Spotlight
Spotlight
An archive of past spotlight issues.
The martinwolf team tracks noteworthy mergers and acquisitions, and offers
commentary on issues that impact our industry.
10 Apr 2017
Ciber Files for Bankruptcy
Defaulting on its outstanding $28.5 million loan to Wells Fargo, IT consulting firm Ciber Inc. (NYSE:CBR) announced today that it had, along with its...
10 Apr 2017
Foxconn Enters Bid for Toshiba with Highest Offer Yet
With an opening bid of up to $27 billion, the highest known offer yet, Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group has entered the race to acquire Toshiba...
07 Apr 2017
Datatec to Sell Major Stake in Westcon-Comstor
In a note to its shareholders today, Datatec Ltd. (JSE: DTC), an international ICT solutions and services group operating in more than 60 countries, announced...
04 Apr 2017
Staples in Discussion of Potential Takeover
According to the Wall Street Journal, Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS) is in discussions with private equity firms regarding a potential sale of its business.Shares shot up...
27 Mar 2017
Systemax Closes Sale of Certain European Technology Products Group Units to Hilco
Systemax (NYSE: SYX) announced today that it had, on Friday, closed the sale of its European Technology Products Group units, excluding those in France, to...
13 Mar 2017
Intel to Acquire Mobileye
Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) announced today an agreement to acquire Mobileye (NYSE: MBLY), a technology supplier for autonomous vehicles. Intel will pay $63.54 in cash...
07 Mar 2017
Volt Information Sciences Completes Sale of Maintech
International staffing and technology outsourcing services provider Volt Information Sciences (NYSE: VISI) announced today that it completed the sale of its IT infrastructure support business...
01 Mar 2017
Private Equity Continues to Expand Channel Presence
"There aren't many larger solution providers that don't have some sort of funding behind them." That was martinwolf Managing Director for Supply Chain Anthony Lembo...
26 Feb 2017
Blackstone Said to Acquire Aon’s Benefits Outsourcing Business
According to a report in Reuters Thursday, private equity firm Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) has agreed to acquire the employee benefits outsourcing business of...