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Best Buy Commences Tender Offer to Acquire Napster, Inc.
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY), through its direct wholly-owned subsidiary Puma Cat Acquisition Corp., commenced a cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Napster, Inc. (NASDAQ:NAPS), in accordance with the previously-announced agreement and plan of merger, dated Sept. 14, 2008, among Best Buy, Puma Cat and Napster.
IKON Office Solutions Announces Special Shareholder Meeting Date
IKON Office Solutions (NYSE:IKN), the world ‘ s largest independent channel for document management systems and services, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved October 31, 2008 as the date for a special meeting of shareholders to vote on the proposed acquisition of IKON by Keystone Acquisition, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh Company, Ltd., and…
Continue readingSolArc Recognized as one of Houston’s Fastest-growing Companies by the Houston Business Journal
SolArc is pleased to announce being named one of Houston ‘ s fastest-growing companies in the annual Fast 100 list, published today by the Houston Business Journal . Fast 100 recognizes the fastest-growing private companies with headquarters in the Houston area based on two-year revenue growth. SolArc is ranked No. 33 on the list.
Liquid Advertising Named Media Agency of Record for Codemasters
Video game publisher, Codemasters, Inc., has named Liquid Advertising their agency of record for online, broadcast and print media buying assignments in North America. The agreement begins with the fall and winter releases of ‘ Damnation ‘ and ‘ Bella Sara. ‘ Billings were not disclosed.
LINEEYE Introduces the New Portable Protocol Analyzer LE-8200 with Color Display, Run by Battery Power
LINEEYE Co., Ltd. introduces the new portable protocol analyzer LE-8200 with color display, run by battery power. The LE-8200 supports RS-232C/422/485, BSC, and HDLC, and has Monitor function, Simulation function and BERT function. With expansion kits, the LE-8200 can also measure SPI, I2C, IrDA CAN/LIN and FlexRay, and set any speed up to 4Mbps. The…
Continue readingNEC Electronics America Names New General Manager of Company’s Multipurpose Microcontroller Strategic Business Unit
NEC Electronics America, Inc. today announced the appointment of Bob Pinteric as the company ‘ s new general manager of the Multipurpose Microcontroller (MCU) Strategic Business Unit, and will report to Jim Trent, vice president of the Multipurpose Microcontroller and Automotive Group. Mr. Pinteric will be responsible for managing the company ‘ s MCU business and for overseeing activities…
Continue readingPCI Security Standards Council Community Meeting Attendees Help Guide Future of Payment Card Security
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), a global, open industry standards body providing management of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), PIN Entry Device (PED) Security Requirements and the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS), today announced that more than 550 attendees from over 325 organizations met at the Council ‘ s second annual Community…
Continue readingMellanox Interconnect Technologies Drive Performance and Scalability for HP Oracle Database Machine Customers
Mellanox ® Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MLNX)(TASE:MLNX), a leading supplier of semiconductor-based server and storage interconnect products, today announced its InfiniBand-based adapter and switch solutions help deliver the interconnect backbone on the recently announced HP Oracle Database Machine. Mellanox ConnectX ® adapters and InfiniScale ® III and IV-based switch systems deliver extremely high bandwidth and low latency for both clustering and…
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