Tag: Verizon

December 27, 2019

The 2010s were a busy time for mergers and acquisitions. As the global economy recovered from the biggest financial shock since the Great Depression, the healthiest companies emerged ready to swoop with big-dollar deals. All in all, the 2010s saw […]

February 15, 2017

Verizon is fighting back against the competition — hard. The company just unveiled a new plan that it calls “Verizon Unlimited.” It includes — you guessed it — unlimited data, talk and text. The plan costs $80 per month for […]

October 7, 2016

Verizon may not have bailed out of its deal to purchase Yahoo for $4.8 billion, but amid a growing case of bad news at the search engine company, the telecommunications giant is reportedly pushing to reduce the acquisition price by […]

July 26, 2016

Verizon’s long-expected deal to buy Yahoo’s core Internet assets is winning the acquiring telecom colossus lots of praise from pundits and analysts for adding “hundred of millions of eyeballs,” and affording the opportunity for major “cost synergies.” The chorus is […]

June 7, 2016

Verizon Communications Inc plans to submit a second-round bid of around $3 billion for Yahoo Inc’s core internet business, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Private-equity firm TPG was also expected to submit a second […]

May 6, 2016

A lucrative deal for Yahoo YHOO 2.61% is no more after 15 years. AT&T T -0.36% said Wednesday that it is awarding a portal services contract to Buffalo-based telecom Synacor, which will take over for Yahoo as host of the […]

February 9, 2016

Verizon Communications Inc has given Tim Armstrong, chief executive officer of its AOL unit, a leading role in exploring a possible bid for Yahoo Inc’s assets, Bloomberg reported, citing a person with knowledge of the situation. Verizon, the largest U.S. […]