Blackstone Said to Eye Brocade Buyout as Deal Interest Fades
Blackstone Group LP, the world’s largest private-equity firm, is studying a leveraged buyout of Brocade Communications Systems Inc., said a person with knowledge of the situation.Uncategorized
Misys Holds Merger Talks With Swiss Software Maker Temenos
Misys Plc, the U.K. software maker that failed to reach a deal to be taken over by Fidelity National Information Services Inc. last August, is in talks to merge with Temenos Group AG of Switzerland.Uncategorized
Vodafone Said to Abandon Greek Merger After Opposition
Vodafone Group Plc has decided to abandon an attempt to merge its Greek unit with rival Wind Hellas after facing European Union regulatory opposition, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.Uncategorized
Nikon Gains After Raising Forecast on Cameras: Tokyo Mover
Nikon Corp. surged the most in three years in Tokyo trading after the world’s second-biggest maker of professional-grade cameras raised its operating profit forecast on higher-than-expected sales.Uncategorized
Olympus to Hold Special Shareholders Meeting April 20
Olympus Corp., the Japanese camera maker suing 19 current and former executives over accounting fraud, will hold an emergency shareholders meeting on April 20, it said yesterday in a statement to the Tokyo Stock Exchange.Uncategorized
Cancer Center, in Suit, Claims Ex-Official Took Research
The president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Craig B. Thompson, is in a billion-dollar dispute with his former workplace over accusations that he walked away with research.Uncategorized
Hacker Group Anonymous Intercepted U.S. Call Over Probe
The online hacker group Anonymous intercepted a telephone call between FBI agents and U.K. authorities involving a joint investigation of the group, according to the U.S. government.Uncategorized
The Media Equation: At BuzzFeed, the Significant and the Silly
The Web site is trying for pollination: providing the kind of content that will have visitors passing along links from one person to the next, that will in turn bring them around to BuzzFeed.Facebook’s Mobility Challenge
Although more than half of its 845 million members log into Facebook on a mobile device, the company has not yet found a way to make real money from that use.Uncategorized
A New Question of Internet Freedom
European activists are hoping to stop the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which they say will erode Internet freedom and stifle innovation.Uncategorized
Clint Eastwood in ‘Super Bowl ads: Winners and losers (second half)’
What better way to recover from the halftime show? More ads that continued to offer little in the way of originality of either strategy or execution. On the other hand, we had Clint Eastwood advertising Chrysler and Detroit.Uncategorized
AutoTrader.com Said to Be in Talks for Initial Offering
AutoTrader.com Inc., which runs a website linking buyers and sellers of new and used cars, is talking to banks about a potential initial public offering, a person with knowledge of the discussions said.Uncategorized


