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Fast-growing software firm Platinum Technology International was snapped up yesterday in a $3.5 billion cash deal by larger rival Computer Associates as part of an effort to compete with industry giants like IBM.
The cash offer was worth more than three times Platinum Technology's market value, based on Friday's closing price of 9 7/8 a share. But it would give Islandia, N.Y.-based Computer Associates access to...