Sunday, December 11, 2011

M&A Activity Review

SAP Moves to Acquire Success Factors
Success Factors is a Web-based software company and is valued around $40 a share. This move by SAP comes in response to rival Oracle’s acquisition of RightNow Technologies for $1.43 billion this past October. This move highlights the purchase of smaller software companies as larger companies look to compete in cloud technology.

Buffet to Buy Omaha Newspaper 
Warren Buffet looks to by the publisher of the Nebraska principal daily newspaper. Berkshire Hathaway reportedly is buying Buffet’s hometown newspaper. Terms of the deal have not been revealed, but this marks an interesting buy of the Omaha World -- Herald company.
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Editorial Staff

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