Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

Source: Sify

** Silver Lake and Partners Group have agreed to buy Swiss-based tax-free shopping business Global Blue for 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) from rival Equistone. ** General Mills Inc agreed to buy Brazilian food company Yoki Alimentos SA for abou ...
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Galaxy S III to Arrive at T-Mobile USA on June 20th

Source: Softpedia

There has been a lot of speculation on whether wireless carrier T-Mobile will be among those to sell the newly launched Galaxy S III, but new info seems set to put that to a rest. According to leaked details that emerge ...
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Too Early to Call: Five Mobile Giants

Source: PRWeb

The impact of Internet and mobile-based competition on the payments industry is at an early stage. But it is changing as innovative approaches to engage the consumer shift brand awareness and revenue opportunities. Mobile payme ...
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Deutsche Telekom's Achilles' Heel

Source: Motley Fool

David is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinions of our bloggers and are not formally edited. T-Mobile USA has been in rough shape these last few years, especially after the takeover a ...
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Apple and Google Lead Tech Titans on the Move

Source: Wall Street Cheat Sheet

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is settling on the 16650 cylindrical battery and prismatic lithium-ion battery to help in the cost reduction of ultrabooks, following an exhaustive review of new types of batteries, say upstream sources ...
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Is NFC killing Google Wallet?

Source: CNET

Google may have backed the wrong horse when it decided to tie its Google Wallet payment app to the short-range wireless near field communications technology. Google Wallet, Google's mobile payment, has been slow to ga ...
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More Scrutiny Called For On Verizon Wireless Spectrum Bid

Source: RedOrbit

In the world of real estate, it is often said it’s about location, location, location. In the world of wireless communication, it’s currently about spectrum, spectrum, spectrum. Housing starts may continue to struggle, but where there seems to b ...
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Huawei MyTouch Shows Up at FCC, Coming Soon to T-Mobile USA

Source: Softpedia

T-Mobile USA decided several months ago that the manufacturer of its myTouch device would be Huawei. The Chinese company replaced LG, which was responsible for the last T-Mobile myTouch Android smartphones. The first two myTouch ...
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Wireless M2M communication sees sustained strong momentum

Source: Telecom Paper

New market data from Berg Insight shows a sustained strong momentum for wireless M2M communication in the beginning of 2012. According to figures disclosed by leading global mobile operators, the number of machin ...
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