ARMONK, N.Y. I.B.M. said Tuesday that it would acquire a maker of analytics software maker, SPSS, in an all-cash transaction of $50 a share for a deal valued at about $1.2 billion.
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Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) also bought back the 5% stake in AOL that it sold to Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) for $1 billion in 2005 for the bargain price of $283 million. The deal, which occurred on July 8 according to SEC filings, gives Time Warner's Internet unit, which will soon be spun out, a valuation of less than $5.66 billion.
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