Salesforce.com Feb. 1 acquired popular project management software maker Manymoon, which rose to power via the Google Apps Marketplace. The move raises some interesting questions. – Salesforce.com Feb. 1 acquired project management
software maker Manymoon, which shot to fame courtesy of its high profile on the
Google Apps Marketplace in 2010.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Google’s Apps Marketplace launched in March 2009 as an online store to help
smaller Web-based s…
Genting Singapore PLC says its wholly-owned subsidiary, Resorts World Properties, has agreed to purchase Singapore Technologies Building at 3 Lim Teck Kim Road for $146 million from Singapore Technologies Holdings.
Singapore Technologies Building is a 13-storey freehold office building with office space on the ground floor. The property has an existing gross floor area of 128,600 square feet and an approved plot ratio of 6.6 over its freehold site area of 1,802.5 square metres. The property also contains 135 car parking lots.
As the property is close to the Resorts World Sentosa, Genting Singapore plans to house its support departments for the integrated resort in that building.
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Government of Singapore Investment Corp., a sovereign wealth fund with US$100 billion ($128.4 billion) of reserves, bought some of the European debt issued to finance Ireland’s bailout, Deputy Chairman Tony Tan said.
“We believe the bond is relatively safe given how it’s structured and it gives us reasonable yield,” Tan said in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. GIC will consider buying more European rescue debt in future sales, he said.
Verizon is acquiring cloud-service provider Terremark Worldwide to compete against Amazons cloud by offering customers security, IAAS and managed services. – Verizon Communications
is acquiring Terremark Worldwide for $1.4 billion to enhance its cloud-computing
capabilities, the companies said Jan. 27.
The acquisition of the Miami-based
cloud services and data-center-hosting provider will expand Verizons ability to
provide IT services to corporate c…
Verizon acquired cloud service provider Terremark Worldwide to compete against Amazons cloud by offering customers security, infrastructure-as-a-service, and managed services. – Verizon Communications acquired Terremark Worldwide for $1.4
billion to enhance its cloud computing capabilities, the company said Jan. 27.
The acquisition of the Miami-based cloud services and data
center hosting provider will expand Verizons ability to provide information
technology services t…
YouTube has picked up social-sentiment analysis software provider Fflick. The technology could bolster YouTube’s forthcoming movie-rental business. – Google’s
YouTube video-sharing division said it has acquired Fflick, which makes
sentiment-analysis software to gauge what users are saying about video content
on Facebook, Twitter and other social Websites.
Terms of the
deal were not disclosed.
One of YouTube’s
fun features has been its abi…
Google purchases communications software provider SayNow, which bakes calling capabilities into Android, iPhone, Facebook and Twitter. – Google confirmed Jan. 25 that it has acquired SayNow, a signal that the company wants to bring social
applications into its Google Voice phone management platform.
quot;SayNow will work closely with the Google Voice team, but we don’t have
any specific plans to announce at this time, quot; a Goo…
“Love don’t cost a thing,” Jennifer Lopez once sang (or squeaked, depending on who’s telling the story…) But that’s certainly not the case for Hot Hollywood couple Joe Jonas and Ashley Greene. The smitten boy bander recently plopped down five figures on a purebred pooch for the Twilight stunner. Shh — don’t tell PETA! A [...]
The transaction is likely to be completed this quarter, London-based Standard Chartered said in an e-mailed statement today. Ashia Razzaq, the bank’s head of investor relations for Asia, and Lisa Farrugia, a spokeswoman for GE Capital in Southeast Asia, declined to provide the financial terms. The bank paid $850 million to $900 million for the asset, Dow Jones reported, citing a person it didn’t name.
Mainboard-listed HLN Technologies, the manufacturer of precision metallic, elastomeric and polymeric components, says it is acquiring a 15.16% stake in Tianjin Swan Lake Real Estate Development Co. for RMB64 million ($12.7 million) to gain a foothold in China’s property market.
The consideration for the proposed acquisition is to be satisfied by cash of RMB58.5 million and the issue of 2.2 million HLN treasury shares priced at $0.50 each, which is at a premium of 14.3% to the group’s volume weighted average share price of $0.4375 on Jan 19.
The Serbian dinar (RSD) has continued to strengthen against the euro for the seventh consecutive day. On Tuesday its value increased by 56 paras, thus setting the official middle exchange rate at RSD 104,3460, announced the National Bank of Serbia.
Google has acquired eBook Technologies, which provides a complete electronic reading platform, from e-reader devices to an online bookstore and content distribution system. – Google has
purchased eBook Technologies to ensure its own eBookstore titles are accessible via
any mobile device.
The buy was first
reported by TechCrunch. Google confirmed the deal in an e-mail to
eWEEK:
quot;We are happy to
welcome eBook Technologies’ team to Google, quot; a Google spokesp…
Singtel stock closed up 0.66% on Tuesday at $3.07.
Avaya acquires Swedish vendor Konftel in an effort to expand the audio capabilities of its unified communications and collaboration solutions. – Avaya
is bulking up its audio collaboration capabilities with the $15 million
acquisition of Swedish company Konftel.
Through
the deal announced Jan. 4, Avaya gains Konftel’s portfolio of conferencing
solutions, in particular its OmniSound technology, which optimizes the audio in
conferencin…
Sourcefire acquired Immunet to add its cloud-based security technology to its tool belt. – Sourcefire has acquired anti-malware vendor Immunet to build out its cloud-based security capabilities.
The deal, completed for $21 million, combines Sourcefires intrusion prevention technology with Immunets cloud approach. According to Sourcefire, the buy immediately allows the company to provide …
Sierra Atlantic’s offshore development locations in Hyderabad, India, and Guangzhou, China, will expand Hitachi Consulting’s presence in the data center middleware and application integration markets. – Hitachi Consulting, the global consulting division of Japan’s
Hitachi Ltd., said Jan. 4 that it has acquired Oracle and Microsoft enterprise
application developer Sierra Atlantic of Newark, Calif.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Because Sierra Atlantic has offshore development locat…
Norway’s Seadrill (SDRL.OL) is to acquire two ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, expecting to reap benefits from an improving drilling market this year and sending its shares higher.
Seadrill, one of the world’s largest deep-water drillers, said on Monday the total project price for the two rigs is estimated to be about US$1.2 billion ($1.54) and said it had secured new bank debt to finance the investment.
Singapore developer Keppel Land (KLAN.SI) said on Thursday it has purchased a 17.2 hectare site in the Chinese city of Nantong for 1.04 billion yuan ($202.8 million). Keppel will develop lakefront residences in Nantong which is near Shanghai.
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Happy Holidays, ‘Crunchers! Hope everything you wanted this Christmas was waiting under your tree — courtesy of Jolly Saint Nick — this morning. Since we all know gossip doesn’t take a day off, not even for Jesus’ birthday, Castina’s here with a few holiday tidbits for your enjoyment. So let’s get to it, shall we? [...]
