Citing Security Concerns, 3Com Withdraws Buyout Application
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The California network-equipment maker says the $2.2 billion deal to be acquired by a Chinese telecom won't proceed, because federal authorities reviewing the proposed sale said security issues can't be resolved.
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The contract is part of the computer giant's bid to wring more consulting dollars out of its printer business.
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Spate of billion-dollar deals is prompting midsize IT security providers to offer themselves up as buyout candidates.
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The withdrawal ends speculation of an imminent wave of consolidation in the troubled airline industry.
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After having mounted what appeared to have been a serious legal challenge to the US Federal Communications Commission's right to impose rules for bidders in the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction without legislative authority, Verizon yesterday formally withdrew its FCC complaint from the D.C. District Court of Appeals.
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Everquest Financial has withdrawn an initial public offering that disclosed that its assets had been bought from Bear Stearnsâ two troubled hedge funds.
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The trend of merging network and security technologies continued today as 3Com (Quote, Chart) bought TippingPoint Technologies (Quote, Chart) for approximately $430 million, the companies said.
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The Motley Fool - In each of the last two quarters, networking equipment maker 3Com (Nasdaq: COMS - News) has pleased Wall Street by losing less money than expected. Can the company go three-for-three? We'll find out on Thursday, when it kicks off its fiscal 2007 reporting year with some after-hours news.
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The withdrawal of private equity bidders from an auction for Australian retailer Coles Group Ltd.  has underscored how the demands of increasingly risk averse borrowers threaten some of the more debt-laden deals.
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Business & money: Deal forced to be scrapped as the fallout from the sub-prime markets continues to spread
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The real issue users need to keep their eyes on is will these three companies be able to leave well enough alone. How other companies have handled past acquisitions might provide some insight into how these company mergers and their products will fare long term.
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PHILADELPHIA  - A planned $3.1 billion takeover of satellite operator Intelsat Ltd. appears in jeopardy after an electrical problem ruined one of the company's satellites.
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The security software giant says it will forgo megadeals.
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Ultimate Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it received notice from Nasdaq that it could be delisted for not meeting the deadline to file its third quarter results.
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Harry Macklowe has withdrawn from a battle that had threatened to derail the planned merger of SL Green Realty and the Reckson Associates Realty Corporation.
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3Com Corp. COMS.O on Monday said it  will buy network security firm TippingPoint Technologies Inc.  TPTI.O for about $430 million, as 3Com expands its  telecommunications equipment offerings to compete better in the  market for large corporate users.
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The chipmaker withdraws after being asked to end support for all non-OLPC platforms. This doesn't square with Intel's plans to build a cheap laptop of its own.