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Looking to salvage bid, AT&T may seek buyer for up to 40 percent of T-Mobile’s assets

Facing U.S. government roadblocks, AT&T is considering selling up to 40 percent of T-Mobile’s assets in order to preserve its… Read More

Kindle rival Kobo sells for $315M to Japanese e-commerce giant

Kobo, the 2-year-old Canadian maker of electronic reading devices, has been sold for $315 million in cash to Japan’s Rakuten.… Read More

Social media agency Spring Creek acquired by Mediabrands

Spring Creek Group, a five-year-old social media agency, has been acquired by Interpublic Group’s Mediabrands unit for an undisclosed price.… Read More

WPP’s Kantar unit buys Global Market Insite

Kantar, a unit of advertising giant WPP, has purchased Bellevue-based Global Market Insite for an undisclosed price and merged it… Read More

Digital Chocolate finds a sweet deal, gobbles up Sandlot Games

There’s been quite a bit of M&A activity in recent weeks in the casual gaming industry, highlighted by Electronic Arts’… Read More

California casts wary eye on AT&T’s $39 billion bid for T-Mobile

California is taking a close look at AT&T’s $39 billion bid for T-Mobile, with Bloomberg News reporting that the state’s… Read More

Market Leader makes a buy, gobbles up SharperAgent

Market Leader today announced the purchase of SharperAgent, a Denver company that helps real estate agents roll out print and… Read More

Sony takes a big swing, buys game maker Sucker Punch

It probably doesn’t come with a price tag in the billions. But another Seattle area gaming studio has been sold.… Read More

Photo sharing service Smilebox sells for up to $40 million

Smilebox, the six-year-old Redmond company that lets users create electronic greetings with their photos and videos, has agreed to be… Read More

RootMetrics reels in $1M to rank wireless networks across the U.S.

RootMetrics has landed an additional $1 million in financing, money that the company said it will use to continue developing… Read More

Boston and Seattle mobile analytics startups merge, choose New York for HQ

Seattle-based Ground Truth has merged with Boston-based Umber Systems to create a new company called Mobile Intelligence Solutions that will… Read More

Benaroya backs smart grid software startup Calico Energy

Calico Energy has developed technologies to help residential and business customers reduce energy costs, a proposition that’s winning the Bellevue company… Read More

Microsoft buying Skype? Yep, it would make a lot of sense

The Wall Street Journal just added some major fuel to the rumors about Microsoft and Skype, reporting that the Redmond… Read More

Profitable digital media agency Smashing Ideas finds a buyer in Bertelsmann

Smashing Ideas, a 15-year-old Seattle digital media agency, has been acquired by Bertelsmann AG’s Random House unit for an undisclosed… Read More

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