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Security vendor WatchGuard Technologies has agreed a deal with Vector Capital to make a large new equity investment in the business, acquire interests held by certain other investors, and become the company's majority shareholder.

The chief of Australia’s competition regulator, the ACCC, Rod Sims has warned that the takeovers of smaller rivals by digital platforms, including their data sets, may pose a threat to consumers’ choice and privacy.

Accounting software provider MYOB has failed to come up with a better deal than that proposed by US-based equity firm KKR last year.

Expedia's proposed takeover of Wotif will seemingly go ahead after Australia's competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, announced it will not oppose the acquisition.

Australia's consumer watchdog the ACCC says it has concerns that Expedia's planned takeover of travel company Wotif.com could hinder competition in the market. It may block the deal

Massively popular messaging app WhatsApp is in negotiations with Google over pricing of a takeover, if ‘insider sources’ are to be believed.