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Yahoo investigating if insiders knew of hack
Yahoo said in a filing it was possible that its acquisition by Verizon could be terminated or renegotiated
CenturyLink will acquire Level 3 Communications in $34B deal
The combined company will operate in more than 60 countries, giving CenturyLink's larger enterprise customers the benefits of a larger global presence
What's really at stake if AT&T buys Time Warner
Combining the telecom giant and content titan is a lose-lose for consumers and the economy alike
AT&T will acquire Time Warner for $85.4 billion in content play
The move reflects a trend for consolidation among communications and media firms
Verizon may want a $1 billion discount on Yahoo
Negative press about Yahoo may be taking a toll on its value
Samsung to buy Viv Labs to challenge Google Assistant
AI startup Viv Labs was founded by the team that created Siri, and has a similar conversational interface
Salesforce will buy Krux to expand behavioral tracking capabilities
Salesforce plans to add the data collection capabilities of Krux to its CRM platform
Salesforce tries to block Microsoft's LinkedIn acquisition
The company argues that control over LinkedIn's data would be anticompetitive
Plat.One acquisition marks start of $2B IoT investment plan for SAP
SAP's five-year plan aims to extend the company's reach into the internet of things
OpenText to buy Dell EMC's enterprise content division
The $1.62 billion deal will allow both companies to focus on their core missions
HP offers $1 billion for Samsung's printer business
Buying Samsung's printing business could reduce HP's reliance on Canon for laser printer technology
Google gets API management tools in Apigee deal
Google plans to acquire API management vendor Apigee in a US$625 million deal that will give the search giant secure and multilanguage API tools used by companies bringing more and more of their services online.
HPE offloads software arm to Micro Focus
What's left at HPE is focused squarely on the hybrid and private cloud
Intel sells off majority stake in McAfee unit
An acquisition that originally caused analysts to scratch their heads in puzzlement is now being unwound
The new Dell Technologies: 6 things you need to know
Dell has merged with EMC to create Dell Technologies, which like Alphabet, will have a collection of independent business units tethered to each other
Oracle will buy cloud warehouse management applications firm LogFire
The LogFire team will add its warehouse management applications to Oracle’s SCM Cloud
HPE said to plan sale of its software unit
HPE is said to be talking to private equity firms for the sale
Say hello to old friend Dell Technologies on Sept. 7
Dell will complete its multibillion-dollar acquisition of EMC next week
Cloud player Rackspace goes private in $4.3B deal
A private equity firm has signed an agreement to buy major cloud player Rackspace for $4.3 billion
