The Giants lost outfielder Melky Cabrera to a 50-game drug suspension, which will keep him out through the first week of the playoffs, but they have ridden the hot bat of Buster Posey to a commanding lead over the Dodgers despite the blockbuster deal Los Angeles completed last month to acquire three of the Boston Red Sox' most expensive players.
Demand Media, a big buyer and operator of Internet domain name companies, completed negotiations to acquire Austin-based Pluck last night after about two months of negotiations.
The last-minute bid comes just as Halifax, a British mortgage bank, was completing negotiations to acquire certain assets from Equitable Life in a complex two-part deal.
General Electric, owner of television's most profitable network, NBC, completed its agreement to acquire the entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal.
CBS announced Tuesday that it had completed a deal to acquire half of TVGN, formerly the TV Guide Network, Bill Carter reports.
And in June, Corning International completed a deal to acquire 50percentt of the shares in Fibre Optic Cable and Accessories, a maker of fiber optic cable in Vietnam.
Not that Nextlink doesn't play ball -- in June, it completed a deal to acquire Concentric Network, which provides high-speed Internet access.
LONDON — Anheuser-Busch InBev said on Wednesday that it had completed an agreement to acquire its closest rival, SABMiller, for nearly $106 billion, creating what it said would be the first "truly global brewer".
SANTA MONICA, Calif .and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan . 13 , 2012PRNewswire/PRNewswire/te (NYSE: LGF) ("the Company") and Summit Entertainment today announced that Lionsgate has completed a transaction to acquire Summit for a combination of cash and stock valued at $412.5 million.
The company said Monday that it has completed a deal to acquire the Documentary Channel, which is available in about 25 million homes, and is working on a deal to take over Halogen TV's channel position in about 15 million homes.
