Kelly Black

Bears call it monopoly money. Net companies call it currency. Either way you slice it, M&A activity continues at a brisk pace, despite recent volatility. Retail investors got a nasty case of vertigo during Nasdaq’s record run, but the same investors are frantically searching for the tech stock inflection point. With traders taking Net newcomers […]

When it comes to developing a plug-n-play PC, Apple’s (AAPL) iMac needs some work. I like fruity colors just as much as the next girl, but whose brainstorm was it to make the floppy drive optional? The development team definitely needs to ease up on Starbuck’s double tall lattes. Today John Sculley is a comfortable […]

In a devastating blow to a company already on the bubble, GTECH Holdings (GTK) announced late Friday that it was pulling out of its proposed $43 million acquisition of On-Point Technology Systems (ONPT). This followed an announcement by On-Point Technology Friday, restating earnings for 1997 and 1998, subsequently erasing $4.4 million of previously announced profits. […]

On Thursday’s M&A news front, unified messaging was the buzz, as JFAX.COM (JFAX) announced plans to acquire rival, eFax.com (EFAX). Specializing in delivering fax and voicemail messages directly to individuals’ e-mail addresses, the two companies will together reach a user base of 2.8 million free users and 125,000 paid subscribers. JFAX.COM will issue 18.5 million […]

The deals of the day belonged to a budding B2B player and a handful of penny stock hopefuls. But short-term traders looked too busy counting capital gains ahead of mid-April’s unwelcome deadline to take notice. Infrastructure software provider Peregrine Systems (PRGN) led Wednesday’s deals with its announced acquisition of e-commerce marketplace enabler, Harbinger Corp. (HRBC) […]

Business Objects (BOBJ), an e-biz intelligence solutions provider announced Tuesday plans to acquire OLAP@Work, a privately-held software firm that hails from Ottawa. Under the terms of the deal, Business Objects will pay about $15 million in cash for the keys to the castle. OLAP@Work develops high-end online analytical processing (OLAP) reporting tools which will compliment […]

NBC Internet (NBCI) continues to aggressively pursue its fragmented Internet initiative with its latest dot-com acquisition. On Monday, the company announced its intent to acquire privately-held flyswat, makers of a free browser add-on that arguably boosts the proficiency of Web searching. Sources close to the deal said the acquisition was valued upwards of $70 million […]

Shiver me timbers! It’s no secret that cyber-darlings are turbulently bobbing along in the market’s salty waters of late. But there are scattered reports from the crow’s nest that a handful of online vessels have recently encountered the ill-fated Flying Dutchman. According to legend, ill fortune will befall any crew that should encounter the cursed […]