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      <title>AP Technology NewsBrief at 7:31 p.m. EST</title>
      <link>http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/11/24/4500239.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:31:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...FRANCISCO (AP) _ U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's &amp;quot;precarious&amp;quot; financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>AP Technology NewsBrief at 7:01 p.m. EST</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:01:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...FRANCISCO (AP) _ U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's &amp;quot;precarious&amp;quot; financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:39:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...FRANCISCO (AP) _ U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's &amp;quot;precarious&amp;quot; financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>NuMobile, Inc. Announces 3rd Quarter Update Webcast in Conjunction With Current Financial Report Reflecting Recent Acquisition and New Business Plan</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:37:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...NuMobile, Inc. Announces 3rd Quarter Update Webcast in Conjunction With Current Financial Report Reflecting Recent &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; and New Business Plan TMCNet: NuMobile, Inc. Announces 3rd Quarter Update Webcast in Conjunction With Current Financial Report Reflecting Recent ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>HP profits jump on cost cuts, new market expansion</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:01:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...latest quarter. A bright spot was technology services, a division HP beefed up last year with the $13.9 billion &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Electronic Data Systems and which posted better profits. HP is eliminating 24,600 jobs as part of that takeover ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>AP Technology NewsBrief at 5:57 p.m. EST</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:58:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...FRANCISCO (AP) _ U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's &amp;quot;precarious&amp;quot; financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Bloosky Interactive Acquires Tracking202</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:50:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...marketing company, announced today that it has acquired Tracking202 Inc., and all of its subsidiaries, in a cash transaction. This &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; boosts Bloosky's standing in the affiliate marketing space and positions the company as one of the top distribution resources ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:49:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...FRANCISCO (AP) _ U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's &amp;quot;precarious&amp;quot; financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Recommind Named to EContent 100 for Fifth Consecutive Year</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:22:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...a clear path to profits and improved business processes. Essential reading for executives and professionals involved in content management, creation, &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, aggregation, and distribution in corporate and B2B environments, EContent provides the go-to resource for digital content business strategies. www ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Microsoft Announces Chief Financial Officer Transition</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:21:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...firm; and several startups, including HomeGrocer.com, where as vice president and treasurer he helped lead an IPO and subsequent &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; by Webvan. &amp;quot;I'm honored to take on the role of Microsoft CFO. I've learned a lot working with ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Quantros Licenses Adverse Event Identification Technology from University of Michigan</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:20:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...of several types of events.&amp;quot; Quantros Vice President of Sales Tom Leahy said of the benefit of this latest technology &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, &amp;quot;The functionality offered by the University of Michigan intellectual property &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; will be a boon for both existing and potential ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>3D Systems Acquires AdvaTech Manufacturing, Extending Its 3Dproparts(TM) Reach Into Aerospace and Defense</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:50:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...manufacturing systems to deliver to its customers the broadest available range of precision plastic and metal parts and assemblies. The &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of AdvaTech Manufacturing enhances 3Dproparts(TM) Selective Laser Sintering manufacturing capabilities and expands the company's reach into aerospace and ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Prodesse's ProParaflu+(TM) Assay Cleared for US Marketing by FDA</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...America's highest honor for technological innovation, for developing NAT assays for blood screening. In October, Gen-Probe completed its &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Prodesse, Inc. Prodesse develops molecular diagnostic reagents for a variety of infectious disease applications. Prodesse sells four FDA 510 ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>KCP&amp;L Selects Siemens for Smart Grid Demonstration Project</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:20:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...load, distributed energy resource and real-time substation and feeder information. It includes outage management, distribution supervisory control and data &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, distribution network analysis and integration with KCP&amp;amp;L's existing mobile workforce management system, geographic information system and other supporting ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Arbitron Welcomes Opportunity to Showcase Benefits Of Electronic Media Ratings to House Oversight Committee</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:20:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...we serve, our ability to expand our business in new markets, our ability to successfully identify, consummate and integrate appropriate &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt;, the impact of increased costs of data collection including a trend toward increasing incidence of cell phone-only households, litigation ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Letter of Intent Signed to Form Helios Towers Africa Ltd. with $350 Million of Equity Financing from Global Investor Group</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...a full range of investment types, including business formations, growth equity investments, structured investments in listed entities and large leveraged &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; across Africa. