Resolution professional of debt-ridden Videocon Industries Tuesday invited bids from prospective buyers to take control of the firm, which has interest ranging from consumer electronics to oil and gas. The corporate...
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Haier, Blackstone, Goldman Sachs eyeing Videocon’s 2-billion electronics business
Chinese home appliances maker Haier and global investment firms Blackstone and Goldman Sachs are among the suitors considering making offers to buy bankrupt Videocon’s consumer electronics business valued at close to $2...
Japan’s Renesas to buy U.S. chipmaker IDT for $6.7 billion
Japan’s Renesas Electronics Corp (6723.T) said it had agreed to buy Integrated Device Technology Inc (IDT) (IDTI.O) for $6.7 billion, its second major acquisition as it deepens its push into semiconductors for self...
Japan’s Renesas says considering buying U.S. chipmaker IDT
Renesas Electronics Corp is considering buying U.S. chipmaker Integrated Device Technology Inc, the Japanese automotive chipmaker said on Friday, as it beefs up its business in chips for self-driving cars and seeks new...
SoftBank-Owned ARM Is Said to Agree to Buy Treasure Data
ARM Holdings Plc, the British computer-chip designer owned by SoftBank Group Corp., has agreed to buy U.S.-based data analytics firm Treasure Data Inc., people familiar with the matter said. Treasure Data may fetch...
Chinese chipmaker Tsinghua Unigroup to buy France’s Linxens for $2.6 billion: sources
China’s top state chip manufacturer Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd has signed a deal to acquire French smart chip components maker Linxens for about 2.2 billion euros ($2.6 billion), five people with direct knowledge of the...
Intel acquires small chipmaker to bolster efforts beyond CPUs
Intel Corp said on Thursday that it plans to acquire eASIC, a small chipmaker that will help further Intel’s efforts to diversify away from CPU chips. Intel did not disclose terms of the deal for eASIC, which is based...
Chipmaker Broadcom inks $19 billion deal to buy software company CA
Broadcom Inc announced a $18.9 billion deal to buy U.S. business software company CA Inc on Wednesday, venturing far beyond its realm of semiconductors and testing investors’ confidence in its Chief Executive Hock Tan’s...
Plantronics completes $2 billion acquisition of Polycom
Global electronics company Plantronics on Tuesday announced it has completed the $2 billion acquisition of Polycom, a leader in the video, voice and content solutions. The Polycom’s acquisition will accelerate and...
Everstone’s plan to acquire Kenstar hits IBC roadblock
Private equity (PE) firm Everstone Capital has put its plan to acquire Videocon Group-owned home appliances brand Kenstar on the backburner, two people close to the development said. The people cited above said the...
Karbonn promoter, minority shareholder Vohra join hands to buy Gionee India
Chinese smartphone brand Gionee is changing hands in India with promoters of handset maker Karbonn Mobile and Gionee India’s minority shareholder Arvind R Vohra buying out the Indian arm and entering into a long-term...
Japan’s Sharp says to buy Toshiba’s PC business
Japan’s Sharp Corp said it will acquire Toshiba Corp’s personal computer business for $36 million, highlighting its recovery under the control of Foxconn and marking a return to a business it quit eight years ago. It...
