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Merger activity increased last week with six new deals announced and five deals closing. You can find all the deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool that automatically updates itself during market hours. Deal Statistics: Total Number of Deals Closed in 2010 133 Total Number of Deals...

Shares of Accenture plc. (NYSE: ACN) ended the Friday trading session up 7.8% at $50.32 per share. Accenture's shares surged after the company announced financial results on Thursday after the market closed that beat Wall Street estimates and raised its guidance. Chairman & CEO William D. Green...

Leading large enterprise software company, BMC Software Inc. (BMC) recently announced that CenITex, the shared-services information technology (IT) agency of the government of Victoria (Australia) has successfully implemented its proactive operations monitoring and management solution. Financial...

Shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ: CTSH) are higher on the session by 2.98%, trading at $72.50. Overall call volume is now running at 3.30x the daily average, with 59% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 4,960 contracts have traded on the session so far. Cognizant...

Leading large enterprise software company, BMC Software Inc. (BMC) recently announced that CenITex, the shared-services information technology (IT) agency of the government of Victoria (Australia) has successfully implemented its proactive operations monitoring and management solution. Financial...

Accenture plc (ACN) reported first quarter 2011 earnings per share (EPS) of 81 cents, handsomely beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 75 cents. The quarter's earnings increased 20.9% from the year-ago quarter, attributable to higher revenues and margins, as well as a lower share count and tax...

Goldman Sachs is raising its estimates and price target on Accenture Plc (NYSE: ACN). It's moving its price target to $53, but is keeping its Buy rating on shares. In a note sent to clients, Goldman writes, "Following reported 1QFY11 results we are raising estimates for FY11-FY13. For FY11 we...

• Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $0.51, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.44, on revenues of $8.6 billion that topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $8.3 billion • Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ:TTWO) posted stronger fiscal fourth quarter earnings...

Accenture plc (ACN) reported first quarter 2011 earnings per share (EPS) of 81 cents, handsomely beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 75 cents. The quarter's earnings increased 20.9% from the year-ago quarter, attributable to higher revenues and margins, as well as a lower share count and tax...

Accenture plc (ACN) reported first quarter 2011 earnings per share (EPS) of 81 cents, handsomely beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 75 cents. The quarter's earnings increased 20.9% from the year-ago quarter, attributable to higher revenues and margins, as well as a lower share count and tax...

Accenture plc (ACN) reported first quarter 2011 earnings per share (EPS) of 81 cents, handsomely beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 75 cents. The quarter's earnings increased 20.9% from the year-ago quarter, attributable to higher revenues and margins, as well as a lower share count and tax...

• Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $0.51, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.44, on revenues of $8.6 billion that topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $8.3 billion • Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ:TTWO) posted stronger fiscal fourth quarter earnings...

Deutsche Bank is out with a research report Accenture Plc (NYSE: ACN) after the company reported better than expected earnings yesterday. It has a $56 price target, up from $50, and a Buy rating. In a note sent to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "After delivering strong F1Q results and raising F11...

Jefferies is upgrading Accenture plc. (NYSE: ACN), raising its rating from Hold to Buy, and raising its PT from $42 to $54.

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE) today announced that its net proceeds from the successful completion of GE Healthcare's public tender offer for all outstanding shares of partner company Clarient, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLRT) will be approximately $144 million. The taxable gain on the transaction...