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] description: Letter of Intent Signed to Form Helios Towers Africa Ltd. with ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>AP Technology NewsBrief at 4:17 p.m. EST</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:17:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...FRANCISCO (AP) _ U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's &amp;quot;precarious&amp;quot; financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:16:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...FRANCISCO (AP) _ U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's &amp;quot;precarious&amp;quot; financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Blue Coat Reports Financial Results for Second Fiscal Quarter Ended October 31, 2009</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:05:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...44,777 42,825 Notes: (A) Purchase accounting rules require that the inventory we acquired in the Packeteer&amp;nbsp;( News - Alert ) &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; be written-up to its estimated fair market value. The fair value write-up increases the cost of revenue, essentially ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>QAD Announces Fiscal 2010 Third Quarter Financial Results</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:05:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...794 28,349 33,165 General and administrative 7,101 8,260 23,492 25,180 Amortization of intangibles from &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; 121 184 468 559 Total operating expenses 28,068 37,063 91,040 114,842 Operating income (loss) 5,640 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Deltek Clarity '09 Event for Government Contractors a Resounding Success</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:05:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...growing - larger firms in particular are growing faster than expected, on the order of 10%. The government contracting mergers and &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; (M&amp;amp;A) environment is not vibrant - over 85% of large firms did not indicate any definite M&amp;amp;A plans in ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Tessera Promotes Bernard Cassidy to Executive Vice President</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:05:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...income; the failure or refusal of licensees to pay royalties; failure to achieve the growth prospects and synergies expected from &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; transactions; and delays and challenges associated with integrating acquired companies with our existing businesses. You are cautioned not to place ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:00:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...wafer fabrication facilities, molecular beam epitaxy facility, assembly facility and test and tape and reel facilities, our ability to complete &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; and integrate acquired companies, including the risk that we may not realize expected synergies from our business combinations, our ability ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Netezza Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Financial Results</title>
      <link>http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/11/24/4499958.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...of acquired intangible assets varies in amount and frequency and is significantly affected by the timing and size of our &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt;, Netezza's management believes that excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets allows investors to analyze Netezza's recurring business over ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...reasonable assumptions, such statements are subject to risk and uncertainty, including, among other things, the effect of changing economic conditions, &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; strategy, competition, foreign exchange, the ability to meet the terms of current borrowing arrangements, and risks associated with the local ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>AP Technology NewsBrief at 3:55 p.m. EST</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:55:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...FRANCISCO (AP) _ U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's &amp;quot;precarious&amp;quot; financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Sprint Nextel, Virgin Mobile Completed Merger (S,VM)</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:51:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...11/24/2009 - Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) and Virgin Mobile (NYSE:VM) announced that they have completed their merger. The &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; strengthens Sprint's position in the prepaid segment. The closing conditions were met earlier today when stockholders approved the transaction ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>HP expands in Israel: The company will add around 100 employees for a new enterprise infrastructure management project to be developed at its Yehud RandD center.</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:51:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...sharing, and help.&amp;quot; He declined to disclose any more details. HP's Israeli R&amp;amp;D center is based on its &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Mercury Interactive in 2006 for $4.5 billion. Until now, HP's expansion in Israel has been through &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:47:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...FRANCISCO (AP) _ U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's &amp;quot;precarious&amp;quot; financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:35:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...FRANCISCO (AP) _ U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's &amp;quot;precarious&amp;quot; financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Rodinia Minerals Inc. Announces Public Relations &amp; Marketing Contract</title>
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      <description>...as &amp;quot;plans&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;proposes&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;estimates&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;intends&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;expects&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;believes&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;may&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;will&amp;quot; and include without limitation, statements regarding the impact of any potential &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; the potential of the Company's projects; the potential results and timetable for further exploration with respect to the Clayton ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Sprint completes purchase of Virgin Mobile USA</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:25:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...Press Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) KANSAS CITY, Mo._Sprint Nextel Corp. on Tuesday said it had completed its $483 million &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Virgin Mobile USA, boosting its presence in the market for customers who pay for cell phone service month-to ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Mercury Computer Systems Announces Availability of OpenVPX Reference Design Kits</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:20:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...in components, production delays due to performance quality issues with outsourced components, inability to fully realize the expected benefits from &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; or delays in realizing such benefits, challenges in integrating acquired businesses and achieving anticipated synergies, and difficulties in retaining key ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>BooksOnBoard Selects ORCA for Branded Payment Solution, Providing Consumers More Choices and a Simpler Purchase Process</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:18:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...trust as any digital payment brand among their loyal subscribers. With ORCA, they truly own the customer relationship from subscriber &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; all