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Pabst Brewing Company
bought
Schlitz
in
1999
...
999848
Stroh Brewery Company
bought
Schlitz
in
1982
...
999847
Tom Ricketts
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
2009
...
751465
Sam Zell
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
2007
...
751464
Tribune Company
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1981
...
751463
Wrigley Company
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1921
...
751462
Albert Lasker
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1916
...
751461
Charles Weeghman
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1916
...
751460
Charles Taft
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1914
...
751459
Charles Murphy
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1905
...
751458
James Hart
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1902
...
751457
Albert Spalding
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1882
...
751456
Harriet Tubman
bought
property
in
1859
in
New York City
...
747371
eBay
bought
PayPal
on
10/15/2002
for US$1.5 billion in stock
...
746992
Compaq Computer Corporation
bought
Zip2
on
2/15/1999
for US$307 million in cash and US$34 million in stock options
...
746985
William R. Chaney
bought
Tiffany Co.
on
8/15/1984
...
746320
Avon Products Inc.
bought
Tiffany Co.
on
11/15/1978
...
746318
United States
bought
Alaska
on
3/30/1867
...
736027
Frederick Douglass
bought
Cedar Hill
in
1878
...
714842
General Motors
bought
Chevrolet Motor Company
on
5/2/1918
...
714776
United States
bought
Louisiana Territory
on
4/30/1803
...
714667
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus
bought
Spartacus
in
-73
...
713809
Venice
bought
Cyprus
on
3/14/1489
...
713448
Pierre de Fermat
bought
office of a councillor at the Parlement de Toulouse
in
1630
...
713421
Vivian Ridler
bought
Adana platen
in
1931
...
713247
Sabine Zlatin
bought
a Farm
in
1929
...
713038
Google
bought
Zynamics
on
3/1/2011
...
359889
Ebay
bought
Zvents
on
12/11/2011
...
359888
Yahoo
bought
Ztelic
on
7/18/2013
...
359887
Yahoo
bought
Ztelic
on
7/18/2013
...
359886
Symantec
bought
Zortech International
on
8/13/1991
...
359885
Ebay
bought
Zong
on
7/7/2011
...
359879
Google
bought
ZipDash
on
9/1/2004
...
359877
Google
bought
Zingku
on
9/27/2007
...
359876
Yahoo
bought
Zimbra
on
9/17/2007
...
359875
Yahoo
bought
Zimbra
on
9/17/2007
...
359874
Google
bought
Zetawire
on
8/1/2010
...
359873
Google
bought
Zenter
on
6/19/2007
...
359869
Apple Inc.
bought
Zayante
on
4/4/2002
...
359859
Google
bought
Zave Networks
on
9/7/2011
...
359858
Google
bought
Zagat
on
9/8/2011
...
359855
Yahoo
bought
Yoyodyne
on
10/12/1998
...
359840
Yahoo
bought
Yoyodyne
on
10/12/1998
...
359839
Google
bought
YouTube
on
10/9/2006
...
359838
Adobe systems
bought
Yellow Dragon Software-Tech[note 3]
on
11/10/2003
...
359825
AOL
bought
Yedda
on
11/7/2007
...
359824
Adobe systems
bought
YaWah
on
9/15/2008
...
359822
Symantec
bought
XtreamLok
on
5/16/2005
...
359817
Oracle
bought
Xsigo Systems
on
7/30/2012
...
359816
CA Technologies
bought
XOSoft
on
7/12/2006
...
359815
Yahoo
bought
Xoopit
on
7/22/2009
...
359814
Yahoo
bought
Xoopit
on
7/22/2009
...
359813
Yahoo
bought
Xobni
on
7/3/2013
...
359812
Yahoo
bought
Xobni
on
7/3/2013
...
359811
Apple Inc.
bought
Xemplar Education
on
1/8/1999
...
359808
AOL
bought
Xdrive
on
8/3/2005
...
