The following is a perpetual-work-in-progress. Once you start to compile a list of mergers and acquisitions, you realize why it’s nearly impossible to have a complete list. We are quite confident that the following is a very good, comprehensive list of the largest, more notable deals… but it is not - and no list will be - fully complete because there are too many countries around the world and too many industries to report (it is highly possible that the Wall Street Journal or Financial Post, for example, has such a list… but it would be thick and unwieldy).
We have included: continue reading...
MIVA, aka Findwhat.com, has almost tripled from its 52-week low. I had bought this stock when it began its long descent as a European/M&A play, basically my version of gambling money, frankly.
The stock seemed to be stuck in a rut, and there was a lot of reason for that. continue reading...
The search industry has been putting too much of a premium on paid results at the detriment of organic results.
Well, not so fast. The quintet of mass search - Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Ask.com and AOL - have focused on both organic and paid, but the laggards have not, and the market caps - and market shares - of these is a reflection. This quintet also battles for mass search supremacy, leaving a great opening for niche players. continue reading...
