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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

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For Google’s part, it kept releasing its own branded phones under the Nexus brand, partnering with Samsung, Asus, and LG to manufacture these devices, and further eroding the value of the Motorola acquisition. Date: May 18, 2007. in May of 2007 to Google’s $3.1B Microsoft and aQuantive. Price: $6.3B. Price: $11B.

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Soda Wars Summer

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The Ad Age story notes that it will also be supported by TV advertising, social media efforts and a summer-long “experiential” tour. The app will also allow users to record a 15-second “digital lip-sync video” that can be shared on social media using the hashtag #ShareaCoke, the brand told Ad Age.

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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 1

William Mills

Built a workflow for the bank so the bank can approve payment and see all compliance and tax information. Integrated with major retailer API’s like Amazon, eBay, Best Buy and several other aspirational brands. Founded: May 2007. In real time the tax man received their payment and the waiter has received their tip.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

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On the other, you have companies like Earth Class Mail, which despite its large user base went bankrupt during the 2007-08 financial crisis, only to reinvent itself and flourish under new ownership more than a decade later. We analyzed 101 startup failures to bring you the reasons why startups don’t make it.

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The Curious Case For Breaking Up Tech Giants

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And that we should do that not because they’re tax evaders or evil — all things he said they, like all of us, are. That Apple uses its closed ecosystem and the power of its brand to disadvantage others by denying access or imposing frictions on competing services like Spotify. I saved the best for last — Apple and Apple Pay.

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When Corporate Innovation Goes Bad — The 116 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time

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Product innovation is one way that large corporations stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, but it doesn’t always work out when big brands attempt innovation. While still in operation, Google+ is hardly anybody’s favorite social network. Cocaine, Redux Beverages (2007). Windows Vista, Microsoft (2007).