M&A
Microchip to buy Atmel Corp for $3.6 bn
20 Jan 2016
US chipmaker Microchip Technology yesterday struck a deal to buy Atmel Corporation for about $3.6 billion, in the latest of mergers and acquisitions within the semiconductor industry
Jaitley unfazed by Cairn suit for $1 bn damages
20 Jan 2016
Telefonica may buy AT&T's LatAm pay TV assets valued at $10 bn
18 Jan 2016
AT&T is the biggest player in Central and South America with more than 17 million pay TV subscribers, with satellite and cable television services in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina and several other countries
Vodafone may soon buy cable firm You Broadand
16 Jan 2016
RCom tower sales talks extended by 10-15 days
15 Jan 2016
Orange to buy two of Airtel’s African operations
13 Jan 2016
Shire to buy US biotech firm Baxalta for $32 bn
12 Jan 2016
Baxalta offers Shire a promising range of new products to complement its expanding portfolio of high-priced treatments for rare or "orphan" diseases
Thermo Fisher to buy Affymetrix for $1.3 bn
11 Jan 2016
Yahoo considering selling its web business: report
09 Jan 2016
Analysts say the sale of Yahoo's core web business would leave it as a holding company for the company's various investments
Apple buys artificial intelligence firm Emotient
08 Jan 2016
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