Posted AT 6:00 AM EST on 16/02/08
The tech merger-and-acquisition sinkhole
The tech sector is rife with stock-goosing merger rumblings.
Yahoo has shot up more than 50 per cent since becoming the $44.6-billion (U.S.) object of Microsoft's affections. And even miserable Motorola managed a small gain in the wake of reports that it was talking to Nortel Networks about combining their wireless infrastructure businesses.
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