Salesforce Is Said to Explore Acquisition of Slack

  • Slack shares surged as much as 34% while Salesforce fell
  • A deal could be announced as soon as next week, a person said
Slack Surges on Talks of Salesforce Deal
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Salesforce.com Inc. is considering acquiring workplace chat tool Slack Technologies Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter.

Slack shares surged as much as 34% while the news weighed on Salesforce, which fell as much as 5%.