M&A Activity Around the Globe: BAC, Balboa, Securian, EBAY, ZONG, Carlyle …NewsyStocks.comEBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) said, it has agreed to acquire Zong, a leading provider of payments through mobile carrier billing, for total consideration of approximately $240 million in cash. Zong leverages connections with more than 250 mobile network …and …
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The group that brings us our review units (for the most part), Federal Express, has announced today that they’ll be adding an additional barrage of fuel-efficient vehicles including electric and hybrid trucks in the very near future to bring themselves into the future on a cloud of wall plugs. With …
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