359807
Berks County Trust Company
bought
Wyomissing Valley Bank, Temple State Bank, Mount Penn Trust Company, Reamstown Exchange Bank, Schuylkill Trust Company
in
1964
...
359806
Yahoo
bought
WUF Networks
on
12/7/2004
...
359794
Yahoo
bought
WUF Networks
on
12/7/2004
...
359793
Yahoo
bought
Wretch
on
12/1/2006
...
359788
Yahoo
bought
Wretch
on
12/1/2006
...
359787
Cisco Systems
bought
Worldwide Data Systems
on
12/16/1999
...
359785
Wachovia
bought
World Savings Bank
in
2007
...
359783
Oracle
bought
Workforce Management Applications sam organization
on
12/1/2005
...
359779
Google
bought
WIMM Labs
on
7/4/2005
...
359731
CA Technologies
bought
Wily Technology
on
1/5/2006
...
359730
M&T Bank
bought
Wilmington Trust
in
2011
...
359715
AOL
bought
Wildseed
on
8/7/2005
...
358708
Google
bought
Wildfire Interactive
on
8/1/2012
...
358707
Apple Inc.
bought
WiFiSlam
on
3/23/2013
...
358695
Google
bought
Widevine Technologies
on
12/3/2010
...
358694
Symantec
bought
WholeSecurity
on
10/4/2005
...
358686
Microsoft
bought
Wholesale drawing software
on
1/7/2000
...
358685
Microsoft
bought
Wholesale computer software
on
6/7/1999
...
358684
Microsoft
bought
Wholesale 3-D visualization software
on
2/28/1994
...
358683
Symantec
bought
Whitewater Group
on
6/9/1992
...
358679
Cisco Systems
bought
Whiptail
on
9/10/2013
...
358674
Yahoo
bought
Whereonearth
on
10/18/2005
...
357539
Yahoo
bought
Whereonearth
on
10/18/2005
...
357538
Google
bought
Where2
on
10/1/2004
...
357537
Ebay
bought
Where, Inc.
on
3/28/2011
...
357536
Cisco Systems
bought
WheelGroup
on
2/18/1998
...
357532
Electronic Arts
bought
Westwood Studios; other studios of?Virgin Interactive Entertainment
on
8/17/1998
...
357517
Wachovia
bought
Westcorp Inc. (holding company for WFS Financial Inc and Western Financial Bank)
in
2006
...
357514
Norwest Corp
bought
Wells Fargo Corp.
in
1998
...
357496
AOL
bought
Weblogs, Inc.
on
10/5/2005
...
357491
Cisco Systems
bought
Webline Communications
on
9/22/1999
...
357490
Yahoo
bought
Webjay
on
1/9/2006
...
357489
Yahoo
bought
Webjay
on
1/9/2006
...
357488
Cisco Systems
bought
WebEx
on
3/15/2007
...
357487
Yahoo
bought
Webcal
on
7/17/1998
...
357486
Yahoo
bought
Webcal
on
7/17/1998
...
357485
Microsoft
bought
Web music software
on
4/27/1999
...
357483
Microsoft
bought
Web log analysis
on
5/15/2006
...
357482
Oracle
bought
Web Content and Web Experience Management (WCM and WEM) Software
on
6/1/2011
...
357481
IBM
bought
Web conferencing and communications
on
8/21/2007
...
357480
Microsoft
bought
Web conferencing
on
4/30/2003
...
357479
IBM
bought
Web Analytics
on
6/15/2010
...
357478
Google
bought
Waze
on
6/11/2013
...
357476
Google
bought
Wavii
on
4/23/2013
...
357466
JPMorgan Chase
bought
Washington Mutual
in
2008
...
357452
AOL
bought
WAIS Inc.
on
5/1/1995
...
357321
First Union Corp.
bought
Wachovia
in
2001
...
357314
Wells Fargo
bought
Wachovia
in
2008
...
