Topic: Providence Equity Partners Inc.

Morning Market Snapshot: October 14, 2011

Good Morning. It's Friday, October 14, 2011. At this hour, U.S. equity futures are pointing to a higher open. Overseas, the Asian markets were...
Posted on 10/04/11 at 3:18pm by Eddie Staley . Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB ) today announced the completion of its acquisition by an investor...
Posted on 09/19/11 at 4:00pm by Allie Wickman . Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB ) today announced that its shareholders, at a special meeting held on...
Posted on 07/12/11 at 3:20pm by webmaster . The acquisition of Blackboard Inc. by Providence Equity Partners may bring the Gilfus Education Group's...
Posted on 07/05/11 at 10:03am by Jonathan Chen . Bank of America Merrill Lynch is dropping its rating on shares of Blackboard (NASDAQ: BBBB ) after...

Blackboard Trading Higher after M&A Deal

Posted on 07/01/11 at 9:36am by Allie Wickman . Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB ) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement under...
Posted on 06/24/11 at 7:47am by Paul Quintaro . Blackboard (NASDAQ: BBBB ) is trading up over 8% in pre-market on a potential buyout deal.. . The...

Ericsson to buy Telcordia for $1.15 billion cash

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Mobile network equipment maker Ericsson said on Tuesday it would spend $1.15 billion in cash to buy U.S. group Telcordia to boost its presence in the operations and business support sector.Ericsson said in a statement the agreement ...

Hulu freezes IPO plan, mulls more pay services: report

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Internet video service Hulu is ditching plans to go public for now, choosing to focus on other financing options and new subscription models to expand a nascent pay-video business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.The online video ...

Warner, MGM near approving "Hobbit" film: report

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After years of delays, Hollywood is finally close to producing a movie based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.Time Warner Inc's Warner ...