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FCC Proposes First Major Fine on Robocaller

Compliance

FCC Cracking Down on Spoofed Local Robocalls

Eugene O'Rourke
October 5, 2018

In a recently proposed $37 million fine, the FCC has recently proposed a fine against Affordable Enterprises, which the agency claims made over 2 million spam calls utilizing spoofed local phone numbers dating back to 2016.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Verizon Agrees to Purchase Yahoo for $4.83 Billion

Eugene O'Rourke
July 31, 2016

Yahoo has agreed to sell its core business to Verizon for $4.83 billion. As part of the deal, Verizon will acquire Yahoo’s search, mail, instant messaging services, ad platform, and a few real estate holdings. The move puts Verizon behind Google and Facebook in the U.S. digital ad segment, with a total share of 4.5%.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Predixion Raises $20M in Funding

Eugene O'Rourke
July 26, 2013

Predixion Software, a predictive analytics startup, has raised $20 million in funding the company released earlier this month.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Yahoo Acquires Xobni

Eugene O'Rourke
July 14, 2013

Yahoo acquired Xobni, the maker of mail productivity and address book applications / plugins, earlier this month.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble Form Partnership

Eugene O'Rourke
May 4, 2012

On Monday, Microsoft and Barnes & Noble announced a new partnership that will leverage the digital Nook and college businesses into a new subsidiary, and the invest of $300 million will give Microsoft a 17% stake in the new business. Read more from the full press release below.

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Mobile

Samsung Galaxy S Sales Exceed 9 Million

Eugene O'Rourke
December 30, 2010

Earlier this month, Samsung announced that their Galaxy S Android phone line had exceed more than 9 million units globally. In South Korea, they have sold more than 2 million…

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