Wall Street's take on Motorola: Apple up, Google down

• AT&T-Mobile: What the analysts say

  The acquisition deal announced on Sunday unleashed a flood of analyst's notes

  With the fate of so many players at stake -- not just AT&T (T) and Deutsche Telekom (DT), but also Verizon (VZ), Sprint (S), Apple (AAPL), Research in Motion (RIMM), Hewlett Packard (HPQ), Nokia (NOK), Motorola (MOT) and the other makers of Google (GOOG) Android phones, not to mention all the companies that build cell towers -- everybody on MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 21, 2011 11:18 AM ET
  Posted in: Android, Apple, AT&T, DeutscheTelekom, Google, HP, iPhone, mergers and acquisitions, Mobile, Motorola, Noka, RIM, Sprint, T-Mobile, T-Mobile USA, telecom, Verizon

• A fantastic use for Apple's cash

  Tim Cook thinks he knows how to put $59.7 billion to good use

  One of the things that's keeping Apple's (AAPL) market cap from overtaking Exxon Mobil's (XOM) -- besides Steve Jobs' health problems and the world's unquenchable thirst for petroleum products -- is the fear that the company will do something stupid with the nearly $60 billion in cash and marketable securities that seems to be burning a hole in MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 23, 2011 7:56 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Financial, iPad, mergers and acquisitions, Steve Jobs, Tablets, Tim Cook

• What will Oracle buy next?

  Weighing the odds on how that $70 billion will be spent.

  Since Oracle (ORCL) co-President Charles Phillips said in July that the company could spend $70 billion in acquisitions in the next five years -- a statement the company retracted the following day -- I've been curious to see some insightful speculation on what Oracle would buy. One investor I spoke to believes that Oracle looked at 3Par (PAR), which Hewlett-Packard MORE

  Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Sep 3, 2010 8:00 AM ET
  Posted in: Charles Phillips, mergers and acquisitions, Oracle, Salesforce.com

• Google to ramp up its spending spree

  According to statements in its 10-Q filing, Google plans to accelerate its acquisition rate for the rest of the 2010.

  Google has already started the year on a strong buying run, purchasing or announcing the intention to purchase nine companies for a total of $145 million.  That's just the first three months and doesn't include bigger purchases of Admob ($750 million, still waiting on regulatory approval) and On2 ($123 million).

  According to MORE

  Seth Weintraub - May 6, 2010 12:40 PM ET
  Posted in: 10-Q, Google, mergers and acquisitions, Ventures

• Readying infotech for the coming M&A wave

  The deal guys stand ready to merge your company. But how about the IT department?

  By Nan J. Morrison, senior executive, IT strategy and transformation group, Accenture

  As the economy recovers, many analysts expect many corporations to go on a buying spree, gobbling up weak competitors or expanding into new businesses.

  The problem? There's a strong chance the would-be acquirers are not as ready as they think. While they may have the MORE

  Jan 7, 2010 10:00 AM ET
  Posted in: software, mergers and acquisitions, ERP, applications, integration