Monday, July 11, 2005

Adobe-Macromedia Deal Probed

By Priya Ganapati
The U.S. Department of Justice wants more info on the proposed merger of the two design software firms
July 11, 2005

The U.S. Department of Justice wants to take a closer look at desktop publishing software firm Adobe’s pending $3.4-billion acquisition of Macromedia, requesting more information on the outfits’ web authoring/design and vector graphics illustration products. The DOJ’s demand is known as a second request because as in most mergers, Adobe and Macromedia, which makes web design software, have already submitted preliminary information about their proposed union.

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