Tech deals boost M&amp;A activity
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Â£5bn spent in third quarter Over â¬5bn was spent on mergers and acquisitions involving Irish firms in the third quarter, with tech-related M&amp;As among the most valuable deals.â¦
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'Tis the season for mergers, as technology firms go on a buying binge this holiday season that is starting to rival the great M&A spree of the 1990s. -washingtonpost.com
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A flurry of year-end dealmaking hit the tech sector as companies maneuvered to get out of low-margin businesses, fill holes in their product lines and take financial advantage of the recent run-up in share prices.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday following a  pickup in merger activity in the software and telecom sectors  and better-than-expected retail sales in November, which  signaled an uptick in consumer spending.
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European stocks were higher on Wednesday thanks to a strong performance on Wall Street overnight, and fresh merger and acquisition activity.
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Private equity firms have demonstrated strength in numbers by teaming up to make significant acquisitions, and as some firms keep expanding, investors say the trend toward "club" deals will help them snag assets that once were out of their grasp.
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With a series of blockbuster deals bringing merger activity to levels not seen in years, M&amp;A bankers finally are regaining some of the swagger they lost when the boom of the late 1990s went bust.
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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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Stocks rose as an $11 billion offer by Kmart for Sears, Roebuck lifted retailers and better-than-expected earnings from Hewlett-Packard ignited a rally in technology shares.
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Technology and business innovation go hand in hand.
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U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, helped by better-than-expected results from Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  and a handful of merger deals, including a plan by Sirius Satellite Radio  to buy rival XM Satellite Radio  for $4.6 billion.
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M&A activity spiked up this month, but the prospects for matrimonial bliss still seem bleak.
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With M&A fever hitting new highs, we ponder which deals will work out.
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Wireless companies are upping their technology bets.
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Technology markets rallied Wednesday. They were boosted by soaring Internet stocks on news that Cendant plans to buy Orbitz and by investors looking for general bargains in the recently battered sector.
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An acquisition focuses on a market with strong growth potential.
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The sudden avalanche of technology deals is gathering momentum. Symantec&#39;s talks with software group Veritas come hot of the heels of IBM&#39;s sale of its PC business to Lenovo and Oracle&#39;s acquisition of PeopleSoft.