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EMC’s all-cash bid to buy Data Domain is going to be hard to beat, according to Stifel Nicolaus analyst Aaron Rakers. EMC’s $1.8 billion bid, announced Monday, is worth $30 per share in cash, a 20 percent premium over a previously accepted bid by NetApp of $25 per share.
One figure that’s drawn much attention in Facebook’s $200 million investment deal with Moscow-based Digital Sky Technologies announced Tuesday is the implied valuation of the privately held social networking company: $10 billion. While impressive, the number is off a third from the $15 billion figure floated after Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook in November 2007.
Scribd.com, the online document-sharing site, plunged into the world of e-commerce Monday with a store designed to help both established publishers and independent authors make sales. The Scribd Store allows content creators to set prices and digital rights for their works, and they retain 80 percent of each sale.
The European Commission fined dominant CPU maker Intel $1.4 billion on Wednesday after finding the company violated anticompetition laws. Intel CEO Paul Otellini blasted the decision, saying EU regulators had ignored crucial evidence that will, on appeal, prove the company innocent of charges that it harmed consumers through its discounting practices.
The European Commission could be nearing a decision to impose a significant fine against Intel over allegations that it used discounting practices to limit rival chipmaker AMD’s market share. The timing coincides with a Department of Justice announcement promising more vigorous antitrust enforcement in the United States.
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