Airoha to acquire IC Plus
Airoha Technology, a MediaTek subsidiary, will acquire all shares of fellow company IC Plus at NT$22 (US$0.78) per share, according to company filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE)......»»
US Committee Is Reviewing Zoom"s $14.7 Billion Deal For Five9 On National-Security Grounds
A U.S. government committee is reviewing Zoom's agreement to acquire cloud contact center software company Five9 for $14.7 billion on national-security grounds. CNBC reports: According to a letter dated Aug. 27, the Federal Communications Commission.....»»
Elon Musk: SpaceX Starlink service will go live next month
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is confident the Starlink satellite internet service will be going live as soon as next month. This would be two months later than originally planned, and calls into question the company's ability to acquire more than 500,000 use.....»»
How do cells acquire their shapes? A new mechanism identified
Working with light to activate processes within genetically modified fission yeast cells is among the research performed by the experimental biologists in the Martin Lab at the University of Lausanne, led by faculty member Sophie Martin. Team members.....»»
Goldman says $2.2B purchase of BNPL provider GreenSky will help expand Marcus
The acquisition is positioned to bolster the firm's consumer business and offer new products and new ways to attract consumers to its Marcus by Goldman Sachs brand of finance products. This morning, Goldman Sachs announced plans to acquire.....»»
Highlight of the Day: Intel"s plan to acquire GF gets hindered
The move of GF's plan for IPO is more likely to happen in the near future, which might make Intel's buyout plan vanish. Two OLED panel suppliers in China are expanding their panel capabilities which tell the adoption rate of OLED panels in smartphone.....»»
Eaze to become America’s largest cannabis delivery service after buying Green Dragon
Eaze this week announced significant plans to expand into one the U.S.’s largest cannabis delivery services. One of the original on-demand cannabis delivery services, the Bay Area-based company is set to acquire cannabis retailer and cultivat.....»»
Unity to acquire streaming company Parsec for $320M
Parsec's streaming tech, designed for playing games remotely at 4K and 60 frames per second, but also used for remote work, seems ideal for conducting game development remotely. Other game companies that have already used Parsec for remote work inclu.....»»
NortonLifeLock to acquire Avast for $8 billion
Once Norton acquires the Czech antivirus developer, the new firm will be dually headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, USA, and Prague, Czech Republic. NortonLifeLock CEO Vincent Pilette and CFO Natalie Derse will remain CEO and CFO respectively. Avast CEO.....»»
LMP to acquire New York Kia store
Yonkers Kia is the latest planned acquisition for the small public auto retailer that bought its first half-dozen franchised dealerships in the first quarter......»»
Desktop Metal is acquiring industrial 3D printing company ExOne
As part of its earnings call this week, Desktop Metal announced plans to acquire ExOne. The Pennsylvania-based firm creates a variety of different industrial 3D printers for industries like aerospace, automotive, medical and defense. More recently, w.....»»
Unity to acquire Parsec in its biggest acquisition to date
Unity, the company behind the super popular 2D/3D engine of the same name, is today announcing plans to make its biggest acquisition to date. Unity says it will acquire Parsec, a remote desktop tool for developers and creatives, for $320 million in c.....»»
SpaceX to acquire satellite connectivity startup Swarm Technologies
SpaceX will be acquiring satellite connectivity startup Swarm Technologies, the first such deal for the 19-year-old space company headed by Elon Musk. Swarm operates a constellation of 120 sandwich-sized satellites as well as a ground station network.....»»
Suma Brands raises $150M to acquire more third-party brands for its Amazon roll-up play
Amazon has become a lynchpin in the e-commerce machine over the years in part because it’s a site we consumers can visit to buy just about anything we want — sold either by Amazon or its 5 million+ third-party merchants — and easily.....»»
Square to acquire Afterpay, Australian buy now, pay later platform for $29 billion
Jack Dorsey's Square is spending $29 billion on an Australian buy now, pay later firm — a massive purchase that will help his company build out its global payments empire......»»
MediaTek terminates deal to acquire assets related to PWM IC from Intel
MediaTek has announced that on behalf of subsidiary Richtek Technology, its agreement with Intel to acquire assets related to the power management solutions product line sold under the Enpirion brand owned by Intel and its subsidiaries has been termi.....»»
Hudson Automotive to buy 3 Mercedes-Benz dealerships
Hudson Automotive Group is slated to acquire two Mercedes-Benz dealerships in Ohio and one in Kentucky. The deal is set to close in mid-September......»»
Solarisbank raises $224M at a $1.65B valuation to acquire Contis, expand API-based embedded banking tech in Europe
The round comes about a year after Solarisbank's last round of $67.5 million, but as a sign of the times, what is perhaps more notable is that its valuation has nearly quintupled since then. Embedded finance — the process by which som.....»»
Solarisbank raises $224M at a $1.65B valuation to acquire Contis and expand its API-based embedded banking tech in Europe
Embedded finance — the process by which some of the more complicated, but also commoditized, aspects of financial services are built and wrapped in an API for anyone else to implement in their own products for end users — has become a hug.....»»
DKEM reportedly to acquire DuPont PV silver paste business
DK Electronic Materials (DKEM), one of the two largest China-based makers of conductive PV silver paste used in production of solar cells, will invest CNY1.247 billion (US$192 million) to acquire DuPont's silver paste business, according to Chinese m.....»»
Is Intel eyeing global automotive IC foundry leadership?
Intel's reported US$30 billion bid to acquire Globalfoundries has called attention to whether Intel is eyeing to be the world's largest automotive IC foundry by combining GF's mature and specialty process manufacturing expertise......»»