Mergers and Acquisitions
Beijing unlikely to approve ByteDance-Oracle deal over TikTok
A successful deal would enable ByteDance to avoid a ban on its popular video sharing app in the US
ByteDance seeks $60bn for TikTok as Trump gives blessing to Oracle/Walmart deal
Oracle and Walmart will take a combined 20 per cent stake of a newly established company TikTok Global
ByteDance not interested in selling TikTok's US operations to Microsoft or Oracle
Reports pour cold water on earlier stories that Oracle had been accepted as a buyer
Nvidia to buy Arm for $40 billion
Arm will retain its headquarters in Cambridge and receive more support from Nvidia for its R&D efforts
Oracle offers $20 billion for TikTok and Microsoft joins forces with Walmart
Oracle's offer comes as TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer steps down
UK's AVEVA to buy US technology group OSIsoft in $5bn deal
SoftBank-backed industrial data processor OSIsoft to be snapped up by AVEVA in a deal expected to be completed by the end of this year
Oracle shows interest in TikTok
Oracle's interest in buying TikTok poses a threat to Microsoft's play for the app
Twitter makes play for TikTok
Twitter is said to be only looking at TikTok’s US operations - unlike Microsoft, which wants the whole package
Microsoft is pursuing plan to buy TikTok's global operations, report
Meanwhile, President Trump has signed an executive order to curtail US transactions with TikTok
Nvidia shows interest in buying chip designer ARM
Nvidia is a licensee of ARM chips and a deal could draw opposition from other licensees
SoftBank mulls sale of Arm, hires Goldman Sachs to explore options
The Japanese conglomerate needs more cash to support firms in its $100 billion Vision Fund
SUSE to acquire Kubernetes firm Rancher Labs
Acquisition will support SUSE's ambitions in application management
Microsoft acquires industrial IoT security startup CyberX
CyberX specialises in AI-based techniques to identify potential risks to industrial control systems from cyber actors
Facebook-Giphy deal being probed by UK competition watchdog
The CMA is concerned about possible 'substantial lessening of competition' due to the acquisition
Telefonica and Liberty Global in talks over UK telecomms merger
O2 / Virgin Media combination would be serious competition for BT and Sky
Computing's publisher Incisive Media acquires reviews site
Trusted Reviews complements Incisive Media’s existing technology brands Computing and Computer Reseller News (CRN)
Verizon to acquire Zoom rival BlueJeans for 'less than $500m'
BlueJeans doesn't offer a free video-conferencing service like Zoom and Skype
Xerox ends its hostile takeover bid for HP amid coronavirus uncertainty
Merging the two companies would have brought long-term benefits for both, it insists
HP tells shareholders: Takeover by Xerox amid coronavirus crisis could be disastrous
This is not the perfect time to discuss a deal with Xerox, HP argues
Microsoft to acquire JavaScript package vendor npm and integrate its technology with Github
Node.js package manager npm will continue to be supported as part of GitHub, says CEO Nat Friedman
HP rejects Xerox's $35 billion hostile takeover bid
The takeover would disproportionately benefit Xerox shareholders, HP believes, and leave behind a company overburdened with debt
HP announces three-year financial value creation plan to stave off Xerox takeover bid
The company plans to return approximately $16 billion to shareholders over the next three years
HP adopts shareholder rights 'poison pill' to prevent Xerox takeover
The plan will expire in one year
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