357313
Cisco Systems
bought
Vovida Networks
on
9/28/2000
...
357290
Hewlett Packard
bought
VoodooPC
on
10/31/2006
...
357288
Symantec
bought
Vontu
on
11/30/2007
...
357287
Microsoft
bought
VoIP
on
8/29/2005
...
357284
Oracle
bought
Voice portals
on
1/15/2002
...
357283
Yahoo
bought
VivaSmart
on
6/30/2000
...
357282
Yahoo
bought
VivaSmart
on
6/30/2000
...
357281
Oracle
bought
Vitrue
on
5/23/2012
...
357275
Hewlett Packard
bought
Vital Technology Pte Ltd
on
3/1/1997
...
357271
Electronic Arts
bought
Vision Software
on
4/8/1998
...
357270
Google
bought
VirusTotal.com
on
9/7/2012
...
357269
Cisco Systems
bought
Virtuata
on
7/16/2012
...
357268
IBM
bought
Virtualization Software
on
11/18/2008
...
357267
Oracle
bought
Virtual Iron Software
on
5/13/2009
...
357266
Oracle
bought
Virtual Directory Solutions
on
11/1/2005
...
357265
CA Technologies
bought
Viking Data Systems, Inc.
on
6/3/1905
...
357247
Cisco Systems
bought
Vihana
on
5/23/2005
...
357246
CA Technologies
bought
Viewpoint DataLabs International, Inc.
on
10/29/1998
...
357245
IBM
bought
Viewer for document management systems
on
9/19/2013
...
357243
Google
bought
Viewdle
on
10/1/2012
...
357242
Nokia
bought
Vienna Systems Corporation
on
12/18/1998
...
357241
Microsoft
bought
Video search
on
11/22/2011
...
357240
Microsoft
bought
Video games
on
4/6/2006
...
357239
Microsoft
bought
Video game controllers
on
4/16/1996
...
357238
Microsoft
bought
Video game advertising
on
5/4/2006
...
357236
Yahoo
bought
Viaweb
on
6/8/1998
...
357147
Yahoo
bought
Viaweb
on
6/8/1998
...
357146
Electronic Arts
bought
VG Holding Corp.
on
10/11/2007
...
357145
Hewlett Packard
bought
Vertica Systems, Inc.
on
3/22/2011
...
357142
Cisco Systems
bought
Versly
on
8/29/2011
...
357141
Hewlett Packard
bought
Versatest
on
6/16/1905
...
357140
Symantec
bought
Veritas Software
on
7/2/2005
...
357133
Symantec
bought
VeriSign?security business
on
5/19/2010
...
357132
Hewlett Packard
bought
VeriFone
on
4/1/1997
...
357131
Yahoo
bought
Verdisoft
on
2/11/2005
...
357130
Yahoo
bought
Verdisoft
on
2/11/2005
...
357129
Cisco Systems
bought
V-Bits
on
11/11/1999
...
357122
Oracle
bought
Utility Billing and Customer Service Systems
on
11/3/2006
...
357106
Oracle
bought
Utilities Application Software
on
4/24/2007
...
357105
Cisco Systems
bought
Utah Street Networks
on
3/5/2007
...
357104
AOL
bought
Userplane
on
8/13/2006
...
357102
Nokia
bought
User Interface Design
on
8/20/1998
...
357101
Symantec
bought
Urlabs
on
7/21/1999
...
341043
Google
bought
Urchin Software Corporation
on
3/28/2005
...
341036
Google
bought
Upstartle
on
3/9/2006
...
341034
Yahoo
bought
Upcoming.org
on
10/4/2005
...
341033
Yahoo
bought
Upcoming.org
on
10/4/2005
...
341032
Ebay
bought
Up4Sale.com
on
7/16/1998
...
341031
Oracle
bought
Universal Content Management, Digital Rights Management
on
11/1/2006
...
