MetaFilter posts tagged with buyout

It Fish Time!

vivelame — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:07:19 -0800

In rather unsettling news, it appears that a chinese corporation bought one of America's most reliable news sources. For now, the editorial line doesn't seem to have changed, but will it last?

When Mining Attacks

wierdo — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:16:23 -0800

Picher, Oklahoma was part of a major lead mining area in the central US until the middle of the last century, when the mines closed down. It is now the epicenter of the Tar Creek Superfund site. Residents live among mountains of mine tailings known as chat. Heavy metal poisoning is endemic in the area. With fits and starts, things do begin to get done about it, but only very slowly. To add insult to injury, Picher was struck by an EF-4 tornado on May 10th, 2008. The residents are finally suing over the long in coming buyout plan. Shockingly, the buyout plan was put into place with urgency not because of the lead, zinc, and cadmium poisoning, but because the mines are in danger of caving in. There is still word on when the mountains of debris will be removed, or the acid mine drainage stopped. Despite attempts to prevent further contamination in the 1980s and 90s, the waste is still poisoning local creeks and wildlife.

Who did what now?

blue_beetle — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:53:46 -0800

NYT: Best Buy buys Napster

Cette bud n'est pas pour vous

Artw — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:59:06 -0800

Save Budweiser! – An American beer titan may be bought up by evil Europeans, only you can save it!

I'll Buy That

bassjump — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:30:47 -0800

Selling out is becoming trendy. Last fall, Burt’s Bees was sold to Clorox. It turned out then that former owner Roxanne Quimby bought out co-founder Burt himself in 1999 and sold 80% of the company to AEA Investors in 2004; this was just the final stroke of the pen. The Body Shop became a part of L’Oreal in 2006 (previously), the same year Tom’s of Maine was bought out by Colgate. Estee Lauder acquired Aveda back in 1998. If you start getting into food, Stonyfield Farm is owned by Danone. Nantucket Nectars has been part of Cadbury Schweppes since 2002. And remember Fresh Samantha juices? Bought by Odwalla, which itself is owned by Coca-Cola. Ben and Jerry’s became a part of Unilever back in 2000, and now the company’s name is often a symbol of an acquisition gone awry. For better or worse, organic is now fluffy fodder for mass marketing. Even bleach-maker and Burt's Bees-buyer Clorox recently announced its own Green Works line of products. So you might ask: which companies are making an effort to be green and haven’t sold out (yet)? Here’s one list. Problem? It includes the founders of: - Seventh Generation, which has had some interesting encounters with giant retailer Walmart and has partnered with that other giant retailer, Target; - Stonyfield Farm, which as mentioned above is now a part of Danone, but whose business ethics are defended here; and - Whole Foods, which is trying to buy out Wild Oats but keeps butting heads with the FTC. But don't lose all hope. There are still lots of names on that list, and many green and greenish companies out there: Ecover, Dr. Hauschka, Dr. Bronner, Method, Kiss My Face, and heaps more. (These aren't endorsements, just examples.) There's advice on being green (I know, it ain't easy.) Or you could make your own.

y.ah.oo

sid — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:55:45 -0800

y.ah.oo Del.icio.us bought by Yahoo. Another one bites the dust? I miss the days when del.icio.us was largely undocumented and was a somewhat underground, community-based project. What will the corporate buyout mean for everyone's favourite link sharing site?

Six Apart to Buy LiveJournal

FlamingBore — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 21:18:10 -0800

Rumor has it: Six Apart is buying Live Journal. via Waxy

Chucks

LinusMines — Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:07:08 -0800

Chucks News of Nike's buyout of Converse got me thinking about the oldest sneakers around. I don't mean that crusty pair buried in your closet, unless it's (likely for some of us) the Chuck Taylor All-Star basketball shoe. Sure, some of us wouldn't be caught in a pair, but as the choice of legends, the uniform footwear of baby-boomer youth (knock-offs were worn at risk of mild derision) and as a cultural mission statement, this 80-year-old low-tech affair is still chuck-full of game, and still as affordable as that other guy's shoe isn't. Fortunately for the shoe's many adoring fans, the word is that the Star won't be replaced by a Swoosh.

Blake — Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:46:32 -0800

Power Company Buys Entire Village American Electric Power is buying the Gallia County village of Cheshire, Ohio for $20 million after years of complaints from residents about pollution from AEP's massive Gen. James M. Gavin power plant, located along the Ohio River on the edge of the village.
Two months ago federal health experts reported that blue sulfuric clouds from the Gavin plant endangered the village last summer, particularly residents suffering from asthma. I'm not sure what to think about such an odd plan.
"I think the town just had enough of the company's experimentation," said Dale Heydlauff, AEP's senior vice president for environmental affairs. Note: Registration required to read full story .

jjg — Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:57:03 -0800

HP shareholders vote to acquire Compaq... or not? Stop me if you've heard this one before: One side has already declared victory while the other won't concede defeat until all the votes are counted. The margin appears to be less than one half of one percent, and a manual count is in the works.

mathowie — Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:36:37 -0800

Dontcha hate it when something like Winamp gets bought out by AOL? It crashes a bit too much on my home system so I went looking for alternatives and was glad when I found FreeAMP (it's GPL'ed to boot!). Take the high road, use the mp3 player that guarantees no AOL buyouts on your desktop.