01:21 : Sage Group, Microsoft In Talks On Potential Alliance - FT -
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Business management solutions company Sage Group PLC (SGE.LN) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) are in talks about a strategic alliance that would put the U.K.-listed company's accounting software for small ...
20:15 : US private equity house Bain Capital pays $1.3bn for MYOB -
Sage had entered exclusive talks with MYOB's private equity owners but abandon its bid after drop in its share price The growing clamour around technology companies showed no sign of abating after private equity firm Bain Capital clinched a deal to buy ...
09:43 : Bain snaps up Australian tech firm MYOB for $1.3 billion -
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Private equity firm Bain Capital has clinched a deal to buy Australian accounting software company MYOB for about $1.3 billion, trumping UK's Sage Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co .
06:53 : Bain agrees to buy Australian firm MYOB for $1.3bln-sources -
HONG KONG, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Bain Capital has agreed to buy Australian software maker MYOB for about A$1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) after Sage Group plc's bid ran into last-minute glitches, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter ...
11:07 : Sage enters final bid for Australia software firm MYOB - sources -
HONG KONG, Aug 16 (Reuters) - British software maker Sage Group Plc has placed a final bid for Australian accountancy software company MYOB Ltd, an asset that could sell for more than $1 billion, sources familiar with the matter told ...