EU approves Microsoft’s $19.7B Nuance deal, clearing last major hurdle for big acquisition
Microsoft Image The European Commission gave unconditional approval to Microsoft’s pending acquisition of speech technology company Nuance Communications for $19.7 billion in cash, clearing the way for…
Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard will create a new gaming behemoth
Activision Blizzard will report to longtime Microsoft exec Phil Spencer as the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming. (GeekWire File Photo) Microsoft is aiming to vault itself into…
Chart: Microsoft’s largest acquisitions, led by the blockbuster deal to buy Activision Blizzard
Microsoft’s plan to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in cash is a whopper by every stretch of the imagination — the biggest in the company’s 47-year-history…
What’s the deal with all the deals? Why the market for IPOs, venture capital and acquisitions is red hot
Another day, another deal. Keeping up with the flurry of acquisitions, IPOs, SPACs and venture capital these days is no easy task. In fact, IPO dollar volume…
Microsoft’s $19.7B Nuance deal is finally final, nearly a year after it was announced
Nuance Conversational AI in use by a radiology doctor. (Nuance Communications Photo) Microsoft completed its $19.7 billion acquisition of voice technology company Nuance Communications on Friday morning,…
Microsoft acquires Minit business process mining company in latest wave of tech acquisitions
Microsoft is becoming a member of a sizzling pattern in tech acquisitions: process mining. The Redmond, Wash., company this morning introduced the acquisition of Minit, a 50-person…