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Cramer: Forget Apple buying Activision, Sonos or Netflix (video)cramer apple dexcom6 years ago
Published February 5, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Cramer: Forget Apple buying Activision, Sonos or Netflix (video)

Don't buy those companies, says Mr. Mad Money, buy this company.

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J.P. Morgan: Apple should buy Activisionapple buys activision6 years ago
Published February 4, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

J.P. Morgan: Apple should buy Activision

Three deep dives by analyst Samik Chatterjee, one more persuasive than the others.

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Harvard Business Review: 'M&A is a mug's game'mergers mugs game6 years ago
Published January 22, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Harvard Business Review: 'M&A is a mug's game'

"The purchase of NeXT," however, "set the stage for the greatest accumulation of shareholder value in corporate history."

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7 things Apple won't buycompanies apple wont buy6 years ago
Published January 21, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

7 things Apple won't buy

There are no new stories, only new reporters.

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Look what Barron's wants Apple to buybarrons nintendo6 years ago
Published January 14, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Look what Barron's wants Apple to buy

Of all the Apple acquisition fantasies I've read, this may be the dumbest.

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Here are nine companies Apple swallowed up in 2018acquisitions 20186 years ago
Published December 24, 2018 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Here are nine companies Apple swallowed up in 2018

And a few big ones that continue to get away.

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Meet Texture, Apple's latest acquisition (videos)Texture7 years ago
Published March 13, 2018 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Meet Texture, Apple's latest acquisition (videos)

Wait, people still subscribe to magazines? 

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Apple is thrilled, Shazam is excitedshazam7 years ago
Published December 11, 2017 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Apple is thrilled, Shazam is excited

Apple has acquired Shazam. What the commentariat is saying.

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What Apple's new eye-tracking technology can do (5 videos)SMI eye-tracking8 years ago
Published June 27, 2017 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

What Apple's new eye-tracking technology can do (5 videos)

Apple has reportedly purchased SensoMotoric Instruments, a German maker of eye-tracking glasses.

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Why Apple buying Netflix is a f...ing stupid idea8 years ago
Published February 16, 2017 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Why Apple buying Netflix is a f...ing stupid idea

These f...ers wouldn’t be satisfied unless Apple drunkenly spent every goddamn penny of their cash.

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Philip Elmer-DeWitt has been covering Apple since 1983 — mostly for Time Magazine (28 years), later for Fortune (9 years), where he wrote a daily blog called Apple 2.0. [Read more.]

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