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Following a precipitous drop in stock price in January, resulting in the resignations of key management, Eidos parent company SCi reportedly plans to radically restructure its business, with 14 (!) product cancellations as well as a 25% workforce reduction (read: firings).
Now, Guardian blogger Nick Fletcher reports the company's "shares are up again on renewed takeover speculation." He says, "Talk is of an 80p a share offer" - a 32% premium over their closing price of 60.50p today - and that potential bidders include Time Warner (who already own 10% of the publisher), Infogrames (who already have a problem child to deal with), and Ubisoft (who has said it has no intention of making an offer). Let the speculation commence!Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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| Ubisoft shares boosted by 'Tom Clancy' purchase |  Filed under: Business
Ubisoft's shares in Paris rose 12 percent this week, to 54.98 euros, after news that the publishing giant had bought the rights to Tom Clancy's brand name. According to Bloomberg, shares had previously fallen 2 [..] Read complete article | | Published 26-Mar-2008 by Ross Miller in tom-clancytomclancyubisoft
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| Ballmer says ?No? to a post-Yang Yahoo buyout | | Ending speculation that another Microsoft-Yahoo deal may be on the table after the exit of Jerry Yang, Steve Ballmer said at a Wednesday shareholder meeting “Let me be clear. We are done with all acquisition discussions with Yahoo.” His announcement sent Yahoo’s shares into a 20% nosedive, closing at $9.13 at days end. Ballmer did [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 20-Nov-2008 by Kelly Hodgkins in NewsBallmerMergermicrosoftYahooYang
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| Microsoft to Yahoo: ?We moved on? |  After Jerry Yang did a 180 and nearly begged Microsoft to buy Yahoo, the rumor mills have been churning with commentary on the decline of Yahoo and speculation about what a potential Microsoft acquisition would involve. Steve Ballmer, while at a business luncheon in Sydney, put an end to all this rampant speculation by saying,
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