(FORTUNE Small Business) – Pyramid Breweries of Seattle acquired family-owned Portland Brewing for $4.2 million in cash and stock on Jan. 24. Brand patriarch Robert Malcolm "Mac" MacTarnahan, 88, retains a stake and board seat ... Cardiff Software, based in Vista, Calif., and specializing in data-collection products, was sold for $50 million to Verity of Sunnyvale, Calif., on Feb. 3 in a cash transaction. -- N.S.