Geophysique to buy Veritas for $3.1 bln
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French oilfield services group Compagnie  Generale de Geophysique is to buy Texas-based Veritas DGC Inc.  in a $3.1 billion deal to merge their seismic businesses, the  companies said on Tuesday.
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Veritas DGC Inc. (VTS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it will delay its fourth quarter results after discovering that a $1.
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Veritas Software Corp. , the leading storage software provider, said on Tuesday it agreed to acquire email backup company KVault Software Ltd. for &#36;225 million in cash.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 31, 2004 -- VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire KVault Software Limited (KVS), the
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Symantec Corp. SYMC.O, a maker of  security software, on Thursday said it would buy storage  software maker Veritas Software Corp. VRTS.O for $13.5  billion, creating the world's fourth-largest software company.
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Private equity firm Veritas said on Sunday it agreed to acquired DynCorp International LLC, which provides aviation maintenance, personal security and training for law enforcement agencies and the US government, for $850 million.
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SCOTTISH &amp; Southern Energy yesterday called time on its 18-month acquisition spree after confirming a Â£3.1 billion swoop for two gas distribution networks.
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Merger mania found its way back into the software space today, asvsecurity firm Symantec said it would pay US$13.5 billion to acquire Veritas Software.
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Alcoa Inc. is part of a three-company consortium that will buy a major natural-gas pipeline in Australia for $1.3 billion. The consortium, which includes Diversified Utility &amp; Energy Trusts (DUET) and Alinta
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Veritas Software Corp. shares rose as much as 13 percent after the New York Times said Symantec Corp. is in talks to buy the company for more than $13 billion, in what would be the second-biggest deal ever in the software industry.
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Computer security giant Symantec has agreed to buy storage and backup program maker Veritas Software to create the world's fourth largest software company. The all-stock acquisition was initially valued at &#36;13.5 billion, but the price quickly plummeted after investors weighed in on the merger.
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French oilfield services group  Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG) and Texas-based Veritas  DGC Inc. said on Tuesday that CGG agreed to buy Veritas in a  cash and stock deal worth about $3.1 billion.
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Symantec Corp., the world&#39;s largest maker of anti-virus programs for computers, agreed to buy Veritas Software Corp. for $13.5 billion in stock, the biggest software purchase in six years.
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COMPUTER security giant Symantec has agreed to acquire storage and backup program specialist Veritas Software in an equity deal valued at around $13.5 billion ($17.8 billion).
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Storage software giant Veritas is moving its customers deeper into email archiving through its agreement to acquire KVault Software (KVS).
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The Centro Properties Group and Centro Retail Trust of Australia have agreed to buy New Plan Excel Realty Trust for about $3.4 billion in cash, accelerating Centroâs push into the United States.
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The bond-trading firm is selling its privately held BGC Partners brokerage unit to eSpeed, in a deal valued at $1.3 billion.