341024
Norwest?Corp.
bought
United Bank of Denver
in
1991
...
341023
Signet Banking Corporation
bought
Union Trust Bancorp
in
1985
...
340906
Regions Financial Corporation
bought
Union Planters Corporation
in
2004
...
340903
Berks County Trust Company
bought
Union National Bank (Pennsylvania)
in
1941
...
340902
Wilmington Trust
bought
Union National Bank
in
1943
...
340901
AOL
bought
Unblab
on
12/1/2010
...
340832
CA Technologies
bought
Uccel
on
6/9/1905
...
340824
BlackBerry
bought
Ubitexx
on
5/2/2011
...
340823
Cisco Systems
bought
Ubiquisys
on
4/3/2013
...
340822
AOL
bought
Ubique
on
9/22/1995
...
340821
Bank of America
bought
U.S. Trust Corporation
in
2007
...
340820
Firstar Corporation
bought
U.S. Bancorp
in
2001
...
340819
Adobe systems
bought
Typekit
on
10/3/2011
...
340814
Google
bought
TxVia
on
4/2/2012
...
340813
Microsoft
bought
Two-factor authentication system
on
10/4/2012
...
340811
Cisco Systems
bought
Twingo Systems
on
3/12/2004
...
340806
Nokia
bought
Twango
on
7/24/2007
...
340800
Symantec
bought
TurnTide
on
7/13/2004
...
340799
BlackBerry
bought
Tungle.me
on
4/27/2011
...
340794
Yahoo
bought
Tumblr
on
5/17/2013
...
340792
Yahoo
bought
Tumblr
on
5/17/2013
...
340791
AOL
bought
Truveo
on
1/10/2006
...
340788
Hewlett Packard
bought
Trustgenix Inc.
on
11/30/2005
...
340787
Hewlett Packard
bought
TruLogica
on
3/11/2004
...
340780
Nokia
bought
Trolltech?(Qt Development Frameworks)
on
6/17/2008
...
340770
Oracle
bought
TripleHop
on
6/1/2005
...
340764
Hewlett Packard
bought
Trinagy Inc.
on
8/28/2001
...
340762
Symantec
bought
Trik-Distributor Mgmt Utility[note 2]
on
11/8/1993
...
340761
Hewlett Packard
bought
Triaton Gmbh
on
2/23/2004
...
340759
Google
bought
Trendalyzer
on
3/16/2007
...
340755
Hewlett Packard
bought
Trellis Software & Controls
on
8/1/1996
...
340754
Microsoft
bought
Travel agency
on
3/11/2002
...
340749
Oracle
bought
Transportation Management Solutions
on
9/1/2005
...
340748
Symantec
bought
Transparent Logic Technologies
on
1/11/2008
...
340747
Hewlett Packard
bought
Transoft Networks
on
5/4/1999
...
340745
Cisco Systems
bought
TransMedia Communications
on
6/17/1999
...
340744
Ebay
bought
Tradera
on
4/24/2006
...
340734
Adobe systems
bought
Trade and Technologies France
on
4/21/2006
...
340733
Hewlett Packard
bought
TOWER Software
on
3/31/2008
...
340730
BlackBerry
bought
Torch Mobile
on
8/24/2009
...
340727
Apple Inc.
bought
Topsy
on
12/2/2013
...
340723
Cisco Systems
bought
Topspin Communications
on
4/14/2005
...
340722
Oracle
bought
TopLink
on
1/1/2002
...
340720
CA Technologies
bought
Top Secret - from?CGA Computer
on
6/7/1905
...
340718
Google
bought
Tonic Systems
on
4/17/2007
...
340710
Google
bought
TNC
on
9/12/2008
...
340642
Cisco Systems
bought
Tivella
on
12/15/2006
...
340641
BlackBerry
bought
tinyHippos
on
3/25/2011
...
340632
CA Technologies
bought
Tiny Software
on
6/27/2005
...
