FTC OKs aQuantive buyout by Microsoft
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Microsoft Corp.'s $6 billion acquisition of online advertising group aQuantive Inc. has cleared an antitrust regulatory hurdle, the companies said Friday.
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Microsoft Corp. agreed to buy search engine company Fast Search & Transfer ASA for $1.2 billion Tuesday, adding software products that help companies trawl for information on the Internet.
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Company agrees to buy Archivas, an existing partner, whose software allows for immediate access to protected, archived data.
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Microsoft Corp won an estimated $500 million, 5-year Internet advertising deal with MTV Networks owner Viacom Inc, giving the software giant a boost against rivals Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.
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U.S. antitrust authorities have  approved plans by MySpace-owner Fox Interactive Media, a unit  of News Corp., to buy photo-sharing site Photobucket.
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SEATTLE/NEW YORK  - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said  on Monday it agreed to settle antitrust lawsuits with Novell  Inc. NOVL.O and an industry trade group, marking the end of a  decade-long antitrust battle.
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Microsoft has reached a $536 million legal settlement with Novell, resolving all outstanding antitrust claims by Novell against Microsoft involving NetWare and its other products.
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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it had agreed to settle antitrust lawsuits with Novell Inc. (NOVL.
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In a move to quell rising consumer frustrations, Microsoft on Thursday announced it has acquired Giant Company Software, maker of well-reviewed but little-used anti-spyware software, for an undisclosed sum.
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U.S. antitrust authorities on Wednesday approved AstraZeneca Plc's  plan to buy biotechnology company MedImmune Inc.  for more than $15 billion.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft Corp. on Monday said it has agreed to buy a Thai software vendor that specializes in hospital administration applications, and plans to sell the software in emerging markets.
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Microsoft has made substantial concessions to the European Commission, finally bringing the company into compliance with a&#160;2004 antitrust ruling, the Commission said Monday.
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Communications regulators said on  Thursday they had approved the buyout of radio operator Clear  Channel Communications Inc by two private equity firms.
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The Federal Trade Commission today approved Google's $3.1 billion takeover of DoubleClick, a move that would marry the two kings of online advertising and raises alarms among privacy advocates and rival advertising companies.
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Clearing more legal challenges, Microsoft  announced settlements Monday with rival Novell  for &#36;536 million and with a trade organization that had aggressively backed landmark antitrust cases against Microsoft by the U.S. government and European Union.
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Novell Inc. NOVL.O on Monday said it  had reached a settlement with software maker Microsoft Corp.  MSFT.O over antitrust issues in which Microsoft will pay it  $536 million in cash, sending Novell shares 11 percent higher  in pre-market trading.
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Microsoft Corp., seeking to expand in the medical sector, has agreed to acquire the assets of a privately held, Thailand-based health information system company, the software company said Monday.