries‚ offering
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I. Introduction The following analysis has been made about the merger of Kraft and Cadbury‚ to find out that are they both potential partners and how will they survive in the long run. What might be the risks for both of the companies that they might face after this merger? What is the role of the government in this merger? What is the impact on the shareholders‚ what are their thoughts about it and is it a successful merger or not. Other than Kraft and Cadbury four aspects of doing business
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Disney-Marvel Merger The Walt Disney Company has a major need to fill content since it has so many media outlets. Marvel Entertainment Inc. is just another company that can provide Disney the content they need to fill their programming and theme parks. In 2006‚ Disney acquired Pixar Animation Studio’s Inc. for $7.4 billion in stock giving them the rights to Toy Story. The article provides knowledge about the different levels of licensing and the importance of mergers and acquisitions. For
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The past two decades have been characterized as a merger mania time. A lot of consolidations have occurred. Nevertheless‚ these mergers have failed to achieve the expected results. In general‚ the financial track record of recent mergers is‚ in fact‚ immeasurable. It appears that the proposed efficiencies of scale often do not materialize‚ but the merger boom continues and globalization is a contributing factor. However‚ the cultural‚ political‚ psychological and geographical improvements of cross-cultural
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Persuasive Speech - Merger A MERGER has a great deal in common with a marriage. In both cases‚ each side needs to be clear-eyed about the other’s strengths and weaknesses‚ to find areas where the partners can work together and other areas where they could each use some personal space. As in a marriage there is always a discussion about whether a name change will occur‚ and couples may fight about whether to keep or toss one person’s beloved orange sofa. Merging companies too often botch their strategizing
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Merger Types - Various Type of Merger A merger refers to the process whereby at least two companies combine to form one single company. Business firms make use of mergers and acquisitions for consolidation of markets as well as for gaining a competitive edge in the industry. Merger types can be broadly classified into the following five subheads as described below. They are Horizontal Merger‚ Conglomeration‚ Vertical Merger‚ Product-Extension Merger and Market-Extension Merger. 1) Horizontal
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