Roy Bostock, Chairman of Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company issued the following statement today in response to Microsoft Corporation’s announcement that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo!:
“We remain focused on maximizing shareholder value and pursuing strategic opportunities that position Yahoo! for success and leadership in its markets. From the [...]

AOL today announced that it has acquired Sphere Source, Inc., a leading provider of contextual-search tools which offers related content to publishers. Sphere will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL as part of the company’s Programming division, which is led by Executive Vice President Bill Wilson.
Founded in 2005 and based in San [...]

New move brings extensive interactive based synergies to leading communications firm
Roska Direct Advertising today announced its acquisition of the leading e-business agency, Mueller & Wister, bringing a commanding new level of interactive capability to Roska’s new and existing clients.
According to Roska CEO, Jon Roska, “Mueller & Wister has a powerful foothold on the [...]

Acquisition Broadens Capabilities as a Global Innovator of Simulation Software
ANSYS, Inc. (Nasdaq:ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, and Ansoft Corporation (Nasdaq:ANST), a global provider of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software, announced today that they signed a definitive agreement whereby ANSYS will acquire Ansoft for a purchase [...]

New Entity Offers UK Brand Advertisers Opportunity to Deliver Targeted Ads with Scale and Accuracy
Specific Media, the largest independent online advertising network, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire all the assets of Adviva, a leading display advertising network in the United Kingdom. The combination of Specific Media and Adviva in the UK gives [...]

Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to acquire Rapt Inc., the leading provider of advertising yield management solutions for digital media publishers. Rapt’s technology, along with its information and advisory services offerings, will become key components of the Atlas Publisher Suite, part of Microsoft’s Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group. With the inclusion of Rapt, the [...]

Cyréalis mainly runs three editorial websites on high tech (clubic.com), video games (jeuxvideo.fr) and e business (neteco.com) set of themes, completed by a price comparison website (achetezfacile.com). In January 2008, Cyrealis gathered 5.5 millions unique visitors, predominantly men between 15 and 35 year old and over1.
M6 Group’s websites reach a 5.7 millions unique visitors [...]

Studio Store Adds Direct Consumer Marketing Prowess to Enhance Film and Television Initiatives
Red Rock Pictures Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: RRPH), a film finance, production, and distribution company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Ventura, CA based Studio Store Direct, Inc., a market leader in new media [...]

Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced the completion of its acquisition of World Wide Packets, Inc. pursuant to the terms of the acquisition agreement announced on January 22, 2008.
“This acquisition enables us to capitalize on our early leadership in converged Ethernet solutions by accelerating the implementation and time-to-market of our Carrier [...]

Further Solidifies Quest’s Position as Leader in the Virtualization Management Market
Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:QSFT) today announced it has completed the acquisition of Vizioncore Inc., a leading provider of disaster recovery and other products for virtual infrastructure management. Initially acquiring a controlling interest in Vizioncore in 2005, Quest broadened its virtualization product portfolio in 2007 [...]