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Archive for Author: Marlin & Associates

Feb 10, 2008

Netik Breaks Off From BNY Mellon, Buys Capco Reference Data Unit

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In a two–step reorganization, our client,  data warehouse provider Netik, has used funding from private equity firm Symphony Technology Group (STG) to spin off from majority–owner Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and acquire Capco’s reference data management arm. The financial terms of the deals, completed in January but announced today, were not disclosed. Netik officials said that Palo Alto, Calif.–based STG, a technology holding company, now holds a majority stake of undisclosed size in the company; Bank of New York Mellon, which previously owned 51 percent, retains a minority interest. The former Bank of New York purchased its stake…

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Feb 5, 2008

Google’s bid to derail Yahoo deal a long shot

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Today our managing partner, Ken Marlin, was quoted discussing Google’s bid to derail a Yahoo deal by Janet Whitman for Canada.com. NEW YORK, NY (February 5th 2008) – In a bid to preserve its dominance on the Web, Google Inc. is seeking to derail Microsoft Corp.’s plan to gobble up Yahoo Inc. Since learning of Microsoft’s $44.6–billion US unsolicited bid on Friday, Google has gone on the offensive, saying the merger would threaten Web innovation and competition. At the same time, behind the scenes, the Internet giant is said to reaching out to rivals who may be interested in putting…

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May 21, 2007

Smoking Out Suitors for Dow Jones

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Today our managing partner, Ken Marlin, was quoted in a discussion of News Corp’s bid for Dow Jones by Steve Rosenbush for Business Week. News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch has a reputation as one of the corporate world’s savviest dealmakers, thanks in part to his $580 million acquisition of Internet powerhouse MySpace. Now Murdoch is back, with a bigger and possibly even bolder proposal: a $5 billion offer for Dow Jones, publisher of a blue chip business news empire that includes The Wall Street Journal. Murdoch offered an eye–popping 65% premium for the company, which has been struggling, as have…

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Apr 24, 2007

Ganging Up on Google

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Today our managing partner, Ken Marlin, was quoted discussing Google’s relationship with federal regulation by Robert Hof for Business Week. A phalanx of foes –– from eBay to search rivals and Uncle Sam –– is lining up to keep the search giant in check The family of Joan Miro had a bone to pick with Google. The search giant used some of his images in its Web–site logo on Apr. 20 –– until Miro’s family very publicly complained Google was violating the Spanish artist’s copyrights. The logo came down and the flap is already dying down. But other Google combatants…

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Apr 23, 2007

Tech IPOs poised to make a comeback in New York

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Today our partner Michael (Max) Maxworthy was quoted in a discussion of the IPO market by Amanda Fung for Investment News. Dice Holdings Inc., which operates career– and job–oriented websites, including Dice.com and JobsintheMoney .com, plans to raise $100 million through an initial public offering. The six–year–old Manhattan company, which filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, has been owned by private–equity firms General Atlantic LLC of Greenwich, Conn., and Quadrangle Group LLC of New York since 2005. Though few technology firms in the New York area have had IPOs over the past two years, analysts say that more may…

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