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Encana Will Purchase Athlon Energy

According to a recent Wall Street Journal article: Encana Corp. has agreed to acquire Athlon Energy, a Texas based, shale-oil producer to the tune of $5.93 billion USD. Encana is a Canada based firm that will help their position within the state of Texas with this purchase. While mainly operating within the natural gas sector,…

PayPal Options after Split from eBay

PayPal has split from its partner for years, eBay. now Carl Icahn has many options of where to take his newly single company. Possible options for the online and mobile payment system is to buy up smaller competitors operating within their area of expertise, or look for a merger with a larger company. Soon to…

Charity For Gamers

Children are meant to be able to exert their energy in constant activity. The average child can never sit still, has a short attention span and needs constant cognitive stimulation. For those who are sick in hospital beds, this becomes very difficult for them. Being confined into our walls for extended periods of time while…

Elimination At Dover

Jeff Gordon cruised through the pressure of a Chase elimination race on his way to a victory at Dover last Thursday. This season NASCAR will be using a 10-race format to eliminate drivers from every third race in the Chase. This year, Dover was marked as an elimination race. With the next round looming, three…

Google Acquisitions

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Atlanta Motor Speedway and Kasey Kahne

According to a recent article: Kasey Kahne was able to pull out a dramatic win at Atlanta Motor Speedway Sunday night on the way to his first checkered flag of the year, 17th of his career. Kahne is no stranger to being under pressure late in the year when the chance for the playoff chase…

Intersection of Business and Good Nature

Toms Shoes was a bold step in the right direction as far as for-profit companies coupling with a philanthropic alter-ego. The adoption of the buy one, donate one business plan has sparked a movement in consumers fashion choices as of late. It also provides a piece of mind that the purchase a person is making…

Dollar Store Struggle

The $8.9 billion offer by Dollar General to take over Family Dollar was rejected late August foreshadowing a long ordeal ahead. The latter mentioned dollar store company has concerns over the sale due to possible anti-trust issues. With a complete sale of ownership to Dollar General, the transaction would come into serious scrutiny by regulators.…

Google’s Blue Chips: A Look back at Acquisitions Past

Since the turn of the century we have seen amazing technological growth along with the rise of big powers in the industry. Since 2001 Google has positioned itself as the epitome of where a start-up would like to get. It has become am acquisition king in the industry spending $28 billion in the last 13…

Cerner Acquires Siemens Health IT Business

Cerner, which provides electronic health records, is set to acquire the healthcare information technology business off of Siemens at the tune of $1.3 billion. The valuation comes from just over one times the sales of the Siemens division. Neal Patterson, the head of Cerner, is looking forward to what it can provide to his already…

Retired NASCAR Driver to Start Concussion Fund

Everyone knows that football players have concussion issues because they are usually knocking heads with each other every play throughout a game. NASCAR drivers are less known for having concussion issues because the spectator cannot see what goes on inside the cab during a crash. Violent is the best word to describe it. While motor…

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