September 28, 2010
AOL (AOL) just announced that it is buying the leading technology blog TechCrunch for an undisclosed fist full of dollars. Web analytics company Alexa ranks TC as #302 globally, and 123rd in the U.S. TechCrunch also runs the sites CrunchGear, MobileCrunch, TechCrunchIT, and the popular CrunchBase database. This isn’t AOL’s first foray into acquisitions of blogs. [...]
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September 24, 2010
ARM Holdings (ARMH), which I called The Momentum Play of the Year on Minyanville backon September 10th, is surging nearly 8% to $19.85 today on takeover rumors. According to Bloomberg, Oracle (ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison told analysts yesterday that “You’re going to see us buying chip companies.” Here’s the key excerpt from Bloomberg: “Ellison said [...]
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