the way through purchase,&amp;quot; said Roger Wood&amp;nbsp;( News - Alert ) , CEO of ORCA. &amp;quot;ORCA is providing an online equivalent of ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:01:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...FRANCISCO (AP) _ U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's &amp;quot;precarious&amp;quot; financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...class brands and companies. He joined Skype from Shopping.com, where he served as CEO following eBay's&amp;nbsp;( News - Alert ) &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of the recently-listed company. Prior to that, he launched eBay's European online classifieds business, and built it into ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:53:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...FRANCISCO (AP) _ U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's &amp;quot;precarious&amp;quot; financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:43:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...FRANCISCO (AP) _ U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's &amp;quot;precarious&amp;quot; financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...A group of U.S. senators is pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Sun Microsystems Inc. The 59 senators are citing Sun's &amp;quot;precarious&amp;quot; financial condition and fears about more layoffs at ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...database of FaceTime Communications, Inc., a US-based provider of solutions that control greynets and manage unified communications. Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Asset Purchase Deal Status Completed: 2009-11-23 Deal Participants Target (Company) FaceTime Communications, Inc. - Application Classification and ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...capital firm New Enterprise Associates, Inc. The transaction is expected to close in the last quarter of 2009. Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Majority &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Deal Status Announced: 2009-11-23 Deal Participants Target (Company) Teracent Corporation Acquirer (Company) Google, Inc ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...UK-based employee assistance program (EAP) provider. OptumHealth is a US-based provider of personalized health management solutions. Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Majority &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Deal Status Completed: 2009-11-23 Deal Participants Target (Company) PPC (Worldwide) Limited Acquirer (Company) OptumHealth ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Exit Deal Status Announced: 2009-11-23 Deal Participants Target (Company) Teracent Corporation Acquirer (Company) Google, Inc. Deal Rationale The &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; will allow Google to improve its display advertising on the web. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] description: New Enterprise ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...latest quarter. A bright spot was technology services, a division HP beefed up last year with the $13.9 billion &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Electronic Data Systems and which posted better profits. HP is eliminating 24,600 jobs as part of that takeover ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...leader in cloud financial management and accounting applications, today announced the Intacct Lifeline for Softrax Customers. Following this week's &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Softrax by AFS Financial Solutions, Softrax customers concerned with the future of their accounting and revenue management system can ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...are acting as financial advisors to Inmarsat and Segovia, respectively, on the transaction. Deal Value (US$ Million) 110 Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Asset Purchase Deal Status Announced: 2009-11-23 Deal Participants Target (Company) Segovia, Inc. - Business and Assets Acquirer ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...is expected to close by the end of the fourth quarter of 2009. Deal Value (US$ Million) 22 Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Asset Purchase Deal Status Announced: 2009-11-23 Deal Participants Target (Company) Orsus Solutions - Security Management Solution Assets ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...BrainSell Technologies is a provider of business management software and related consulting services to the mid-sized companies. Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Majority &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Deal Status Completed: 2009-11-20 Deal Participants Target (Company) Paradime Solutions, Inc. Acquirer (Company) BrainSell ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry. DeSilva &amp;amp; Phillips acted as advisor to PEI on the transaction. Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Asset Purchase Deal Status Completed: 2009-11-19 Deal Participants Target (Company) Professional Education International - Broadband World Forum ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...acquired Quartz, a developer of open source job-scheduling software. Both the companies are based in the US. Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Majority &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Deal Status Completed: 2009-11-19 Deal Participants Target (Company) Quartz Acquirer (Company) Terracotta, Inc. Deal ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...latest quarter. A bright spot was technology services, a division HP beefed up last year with the $13.9 billion &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Electronic Data Systems and which posted better profits. HP is eliminating 24,600 jobs as part of that takeover ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...close in the first quarter of 2010. Update on November 9, 2009: Ciena has received regulatory clearances regarding its proposed &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of substantially all of the optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel Networks' MEN business. In the US, Ciena ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Phoenix Life Insurance. She last served as senior vice president of strategic development, where she was responsible for mergers and &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt;, joint ventures and startups. The company also announced the retirement of Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Guenter Jaensch and Dan Tsui from ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Inmarsat announces &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Segovia TMCNet: Inmarsat announces &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Segovia [November 24, 2009] Inmarsat announces &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Segovia Nov 24, 2009 (Datamonitor ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...focused on supporting our growing base of oil and gas customers through the expansion of our wireless broadband networks by &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; or master service agreements.