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Garmin drops bid for mapmaker

In Brief / TECHNOLOGY

November 17, 2007|From Times Wire Services

Garmin Ltd., the largest maker of car-navigation devices, withdrew its bid for Tele Atlas, clearing the way for rival TomTom to buy the Dutch mapmaker for 2.9 billion euros ($4.25 billion).

Instead of raising its 2.3-billion-euro offer, Garmin struck a six-year deal to get maps from Tele Atlas rival Navteq Corp., the company said.

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