Tellabs Buys Vinci Systems in $52.5M Deal
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Tellabs Inc., a maker of data transmission equipment, said Thursday that it acquired Vinci Systems, a privately held developer of optical networking terminals, for about $52.5 million in cash and restricted Tellabs stock.
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REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Wednesday it agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the software company.
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NEW YORK Veritas Software, the largest independent US storage software provider, will buy the e-mail backup company KVault Software for $225 million in cash, Veritas said Tuesday.
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Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Wednesday it agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the software company.
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Tellabs (TLAB:Nasdaq - news - research) rose early Wednesday after it slashed 20% from the price it will pay for Advanced Fibre (AFCI:Nasdaq - news - research).
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Royal Philips Electronics NV said Friday it will bid around $5.1 billion for Respironics Inc., a maker of medical devices that assist or monitor breathing.
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Ceridian Corp. , under pressure from an activist hedge fund, agreed to be bought by private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners  and insurance company Fidelity National Financial Inc.  for $5.3 billion, the business services company said on Wednesday.
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TomTom , the world's biggest  maker of car navigation devices, plans to buy its main map  supplier, Tele Atlas, for 1.8 billion euros ($2.5 billion) to  improve the digital maps used by millions of drivers.
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Tekelec of Calabasas, Calif., said Friday it will acquire telecommunications solution provider, Steleus Group of Westford, Mass. Tekelec, a leading global supplier of telecommunications
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Business software maker BEA Systems has agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp for $8.5 billion, ending a long negotiation over the value of the company.
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Symantec, the leading maker of computer security software, will buy Veritas for about $13.5 billion, creating the world's fourth-largest software company.
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Philips  plans to buy U.S.  sleep therapy products maker Respironics Inc  for $5.1  billion, its largest deal to date in an aggressive expansion in  the fast-growing health-care sector.
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It has agreed that the company should be sold to Oracle for $26.50 a share, roughly $10.3 billion, $1.5 billion more than Oracle&#39;s now-famous &quot;best and final&quot; offer.
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Johnson & Johnson will acquire the cardiac device manufacturer for $25.4 billion. The acquisition is the largest business deal in J&J's 118-year history
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Serono SA , one of the world's largest biotechnology companies, was bought yesterday by German chemical giant Merck KGaA in a deal worth more than $13 billion.
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Warburg Pincus, Providence Equity close to acquiring former part of AT&amp;T Bell Labs, report says. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Two investment firms are about to close a deal to acquire telecommunications software company Telcordia Technologies Inc.
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Canadian phone firm Bell Canada agrees to be bought for US$48.5bn, the largest deal of its kind in the country.