Whatsapp Acquisition

A US appeals court on Thursday refused to revive a lawsuit filed by states against Meta's Facebook that alleged the company had broken antitrust law. Dozens of states led by New York asked the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last year to reinstate the lawsuit, which US District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia rej...

WhatsApp was founded by Brian Actor and Jan Koum in 2009. Facebook acquired it in 2014 for $22 billion.

US Federal Trade Commission staff presented data on small acquisitions by five big technology companies, and the agency scrapped guidelines on vertical mergers which combine a company with a supplier — both steps indicating plans to be tougher on deals.

EU antitrust regulators will decide by August 2 whether to clear Facebook's acquisition of US customer service startup Kustomer, a filing on the European Commission website showed.

Facebook was sued by US antitrust officials and a coalition of states that want to break up the company by unwinding its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, deals the government says were part of a campaign to illegally crush competition.

Facebook executive David Marcus said Brian Acton's comments on the company that made him a billionaire are "a whole new standard of low class."

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has tweeted to say it's time to delete Facebook. The Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp netted him $3.7 billion.

WhatsApp was in talks with WeChat owner Tencent for an acquisition, before Mark Zuckerberg swooped in with his $19 billion.

WhatsApp being acquired by Facebook has resulted in a EUR 110 million fine for the social networking giant by the EU.

The Commission said Facebook had indicated in its notification of the acquisition that it would be unable reliably to match the two companies' user accounts.

Microsoft's $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn ranks as one of the biggest buyouts ever in the tech industry.

Following Dell's EMC acquisition announcement, here's a look back at other notable deals that haven't panned out as well as the buyers planned.

A survey by the EY group counted 3,512 mergers or acquisitions in the tech sector in 2014, for a total value of $237.6 billion, the highest since 2000.

The breakdown of the big winners in Facebook Inc.'s $22 billion acquisition emerged yesterday in a regulatory filing.

The breakdown of the big winners in Facebook's $22 billion acquisition of WhatsApp emerged Wednesday in a regulatory filing.

A US appeals court on Thursday refused to revive a lawsuit filed by states against Meta's Facebook that alleged the company had broken antitrust law. Dozens of states led by New York asked the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last year to reinstate the lawsuit, which US District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia rej...

WhatsApp was founded by Brian Actor and Jan Koum in 2009. Facebook acquired it in 2014 for $22 billion.

US Federal Trade Commission staff presented data on small acquisitions by five big technology companies, and the agency scrapped guidelines on vertical mergers which combine a company with a supplier — both steps indicating plans to be tougher on deals.

EU antitrust regulators will decide by August 2 whether to clear Facebook's acquisition of US customer service startup Kustomer, a filing on the European Commission website showed.

Facebook was sued by US antitrust officials and a coalition of states that want to break up the company by unwinding its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, deals the government says were part of a campaign to illegally crush competition.

Facebook executive David Marcus said Brian Acton's comments on the company that made him a billionaire are "a whole new standard of low class."

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has tweeted to say it's time to delete Facebook. The Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp netted him $3.7 billion.

WhatsApp was in talks with WeChat owner Tencent for an acquisition, before Mark Zuckerberg swooped in with his $19 billion.

WhatsApp being acquired by Facebook has resulted in a EUR 110 million fine for the social networking giant by the EU.

The Commission said Facebook had indicated in its notification of the acquisition that it would be unable reliably to match the two companies' user accounts.

Microsoft's $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn ranks as one of the biggest buyouts ever in the tech industry.

Following Dell's EMC acquisition announcement, here's a look back at other notable deals that haven't panned out as well as the buyers planned.

A survey by the EY group counted 3,512 mergers or acquisitions in the tech sector in 2014, for a total value of $237.6 billion, the highest since 2000.

The breakdown of the big winners in Facebook Inc.'s $22 billion acquisition emerged yesterday in a regulatory filing.

The breakdown of the big winners in Facebook's $22 billion acquisition of WhatsApp emerged Wednesday in a regulatory filing.