The UK government has given the green light to the sale of Newport Wafer Fab (NWF), the country's largest computer chip maker, to US-based Vishay Intertechnology for £140 million.
The approval comes after a review conducted under the National Security and Investment Act, which empowers ministers to intervene in transactions involving sectors deemed critical to national secur...
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