Alcatel SA will acquire U.S.-based Lucent Technologies Inc. in a $13.4 billion (11.1 billion euros) stock swap to form a stronger player in the fiercely competitive telecom equipment market, the ...

PARIS – France's Alcatel SA (ALA) will acquire rival telecom equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc. (LU) in a $13.4 billion (11.1 billion euro) stock swap that would form an industry powerhouse with ...

France's Alcatel SA, pursuing a trans-Atlantic transaction that would unite two of the world's biggest communications-equipment suppliers, is near a deal to acquire Lucent Technologies Inc. for about ...

Alcatel-Lucent (NYS: ALU) carries $8 billion of goodwill and other intangibles on its balance sheet. Sometimes goodwill, especially when it's excessive, can foreshadow problems down the road. Could ...

Alcatel-Lucent CEO Michel Combes has said that the next phase for the networking company's growth will be pinned on picking up customers in non-service provider sectors, despite the company selling ...

It's been a long time since the buzz around Alcatel-Lucent's North America enterprise channel was this good. A recent overhaul of the region's channel strategy and some big moves by its key executives ...

PARIS – Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc. said Sunday that the French telecom equipment maker would acquire its U.S. rival in a $13.4 billion (11.1 billion euros) stock swap that would form a ...