News Summary: SAP to buy Ariba for $4.5 billion THE DEAL: Business software maker SAP AG agreed to buy Ariba Inc., which makes Web-based software that connects suppliers and buyers online, for about $4.51 billion. Avago Technologies 2Q profit falls slightly Communications equipment maker Avago Technologies Ltd. said Monday that its fiscal second-quarter profit fell slightly as rising costs offset grains from higher revenue. Insight: Morgan Stanley cut Facebook estimates just before IPO
(Reuters) - In the run-up to Facebook's $16 billion IPO, Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter on the deal, unexpectedly delivered some negative news to major clients: The bank's consumer Internet analyst, Scott Devitt, was reducing his revenue forecasts for the company. The sudden caution very close to Facebook's initial public offering - while an investor road show was under way - was a big shock to some, said two investors who were advised of the revised forecast. ...
Zuckerberg Bride, Priscilla Chan, Not Your Usual Billionaire's Wife Just as we thought Facebook CEO and newly minted billionaire Mark Zuckerberg was on top of the world, he surprised even his friends by marrying his college sweetheart, 27-year-old Priscilla Chan, just after he led the company to one of the biggest IPOs in tech history. Zuckerberg has been...
  Summary Box: Google takes control at Motorola DONE DEAL: Google has completed its $12.5 billion acquisition of device maker Motorola Mobility nine months after the deal was announced. The companies had to wait until regulators were satisfied Google Inc. wouldn't be able use Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. to stifle competition in the smartphone market. First Meteor Shower of 2012 Dazzles The Quadrantid meteor shower, the first major show of shooting stars in 2012, peaks in the hours before dawn on Wednesday. The best seeing should be after the moon sets around 3 a.m. Astronomers say you may see 60-200 shooting stars per hour if the weather is clear.
 
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