When word leaked that IBM was in discussions to acquire Sun last month, Staten argues that the uncertainty of those talks may have convinced buyers to hold off, for fear of investing in software or hardware that would soon be unsupported.
As I said before, Facebook needs to backfill the valuation (rumor has it that Facebook is in discussions to acquire Plaxo, but then Plaxo is also rumored to be in acquisition discussions with Google) to get out of this fix.
Google is in discussions to acquire YouTube for $1.6 billion, people involved in the talks said yesterday.
Facebook is reportedly in discussions to acquire Titan Aerospace, a manufacturer of drones, for around $60m.
According to the study: In 2009, a U.S. based Fortune 500 manufacturing company initiated discussions to acquire a Chinese corporation.
"At this time, we are not in discussions to acquire the Monster Beverage Corporation," Coca-Cola said in a statement.
Liberty Financial confirmed yesterday, without further comment, that it was holding discussions to acquire Wanger Asset Management, owner of the Acorn group of five mutual funds.
PITNEY BOWES INC., Stamford, Conn., announced that it is in discussions to acquire Secap, a mailing subsidiary of Fimalac, a French diversified services group.
My company, Lot 47 Films, commenced discussions to acquire the film with the producers' attorney the morning after its world premiere at Sundance.
The British bank Barclays said it was in preliminary discussions to acquire a majority stake in ABSA, South Africa's largest consumer lender.
