As expected, Microsoft Corp. [MSFT] has moved to sell off parts of the Greenfield Online Inc. [SRVY] business that are not core to its Internet strategy, and it has reached...

Stocks tumbled today sparked by rising oil prices as the threat of Tropical Storm Gustav looms around the Gulf Coast and after the government’s announcement that personal incomes fell in July. Retail gas prices increased today, the first increase in over 40 days (since gas prices peaked at a national average of $4.114 a gallon back on July 17), after analysts warned that if Tropical Storm Gustav were to hit the Gulf Coast, gas prices could soar as high as $5 a gallon. The Gulf Coast is home to a major portion of our energy infrastructure; roughly 25% of America’s crude oil supplies and 40% of our refining capacity is located here. Oddly enough, even with the news, he price per barrel of Crude Oil crude oil fell very slightly, to $115.55 per barrel only dropping $0.04 or 0.03%. <span style=""Times New[More...]

The software giant Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) - announced on Friday that it has agreed to acquire Web-based survey company Greenfield Online Inc. (SRVY), and its subsidiary Ciao GmbH - a European based online-shopping portal with websites in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden - in a transaction valued at approximately $486 million.Greenfield Online, Inc., said it entered into a merger agreement to be acquired by Microsoft Corporation, via a cash tender offer for $17.50 per share, representing a premium of nearly 10% over Greenfield’s closing share price on August 25. This deal, betters an earlier proposal made by Quadrangle Group to acquire the company for $15.50 a share.Greenfield Online’s President and Chief Executive Officer said:We are pleased to deliver additional value to our stockholders through this superior offer from Microsoft. We are excited about working[More...]

The software giant Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) - announced on Friday that it has agreed to acquire Web-based survey company Greenfield Online Inc. (SRVY), and its subsidiary Ciao GmbH - a European based online-shopping portal with websites in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden - in a transaction valued at approximately [...]

  Today is the day that Greenfield Online Inc. [SRVY] has set for private equity firm Quadrangle Group LLC to meet or beat a $17.50, $460 million acquisition offer from...