WSJ: Forget going public, companies want to be acquired wsj.com/articles/forge…

The SEC Will Allow Stocks to Be Issued And Traded Over the Internet Via Bitcoin's Blockchain wired.com/2015/12/sec-ap… #bitcoin

General Motors invests $500M in Lyft, forms partnership sfg.ly/1VBFTUo

Global Mergers and Acquisitions volume hits record $4.29 trillion in 2015 news.yahoo.com/global-mergers…

Security firm ForeScout raises $76M round led by Wellington Management at a $1B valuation bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Grey acquires mobile app developer ArcTouch in United States bit.ly/1SaKQVL @GreyNewYork

We’re thrilled to share we’re joining the #FamouslyEffective Grey team: bit.ly/1K7kctZ @GreyNewYork Grey San Francisco #mobile #advertising

We're excited to announce our acquisition of leading mobile design & development studio ArcTouch #FamouslyEffective prn.to/1KFatG6

Thrilled to announce that our client ArcTouch, a leading #mobile dev firm, has been acquired by Grey, a WPP company wpp.com/wpp/investor/f…

#Apple's Latest Acquisition Adds to 'Secret #VR Team', Report Suggests #VR #VirtualReality j.mp/1SkuCtj

FireEye acquires automated response platform provider Invotas pcworld.com/article/302896… #itsecurity

Oracle buys cloud software startup Ravello Systems, source says for $500M venturebeat.com/2016/02/22/ora…

Cisco buys 2 year old Israeli startup Leaba for $380M geektime.com/2016/03/02/cis…

The biggest tech buyer last year...Google? Yahoo? Cisco? Nope, Microsoft

Infosec spending continues to rise

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Just three months into 2016, Chinese outbound acquisitions almost exceeded that of the whole of 2015, which was a record year itself.

Fintechs disruptive potential blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2016/…

Breaking: Oracle to pay $9.3 billion to buy cloud-computing firm NetSuite, whose main investor is Larry Ellison on.wsj.com/2a6M4h4

Ford buys van-commuter startup Chariot, after the startup faced early skepticism from some VCs. via Tomio Geron on.wsj.com/2czxvG5