340631
Oracle
bought
TimesTen
on
6/1/2005
...
340605
Cisco Systems
bought
Tidal Software
on
5/1/2009
...
340589
Electronic Arts
bought
Tiburon Entertainment
on
4/2/1998
...
340587
Electronic Arts
bought
ThreeSF
on
6/3/2008
...
340578
Facebook
bought
Threadsy
on
8/24/2012
...
340572
Oracle
bought
Thor Technologies
on
11/1/2005
...
340568
AOL
bought
Third Screen Media
on
5/14/2007
...
340148
SunTrust Banks
bought
Third National Corporation
in
1985
...
340147
Oracle
bought
Thinking Machines Corporation
on
6/1/1999
...
340146
Symantec
bought
Think Technologies
on
10/26/1987
...
340145
AOL
bought
Thing Labs
on
9/28/2010
...
340142
Banc One Corp.
bought
The Valley National Bank of Arizona
in
1993
...
340023
North Fork Bancorporation Inc.
bought
The Trust Company of New Jersey
in
2004
...
339996
Hewlett Packard
bought
The Technology Partners
on
6/27/2006
...
339954
Wachovia
bought
The South Carolina National Bank
in
1991
...
339907
AOL
bought
The Huffington Post
on
2/7/2011
...
339479
Security Pacific?Corp.
bought
The Hibernia Bank
in
1988
...
339453
Ebay
bought
The Gifts Project
on
9/8/2011
...
339351
Credit Suisse
bought
The First Boston Corporation
in
1988
...
339306
First Fidelity Bancorp.
bought
The Fidelity Bank (Fidelcor)
in
1987
...
339299
Bank of New England Corp.
bought
The Connecticut Bank and Trust Co.
in
1985
...
339166
BlackBerry
bought
The Astonishing Tribe
on
12/2/2010
...
339024
Security Pacific Corp.
bought
The Arizona Bank
in
1986
...
339011
Yahoo
bought
The All-Seeing Eye
on
10/2/2004
...
338999
Yahoo
bought
The All-Seeing Eye
on
10/2/2004
...
338998
Cisco Systems
bought
TGV Software
on
1/23/1996
...
338954
Chemical Bank New York Trust Co.
bought
Texas Commerce Bank
in
1987
...
338953
Yahoo
bought
TeRespondo
on
4/12/2005
...
338938
Yahoo
bought
TeRespondo
on
4/12/2005
...
338937
Google
bought
Teracent
on
11/23/2009
...
338935
Oracle
bought
Temposoft
on
12/1/2005
...
338925
Cisco Systems
bought
Telesend
on
3/26/1997
...
338920
Oracle
bought
Telephony@Work
on
6/1/2006
...
338917
Nokia
bought
Telekol Group
on
10/22/1999
...
338914
Hewlett Packard
bought
Telegra Corp
on
5/1/1999
...
338912
IBM
bought
Telecommunications Management
on
2/13/2007
...
338911
Microsoft
bought
Telecommunications
on
5/10/2011
...
338910
Oracle
bought
Telecom Service Broker
on
2/10/2010
...
338909
Cisco Systems
bought
Telebit
on
7/22/1996
...
338908
Oracle
bought
Tekelec
on
3/25/2013
...
338907
AOL
bought
Tegic
on
12/3/1999
...
338906
Nokia
bought
Technophone Ltd.
on
2/11/1991
...
338900
AOL
bought
TechCrunch
on
9/28/2010
...
338898
Cisco Systems
bought
Tasmania Network Systems
on
10/26/1999
...
338890
Oracle
bought
Tangosol Inc
on
3/1/2007
...
338883
Cisco Systems
bought
Tandberg
on
4/18/2010
...
338882
Hewlett Packard
bought
Talking Blocks
on
9/3/2003
...
338880
Google
bought
TalkBin
on
4/26/2011
...
338879
Oracle
bought
Taleo
on
2/9/2012
...
