[dkasper]

In an interesting choice of words, the Thing Labs blog (blog.thinglabs.com) refers to this as a "merger".

"We are pleased to announce that as of today, Thing Labs is merging with AOL. This deal has been in the works for a little while, and we’ve been dying to tell you all, but today it’s official!"

[frognibble]

I heard that acquisitions often involve a merger with a shell company because of a tax or liability advantage. I searched for info on this, but couldn't find anything. Can somebody please comment on how this works?

[100k]

GeekSquad founder Robert Stevens always says GeekSquad "acquired" Best Buy.

[daveying99]

Arrington also called Techcrunch's sale a merger at TC Disrupt this morning.

[dkasper]

Ah, is it normal for the acquirer to refer to it as an acquisition and the acquired to refer to it as a merger?