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EMC Plans Aggressive Acquisition Strategy

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Hakan AkbasPresident & FounderGlobal Dealings, LLC

Kodak’s Turnaround Story Getting Old: Large 2Q Earnings Miss, Stock Dives 15%

July 30, 2010

Following the company's earnings announcement stock dives15% due to continued structural challenges and execution issues amid increased competition from much larger companies therefore making the company likely takeover target according to S&P and further pressuring CEO & Chairman Perez out

Hakan AkbasPresident & FounderGlobal Dealings, LLC

Lexmark Looking Around the World for M&A. Isn't it Too Late?

July 28, 2010

Lexmark Looking Around the World for M&A opportunities however the firm itself makes a prime takeover candidate.

Hakan AkbasPresident & FounderGlobal Dealings, LLC

SAP Looking for More Strategic Acquisitions after Sybase Takeover

July 28, 2010

SAP Looking for More Strategic Acquisitions after Sybase Takeover; Likely focus areas could be IaaS, PaaS and Enterprise Content Management

Hakan AkbasPresident & FounderGlobal Dealings, LLC

Duke Energy Intends to be Major Player in Consolidating US Utilities

July 26, 2010

Duke Energy Chief Executive Officer Jim Rogers said that consolidation in the US utility market is long overdue and that the company will be a major player in the process.

Hakan AkbasPresident & FounderGlobal Dealings, LLC

Autonomy to Announce Large Acquisition: Open Text Tipped As Possible Target

July 23, 2010

Autonomy, the UK-based enterprise software group may announce a large acquisition very shortly. Open Text, the listed Canadian software company, as a possible target. These are the last two remaining independent Enterprise Search and Content Management Players. Both have been struggling organically given the worst economic cycles in enterprise software spending.

Hakan AkbasPresident & FounderGlobal Dealings, LLC

IT Consolidation Expected by HP Chief

June 7, 2010

According to chief of HP, Mark Hurd, the technology industry faces further sweeping consolidation among makers of the hardware, software and services that underpin corporate IT systems.

Hakan AkbasPresident & FounderGlobal Dealings, LLC

EMC Plans Aggressive Acquisition Strategy

June 7, 2010

EMC Corporation, the data storage and information infrastructure provider, will aggressively pursue acquisitions as it moves more deeply into cloud computing.