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Descartes Systems Group Inc (NASDAQ: DSGX) has completed its acquisition of Management Systems Resources according to a Descartes press release. The acquisition will help Descartes customers better navigate international customs. Descartes, based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, is a global...

Tesla's acquisition Maxwell Technologies could have an impact on Maxwell's fleet business, which counts more than 7,000 trucks using its products. For the first time in more than a year, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) has announced an acquisition, and it is a company with a presence within...

GlobalTranz, a top 10 3PL, announced this week that Chief Executive Officer Bob Farrell would transition to Executive Chairman and that Chief Financial Officer Renee Krug would become GlobalTranz's new CEO. FreightWaves spoke to Farrell and Krug about GlobalTranz's exponential growth over...

This week’s Fintech Focus podcast is taking a very holy grail topic in Silicon Valley right now, which is going through a successful exit as a startup founder. We sit down with Colin Kennedy, COO of Clairty Money, a fintech startup that helps consumers manage their finances better through AI...

Software developer company, MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB) operates in a competitive landscape among huge players like Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and IBM (NYSE: IBM). This week, the company moved to increase its industry leverage substantially. What...

Just a few short months ago, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) conceded in the race for Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA) assets and redirected its focus to British media conglomerate Sky Plc. (OTC: SKYAY). Over the weekend, Comcast submitted a $40-billion bid for Sky that the British...

Shares of Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) spiked higher by more than 7 percent after Bloomberg reported the company is an acquisition target for Air Liquide SA (ADR) (OTCMKTS: AIQUY). Details of the potential acquisition were leaked earlier this morning. Immediately before market open, an anonymous...

Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) acquisition of WhatsApp for $19 billion earlier this year caused quite a stir, but that's only been the fourth biggest acquisition so far this year, according to a new infographic from Finances Online. Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) offered more than double that amount...

Emerson Electric Co (NYSE: EMR) said on Friday that it has acquired Chloride Group PLC (OTC: CDGPY). The acquisition plays a key role in driving EMR’s global growth strategy for UPS & integrated data center solutions. The purchase price for CDGPY was close to $1.5 billion. A brief presentation...

ProAssurance Corp (NYSE: PRA) announced on Wednesday its plans to acquire American Physicians Service Group (NASDAQ: AMPH) for about $233 million in cash. The acquisition would expand the property and casualty insurer’s presence in Texas. PRA has agreed to pay $32.50 a share for its smaller rival....

3M (NYSE: MMM) announced on Monday that it has agreed to buy Cogent (NYSE: COGT) for $10.50 per share. The price represents an 18% premium to COGT’s closing price on Friday. The total deal for the biometric security systems company is valued at $943 million, or $430 net of cash acquired. Cogent's...