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In addition to its individual usership, TechCrunch reports that 100,000 businesses have built Dropbox into their operations. As such purchasing a communications solutions provider improves the company's ability to accommodate a variety of business needs like conference calls and chat services.

Dropbox, a service many people use to store files, announced this week that it will acquire Clementine, a company that provides communication services to enterprises. Many of Clemetine's existing services will be transitioned into Dropbox applications.

On this blog, we've discussed high-profile mergers and acquisitions in the ed tech space, a burgeoning and quickly changing field of research, development and product sales. As education organizations like schools, tutoring operations and colleges become more dependent on technology for teaching and learning, a host of products and platforms have filled the market to meet their needs.

The company you founded has begun negotiations with a larger corporation that has an interest in acquiring your startup. After a series of phone calls and meetings, you determine a date when leadership from the corporation can visit your office to meet your team and see where the innovation happens.

Companies have a diverse set of philosophies that guide their mergers and acquisitions activity. Some seem to apply no rhyme or reason at all to the decisions they make to buy or not buy other firms. Nevertheless, when a company demonstrates as much success as Google, it stands to reason that its litmus test should be particular and a bit bold. That's why a general rule of thumb Google applies before M&A is called the "toothbrush test."

"We have combined our expertise into a cohesive and streamlined business model, enabling our customer to access a wider range of services," said Asencia UK's sales and marketing director, Lloyd Webber, in a press statement. "With an increased customer focus in 2014, customers will discover a new way of working with our end-to-end product range providing a complete solution for their marketing, goods, press and business mail fulfillment-straight to the letterbox, anywhere in the world."

As a result of the merger, the number of employees will increase to more than 350 and annual revenues are estimated to exceed $95 million. While MTech will take over most of Total Plumbing's commercial contracts, the plumbing service provider will continue to operate its Special Projects and Service divisions under its original name.

"We are pleased that our merger is complete and look forward to bringing together the best of Kroger and Harris Teeter to benefit our customers, associates and shareholders," said Kroger CEO W. Rodney McMullen in a press statement. "This merger brings the exceptional Harris Teeter brand and a complementary base of stores in attractive markets to the Kroger family. We have long respected Harris Teeter's customer orientation, friendly and professional associates, strong management team and company values."

U.K.-based medical technology company Smith & Nephew announced its plan to buy American medical device maker AnthroCare in a $1.5 billion deal. The British firm says that the purchase will strengthen its sports medicine business.

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world's largest maker of laboratory equipment, recently announced that it had completed its acquisition of Life Technologies Corporation. The deal, valued at $13.6 billion, was originally announced in April 2013, but was put on hold pending antitrust approval from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Sony recently announced that it would sell its unprofitable personal computer division to Japan Industrial Partners. The Tokyo-based corporation also released its plan to turn its television business into a separate subsidiary. The restructuring will result in 5,000 cut jobs and save the company ¥100 billion ($998 million) a year.

Our combined offering provides cutting-edge technologies, such as genomics and proteomics, to accelerate life sciences research and improve human health," Casper said. "And our complementary strengths in biosciences and bioprocessing will accelerate drug discovery, development and production.

In October 2013, Jos A. Banks announced its intention to buy Men's Wearhouse. After that proposal was rejected, Men's Warehouse then attempted to pursue the same acquisition strategy with Jos. A. Bank. That deal also failed to go through.

Bright.com has been a popular option for many job seekers looking for an alternative to larger job search engines like Monster and CareerBuilder. The startup uses a combination of algorithms and data science to match candidates with the right positions.

According to The VAR Guy, an online information technology resource, this deal will give Lenovo the opportunity to break into the American smartphone market. In a Google blog post, CEO Larry Page explained that Lenovo, which recently surpassed Hewlett Packard as the largest personal computer (PC) manufacturer in the world, will be able to better serve the Motorola Mobility business, which includes products like the Moto G and the Moto X.

As evidenced by this recent agreement, business acquisitions can provide companies with the resources they need to satisfy their customers' robust needs and expand their offerings. In most cases, these deals are advantageous to everyone involved, which is why they are so popular in a number of different industries.

Multiple news outlets are reporting that Facebook recently purchased its first Indian company, Little Eye Labs. Although the exact cost of the acquisition hasn't yet been disclosed, a direct source told TechCrunch that it was in the $10 to $15 million range.

On Monday, January 13, Suntory Holdings Limited and Beam Inc. jointly announced plans for the former to acquire all outstanding shares of the latter for a total of approximately $16 billion. According to the companies' press release, the transaction is expected to be finalized during the second quarter of 2014.

Internet giant Google recently announced the $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest Labs Inc., the company behind a home automation product called the Nest Learning Thermostat that learns users' behaviors and preferences over time to reduce energy consumption and lower utility bills.

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