Opera receives $1.2B takeover proposal; deal likely to happen

10 February, 2016
Popular Web browser company Opera has received a buyout offer from a Chinese consortium. The offer values the Norwegian company at NOK 10.5 billion ($1.2 billion), which is reportedly 53% more than its market value before the acquisition rumors broke.

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  • 11 Feb 2016

AnonD-77443, 11 Feb 2016I own a Samsung GN4... nothing to do with racism just China... moreSo did US goverment. Ask Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Yahoo, Microsoft about this.

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    • Anonymous
    • tCQ
    • 11 Feb 2016

    The xenophobia is strong in this thread.

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      • Anonymous
      • J5M
      • 11 Feb 2016

      The communist Chinese diktators are taking control over more and more "free" companies, that is very bad!
      Opera Mobile was the best browser, but todays Opera broswer is only an unusable version of Chrome!

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        • 11 Feb 2016

        It not about race...its quality. 9 out of 10 times Chinese would prefer money over ALL ELSE, so do the math and figure urself the why people arent that too enthusiastic about this news..

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          • 11 Feb 2016

          Oncom, 11 Feb 2016Are you using iPhone or Motorola..? They're made in China o... moreI own a Samsung GN4... nothing to do with racism just Chinas well known history of internet monitoring and cyber spying....

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            • 11 Feb 2016

            AnonD-77443, 10 Feb 2016I love Opera when travelling but will i trust a CHINESE COM... moreAre you using iPhone or Motorola..? They're made in China or owned by Chinese company.
            Stop racism.

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              • 11 Feb 2016

              galaxyS7, 10 Feb 2016whats wrong in a chinese company? almost 50 percent of our ... moreWake up yourself!

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                • Anonymous
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                • 11 Feb 2016

                Time for Vivaldi?

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 11 Feb 2016

                  Anonymous, 10 Feb 2016And majority is cheap mfg, Quality is poor and they copy an... moreyes, but enough about apple.

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                    • 10 Feb 2016

                    I love Opera when travelling but will i trust a CHINESE COMPANY with my web browsing information.... Not on your life.

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                      • 10 Feb 2016

                      galaxyS7, 10 Feb 2016whats wrong in a chinese company? almost 50 percent of our ... moreAnd majority is cheap mfg, Quality is poor and they copy and infringe on so many items in the world.

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                        • 10 Feb 2016

                        Aspros, 10 Feb 2016I use opera on mobile for saving data and because clatters ... moreSo true!

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                          • Anonymous
                          • IbE
                          • 10 Feb 2016

                          If deal happens... I won't consider thus browser on cells in future!

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                            • 10 Feb 2016

                            This is sad news Chinese or USA = Zero privacy

                              whats wrong in a chinese company? almost 50 percent of our daily things we are using is chinese built. wake up you guys......

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                                • 10 Feb 2016

                                Qihoo360 does an antivirus for Windows, which I use. It is awesome and super powerful. It's not "mobile" first.

                                I'm glad Opera is being taken over. They messed up when they stopped working on Opera 12. I didn't like much their new browser. Chrome is better and that's what I use (along with some Firefox sometimes).

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                                  • 10 Feb 2016

                                  opera for mobiles including opera mini was the best prior. the new version is ridiculous. it shows full screen ads one/10 searches.

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                                    • YMp
                                    • 10 Feb 2016

                                    Chinese company!
                                    Google will stop supporting XP & Vista soon. Opera will be taken oven by Chinese company. IE X sucks. So only option (for XP & Vista users) left for browsers is Mozilla Firefox.

                                      I use opera on mobile for saving data and because clatters after a full cache.
                                      If they ever drop flash support or the exit button, i am insta out.
                                      But even if they dont, i am a bit worried about, a faceless chinese company taking over my browser and withit have access to all my private data, accounts and passwords.
                                      A consurtium of companies, that have behind some shady chinese companies and who kjnows what kind of shady ppl and i have to trust that all of them are fair...

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                                        • 10 Feb 2016

                                        O dear, another one bites the dust. But chinese !!!!!????