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  • Monday, 18 December, 2023
    Software AG sells data platform to IBM for €2.1bn

    Sale comes six months after private equity firm Silver Lake won bidding war for German software group

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  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
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    Software AG: Silver Lake and Bain square up in private equity stand-off Premium content

    Competing approaches for German enterprise software group could lead to a stalemate

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  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    Schroders hits out at Silver Lake’s €2.6bn German tech deal

    Top investor cites conflict of interest as US private equity firms compete for Software AG

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  • Monday, 24 April, 2023
    LexTechnology sector
    Software AG/Silver Lake: German buyout could yield fat return Premium content

    Shares in the enterprise software developer rose by half at Monday’s open

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  • Tuesday, 15 July, 2014
    LexEuropean companies
    Software AG: hard times

    German software group is travelling in the wrong direction

    A technician assembles motherboards for Bullx R computer systems at the Bull SA headquarters in Angers, France, on Monday, June 23, 2014. Thierry Breton, chief executive officer of software maker Atos, is engineering a 620 million-euro ($846 million) bid to acquire Bull, the company he tried to revive two decades ago. Photographer: Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg
  • Thursday, 19 January, 2012
    European companies
    Software AG revamps US operations
  • Friday, 13 January, 2012
    European companies
    SAP bucks pessimism with record results
  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2012
    European companies
    Software AG shares tumble as sales fall short
  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2012
    LexEuropean companies
    Software AG: reboot required

    The number two German software maker could be a takeover target

  • Tuesday, 20 December, 2011
    US & Canadian companies
    Oracle’s earnings miss chills tech stocks
  • Sunday, 13 November, 2011
    Technology sector
    Results loom as SAP tries to cut Oracle liability
  • Friday, 15 July, 2011
    European companies
    European stocks dip as bank audits awaited
  • Thursday, 14 July, 2011
    European equities
    Italian bank sell-off resumes after government debt sale
  • Monday, 6 September, 2010
    European companies
    Europe and US in software divergence
  • Thursday, 13 May, 2010
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    Spanish shares head lower on strike talk
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    UK retail results
    European food retailers make gains
  • Monday, 19 October, 2009
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    Return of boutique advice
  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2009
    Technology sector
    Connection to the German corridors of power
  • Tuesday, 14 July, 2009
    European banks
    Software AG slides despite takeover bid
  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2008
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    Process management: Making complex business simpler
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    How to stage a turnround with no master plan
  • Tuesday, 24 October, 2006
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    Europe ends down as banks weigh
  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2005
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