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Current GrandCentral customers will continue to have uninterrupted access to the service.
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While we're moving their technology over to Google's network, a limited number of invitations will be available to register for a GrandCentral beta account
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The service also gives you one central voice mailbox
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"Obviously the market considers it valuable," Canaccord Adams analyst Colin Gillis said by phone
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We think GrandCentral's technology fits well into Google's efforts to provide services that enhance the collaborative exchange of information between our users
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The patent can help search results to be provided to consumers via mobile channels, including voice
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All in all, you'll have a lot more control over your phones
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We're really excited to welcome the GrandCentral team to Google
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If you have a United States telephone number, you can sign up for an invitation at www.grandcentral.com
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GrandCentral is an innovative service that lets users integrate all of their existing phone numbers and voice mailboxes into one account, which can be accessed from the web
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Local.com shares rose $3.78 to $10.70 in morning trade on the Nasdaq.
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(Reporting by John Tilak in Bangalore) ((Editing by Jarshad Kakkrakandy; Reuters Messaging: john.tilak.reuters.com@reuters.net; within United States +1 646 223 8780; outside United States +91 80 4135 5800)) Keywords: LOCALDOTCOM SHARES/
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The Irvine, California-based company said the patent relates to responding to directory assistance inquiries using protocols including voice-enabled and SMS systems
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Local.com shares rose $3.78 to $10.70 in morning trade on the Nasdaq
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"People are realizing that they have got this little company that can control the future of mobile local search," Gillis said
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Under the terms of Kraft's offer, the Danone cookie division would continue to be based in France
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If you have multiple phone numbers (e.g., home, work, cell), you get one phone number that you can set to ring all, some, or none of your phones, based on who's calling
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We're pleased to announce that we have acquired GrandCentral Communications, a company that provides services for managing your voice communications
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The patent can help search results to be provided to consumers via mobile channels, including voice
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This way, your phone number is tied to you, and not your location or job
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GrandCentral offers many features that complement the phone services you already use
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Under French law, Danone must consult with its Works Council before entering into a definitive agreement with Kraft
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Gillis said it can block its competitors from competing in the mobile search environment
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Kraft shares fell 84 cents, or 2.3 percent, to $34.71 in midday trading Tuesday.
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About three-quarters of the Danone units' business is in Western Europe
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"This proposed acquisition makes great sense for Kraft," Chief Executive Irene Rosenfeld said at an early morning news conference from Paris
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Local.com's competition includes Idearc Inc.'s (IAR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Superpages.com, as well as Web giants Google Inc.(GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and Yahoo Inc.(YAHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research)
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Danone said in a statement that its board is considering the bid received Monday on an exclusive basis
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You can even listen in on voicemail messages from your phone while they are being recorded, or switch a call from your cell phone to your desk phone and back again
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You can listen to your voicemails online or from any phone, forward them to anybody, add the caller to your address book, block a caller as spam, and a lot more
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"Obviously the market considers it valuable," Canaccord Adams analyst Colin Gillis said by phone
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Gillis said it can block its competitors from competing in the mobile search environment
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The Irvine, California-based company said the patent relates to responding to directory assistance inquiries using protocols including voice-enabled and SMS systems
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" Proceeds from the sale would be used to speed up current internal development projects, to develop new products, expand into new territories or new food platforms, and possibly for mergers and acquisitions, Riboud said
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If the transaction is completed, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advertisement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the acquired brands will join Kraft's massive snack food portfolio -- its largest division that accounts for nearly one-third of its revenue
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If the deal is approved, Kraft would double the size of its business in China, while boosting its position in Eastern Europe, Russia, Malaysia and Indonesia
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But Kraft shares fell more than 2 percent on news of the offer with some analysts saying the company was paying too much
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The offer does not include Danone stakes in cookiet businesses Bagley in Latin America and Brittannia in India
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CHICAGO -- Kraft Foods Inc.said Tuesday it has offered $7.2 billion in cash to acquire the cookie and cereal division of French food company Groupe Danone SA in a deal that would give America's biggest food and beverage company an even larger foothold around the globe
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The deal could be concluded in the last quarter of 2007 and is subject to regulator approval
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So, stats are only valid provided that unannounced acquisitions have stayed at a fairly consistent volume over time
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Shares in Danone rose 1.3 percent to 61.71 euros ($84.07) on Tuesday in Paris
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Considering that even Wikipedia has missed out a couple, you can see how hard it is to get good data here
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"Nevertheless, in our view Danone's biscuit operations is generally a mediocre business
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BANGALORE, July 2 (Reuters) - Shares of Local.com (LOCM.O: Quote, Profile, Research) rose 52 percent, after the Web search services provider said it received a patent for mobile local search
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Kraft agreed to keep Danone's French cookie manufacturing facilities in operation for at least three years after the transaction is signed
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"Although the acquisition of Danone's Global Biscuit operation moderately improves Kraft's international margin profile, business mix, and European scale, on balance we have a negative view of the transaction," Morgan Stanley analyst David Adelman wrote in a research note
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Some analysts praised the deal as a way to bolster Kraft's global cookie and cracker business, but others said the acquisition is over priced
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"The offer of Kraft Foods represents a strong strategic and industrial opportunity for the biscuits and cereal products business," he said
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PS.Feel free to pick apart any of the data and add any we missed: I made it sharable for that reason
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