Microsoft likes the flavor of Falafel – that’s one explanation for its second acquisition of an Israeli startup in two weeks. Following the sweet exit of YaData, MSFT goes at it again and this time it’s Kidaro’s turn, an Israeli developer of desktop virtualization software for enterprises. The sum of the acquisition was undisclosed, but …
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Microsoft offers an acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 a share, totaling in an equity value of $44.6 Billion . Microsoft’s proposal represents a 62% premium to Yahoo’s current trading price, but will Yahoo take it? Yahoo has been struggling recently – the stock declined 38% and plans were made to lay off 1000 employees. From …
Following Microsoft and Google, Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO) is officially coming to Israel – with a bang. The search engine’s penetration plan has two fronts: opening an R&D center in Haifa and entering the content business through an agreement with Walla! (TASE:WALA), the second largest Israeli portal: offering news & entertainment content, email services and search, making …
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