Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:30:11 +0100 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd has turned down takeover overtures from Amazon.com Inc and other potential buyers because the BlackBerry maker prefers to fix its problems on its own, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Amazon hired an investment bank this summer to review a potential merger with RIM, but it did not make a formal offer, said one of the sources. It is not clear whether informal discussions between Amazon and RIM ever led to specific price talk, or who else had approached RIM about a takeover. ... (Source: Reuters)
Canada's Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver poses ...
Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:00:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Canada's Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver poses for a portrait in Toronto December 2, 2011. Canada believes the United States will ultimately approve TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL TRP.TO pipeline, which Washington last month put on hold for more than a year, Oliver said on Friday. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY HEADSHOT)
Groupon planning IPO launch for next week: sources
Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:30:11 +0200 SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Groupon Inc is pushing ahead with plans to go public in the face of a volatile equity market, a recent executive departure and questions about its accounting and financial disclosures, sources said on Tuesday. (Source: Reuters)
Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:30:16 +0200 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's long-time advisers Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Allen & Co are preparing to give potential buyers financial information, in a sign the troubled Internet giant is ready to put itself on the block, sources close to the situation said. (Source: Reuters)
Brazil's $12 billion iPad deal is in trouble: sources
Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:20:10 +0200 SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A much-hyped $12 billion plan for Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn to produce iPads in Brazil is "in doubt" due to stagnant negotiations over tax breaks and Brazil's own deep structural problems such as a lack of skilled labor, government sources tell Reuters. (Source: Reuters)
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