Daily Links 6/01/09: Vanguard Group Makes Bid for iShares

US fund group launches rival £3bn bid for Barclays' iShares division
Vanguard, one of America's largest fund management groups, has tabled a $5bn (£3bn) bid for iShares, the asset management unit of Barclays. (The Telegraph)
Vanguard's Bid For iShares Raises Questions (IndexUniverse.com)


Bio-Imaging Technologies and etrials Worldwide Merger Agreement Terminated (Business Wire)
Merge buying Etrials for about $18.3 million
(Associated Press via Forbes)

Franklin Electronic Publishers’ officials want to take company private (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Bain Capital Makes Second-Round Investment in Regulatory DataCorp (Business Wire)

Showdown in Texas, as Former Colleagues Fight Each Other Over Clawbacks (PE Hub)

SS&C buys Maximis unit from Unisys (Mass High Tech)

What's the cloud's killer app?
SAP CTO discusses the next big thing in cloud apps (ZDNet Videos)

Green Tech Startup Pitches SaaS Energy Tool (PC World)

Business-Method Patents Get U.S. Supreme Court Review (Bloomberg)

Tyco Electronics Completes The Sale Of Its Wireless Systems Business (PR Newswire)

WiMAX Generates Some Buzz
(Wireless Week)

Motorola Selling DOCSIS 3.0 Modems At Retail
To Offer SurfBoard 6120 At Fry's Locations Across the U.S (Multichannel News)

Cable Operators Mull IPTV As They Roll Out Faster Broadband (GigaOM)

Philly Hospital Uses RTLS to Track Patient Flow, Care and Training (RFID Journal)

OLD CITY SOFTWARE COLLABORATION SHOW BIG CORPORATE THE VALUE OF STAYING AGILE (PR-USA.net)



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