Tag: BUYOUT

Amazon is one of the world's largest online retailers for everything from books to electronics. Zappos is another one of the world's largest online retailers, but more specifically for shoes and clothes. If you think the two are a match made in heaven, you're not the only one: According to TechCrunch, Amazon has just purchased Zappos for a cool $920 million in shares and cash. Zappos has built a ...

According to TechCrunch blogger and rumorist extraordinaire Michael Arrington, Google is beginning to negotiate the acquisition of microblogging site Twitter, which has seen a meteoric rise in popularity in recent months. While there is no word on a price tag, you can bet, if the negotiations are happening, that it will be a huge number. Why? Well, because a few months ago, Twitter turned down ...