&amp;quot; Pat Wilson, president of The Computer Works, said: &amp;quot;With a history dating back over 20 years ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...Company's overall performance,&amp;quot; stated Ed Lonergan, CEO. &amp;quot;We are excited to be exploring several new green opportunities and major &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt;, and look forward to continued vibrant growth in our Company's core products. I am confident that the dramatic increases ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...latest quarter. A bright spot was technology services, a division HP beefed up last year with the $13.9 billion &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Electronic Data Systems and which posted better profits. HP is eliminating 24,600 jobs as part of that takeover ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...but not limited to, the impact of competitive products, the ability to meet customer demand, the ability to manage growth, &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; of technology, equipment, or human resources, the effect of economic business conditions, and the ability to attract and retain skilled ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...latest quarter. A bright spot was technology services, a division HP beefed up last year with the $13.9 billion &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Electronic Data Systems and which posted better profits. HP is eliminating 24,600 jobs as part of that takeover ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...latest quarter. A bright spot was technology services, a division HP beefed up last year with the $13.9 billion &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Electronic Data Systems and which posted better profits. HP is eliminating 24,600 jobs as part of that takeover ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...latest quarter. A bright spot was technology services, a division HP beefed up last year with the $13.9 billion &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Electronic Data Systems and which posted better profits. HP is eliminating 24,600 jobs as part of that takeover ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Church Surface Mine in October of this year and has been negotiating to acquire the balance of their assets. The &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; includes leased mineral rights to an estimated 25,000 +/- acres of property located in Bell, Harlan, Knox and Breathitt County ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...ONTARIO, Nov 24, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Nebu Resources Inc. (the &amp;quot;Company&amp;quot;) (TSX VENTURE:NBU) is pleased to announce the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of a strategic land position adjacent to the Denton North Property where the Company's exploration program is presently ongoing ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...that Koenigsegg Group AB has decided to end the deal, which was announced in June. Financial details of the Saab &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; were not disclosed by GM. Reports on consumer confidence, GDP tug at stocksNEW YORK (AP) _ Stocks retreated from 13 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...that Koenigsegg Group AB has decided to end the deal, which was announced in June. Financial details of the Saab &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; were not disclosed by GM. Reports on consumer confidence, GDP tug at stocksNEW YORK (AP) _ Stocks are retreating from ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:55:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...Annual Health Care Conference being held in New York City. About Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Keryx Biopharmaceuticals is focused on the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, development and commercialization of medically important pharmaceutical products for the treatment of life-threatening diseases, including cancer and renal disease ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Circle Ltd. and Excel Exploration and Production Ltd. to negotiate investment in and &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of working interests in the Eremor Marginal Field (OML 46). The Eremor Field, which is located in shallow water off ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...commercial and government applications, announced on Tuesday that it plans to acquire AR Group Inc and its affiliated companies. The &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; will include Air Routing International, a provider of trip support services for business aircraft flight operations. About Rockwell Collins, Inc ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...of interest with three or more ecological and cultural values. 3. Establish and maintain an ongoing open space inventory for &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; and conservation. 4. Enhance legal protection for town-owned watershed property. 5. Identify town-owned open space and recreation parcels ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...but not limited to, the impact of competitive products, the ability to meet customer demand, the ability to manage growth, &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; of technology, equipment, or human resources, the effect of economic business conditions, and the ability to attract and retain skilled ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Centre of Excellence (CoE) in France to help global telecom operators speed time to market for new services, boost subscriber &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, and reduce both churn and overall network operating costs. Established within the IBM telecom solutions lab in France, the CoE ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...CEO of BeyondTrust. &amp;quot;Our team is dedicated to delivering on that growth opportunity through organic growth in our customer base, &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt;, global expansion and a stronger reseller program. I believe we'll continue to exceed expectations for years to come.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;BeyondTrust ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Circle Ltd. and Excel Exploration and Production Ltd. to negotiate investment in and &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of working interests in the Eremor Marginal Field (OML 46). The Eremor Field, which is located in shallow water off ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Oceanus Racks Up Senior Head Count Solihull,, Nov 24, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Oceanus, supplier of ECMsolutions for customer &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; and customer service environments, today announced the appointment of two key additions to their team, Dean Armitage as senior Application ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...CISCO: Cisco Refiles Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification and Report Forms in Conjunction with Proposed Starent Networks &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; TMCNet: CISCO: Cisco Refiles Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification and Report Forms in Conjunction with Proposed Starent Networks &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; [November 24 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...250 for more elaborate models.&amp;quot; BullMarket.com looked at the following topics, among others: -- Why is Diedrich such an attractive &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; to both Peet's and Green Mountain? -- Is Green Mountain's current valuation justifiable? May the stock even be cheap ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...an undisclosed cash sum. The acquired assets will be managed by AFS Financial Solutions Inc, a subsidiary of AFS. This &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; is the first phase of a planned expansion by AFS to broaden its enterprise technology platform and Software as a ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...business model, and the new entity now boasts over 12,000 graphic designers and studios from around the world. The &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; has been funded by a group of investors, backing the business through a significant private investment, equipping the combined entity ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Windstream is buying Iowa Telecommunications Services for $1.1 billion in cash and stock. Windstream Corp. said Tuesday that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Telecommunications Services Inc. will expand its operations into Iowa and Minnesota, adding about 256,000 phone lines, 95,000 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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