Mergers and Acquisitions
UK government pays $500 million for stake in space startup OneWeb
OneWeb's emergence from bankruptcy means buyout by the UK government and Bharti Global can go ahead.
AMD agrees to buy Xilinx for $35 billion
Both firms expect the deal to close at the end of 2021
Tibco's Information Builders acquisition 'most significant one and the largest in our recent history' says CEO Dan Streetman
The coming together of two long-established enterprise data management firms will bring broad new capabilities to bear on Tibco's core areas of focus.
Chinese tech firms want regulators to curb Nvidia's Arm deal
Chinese companies are worried that the deal would give Nvidia too much control over fundamental chip technology
South Korean firm SK Hynix to acquire Intel's NAND memory business for $9 billion
The two firms expect the deal to close in 2025
Twilio plans to buy customer data start-up in $3.2b deal
The deal is expected to be partially based on Twilio stock
IBM to split in two
Infrastructure services unit to be spun off as a separate company
Arm will use 'firewalls' to prevent Nvidia from accessing customer data
Arm says it will work to minimise data-sharing with its new American owner
SAP acquiring cloud marketing firm Emarsys
The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020
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
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