338877
Oracle
bought
Talent Management Software
on
2/9/2012
...
338876
Google
bought
Talaria Technologies
on
3/15/2013
...
338875
Nokia
bought
Tahoe Networks
on
11/3/2003
...
338872
Facebook
bought
Tagtile
on
4/13/2012
...
338871
AOL
bought
Tacoda
on
7/23/2007
...
338869
Hewlett Packard
bought
Tabblo Inc.
on
3/22/2007
...
338867
Symantec
bought
Sytron
on
7/28/1995
...
338854
Microsoft
bought
Systems design
on
7/10/1995
...
338853
Cisco Systems
bought
SyPixx Networks
on
3/7/2006
...
338850
Adobe systems
bought
Syntrillium Software
on
5/1/2003
...
338849
Hewlett Packard
bought
Synstar
on
10/1/2004
...
338848
Nokia
bought
Symbian Ltd.[note 1]
on
12/2/2008
...
338847
Symantec
bought
Symantec UK
on
4/4/1992
...
338846
Symantec
bought
Sygate Technologies
on
10/7/2005
...
338843
Symantec
bought
SwapDrive
on
6/6/2008
...
338825
Ebay
bought
Svpply
on
9/6/2012
...
338824
IBM
bought
Supply chain optimization
on
2/8/2006
...
338818
IBM
bought
Supply Chain Analytics
on
12/15/2011
...
338817
Electronic Arts
bought
Super Computer International
on
10/5/2007
...
338815
Oracle
bought
Sunopsis
on
10/1/2006
...
338806
Trust Company of Georgia
bought
SunBanks, Inc.
in
1985
...
338800
Oracle
bought
Sun Microsystems
on
1/27/2010
...
338798
Yahoo
bought
Summly
on
3/25/2013
...
338797
Yahoo
bought
Summly
on
3/25/2013
...
338796
FleetBoston Financial Corp.
bought
Summit Bancorp
in
2001
...
338795
NBD Bancorp
bought
Summcorp
in
1991
...
338784
Cisco Systems
bought
Summa Four
on
7/28/1998
...
338783
Sovran Financial Corp.
bought
Suburban Bank
in
1986
...
338774
Apple Inc.
bought
Styleware
on
6/27/1988
...
338771
Ebay
bought
StumbleUpon[note 4]
on
5/30/2007
...
338768
AOL
bought
StudioNow
on
1/25/2010
...
338767
Electronic Arts
bought
Studio 33
on
10/16/2003
...
338766
Ebay
bought
StubHub
on
1/10/2007
...
338765
Facebook
bought
Strobe
on
11/8/2011
...
338760
Cisco Systems
bought
StratumOne Communications
on
6/29/1999
...
338756
Hewlett Packard
bought
Stratavia
on
8/26/2010
...
338755
Cisco Systems
bought
StrataCom
on
4/22/1996
...
338754
Hewlett Packard
bought
StorageApps
on
9/24/2001
...
338748
Dell
bought
Storage Systems Manufacturer
on
12/13/2010
...
338747
Oracle
bought
Storage systems
on
6/1/2011
...
338746
Dell
bought
Storage Deduplication Vendor
on
7/30/2010
...
338745
IBM
bought
Storage Consulting and Technology Services
on
10/24/2007
...
338744
Dell
bought
Storage area networks
on
1/28/2008
...
338743
CA Technologies
bought
Stewart P. Orr Associates
on
6/5/1905
...
338737
CA Technologies
bought
Sterling Software
on
10/9/2000
...
338714
Oracle
bought
Steltor
on
6/1/2002
...
338662
Oracle
bought
Stellent Inc.
on
11/1/2006
...
338661
IBM
bought
Statistical analysis software
on
7/28/2009
...
338649
Chase Manhattan Bank
bought
Staten Island National Bank & Trust Co. of NY
in
1957
...
338642
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