Business 2.0 died and was promptly married to Time Inc.'s unfortunately named eCompany Now, which promptly took on the acquired's name.
UPDATE: And in yet another turn in the Color saga, a story co-headlined by Liz Gannes and John Paczkowski published by AllThingsD Thursday morning says that Apple is taking a pass on acquiring Color's IP after all, and will instead be acqui-hiring its engineering staff of around 20 for between $2 million and $5 million.
On Friday, Bank of America said it would receive $20 billion more from the Treasury to help it digest losses it took on by acquiring Merrill Lynch, a process begun in September.
It also owed the failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing some £450m - most of it taken on when Mosaic acquired the Principles and Shoe Studio businesses.
Bank of America's shares fell by more than 6% on April 28th after the firm announced that it had found a mistake in the calculations used to value complex securities it had taken on when it acquired Merrill Lynch, an investment bank, in early 2009—and that this mistake meant it had to refile its "stress test" submission to the Federal Reserve.
Thomas F. Marano, senior managing director and designated principal of the mortgage- and asset-backed securities department, was "well aware of the amount of risk that was being taken on in terms of acquiring assets and... the activities with respect to securitization," the complaint said, citing a Bear Stearns executive's deposition.
Ali Partovi, iLike's former CEO (and MySpace's current SVP Business Development) took the stage, first taking the time to congratulate MySpace on acquiring iLike.
British Airways, for example, has added Orlando and Tampa, Fla., Seattle and Pittsburgh during the last decade and in 1988 took on Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and San Diego when it acquired British Caledonian Airlines.
Keene had taken on the problem when it acquired another company, Baldwin-Ehret-Hill, which sold insulation made with asbestos until 1972.
Its website, now a relic of the recent past, is still accessible under the banner: "This snapshot, taken on 18/01/2011, shows web content acquired for preservation by The National Archives".
The Dallas Cowboys, no strangers to dealing with players fighting off-the-field demons, may have taken on their biggest challenge yet by acquiring Dimitrius Underwood yesterday.
