Mergers and Acquisitions See A 28 Percent Fall in Wake of Coronavirus
Mergers and acquisitions across the world witnessed a 28 percent plunge since 2016 in the first quarter of the fiscal years due to the coronavirus pandemic. The United States saw n
Foxconn Offers A Lifeline To Struggling Sharp Corp.
Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, has offered about ¥600 billion ($5.1 billion) to buy ailing Japanese electronics maker Sharp Cor
Nokia Sells Its Mapping Unit To German Carmakers For $3.1 Billion
Nokia, the Finnish telecommunications company, announced an agreement on Monday to sell its digital mapping unit and location services for $3.1bn to a consortium of leading German
eBay to sell enterprise unit for about $900 million
E-commerce company eBay Inc is closing in on a deal to sell its Enterprise unit to consortium led by London-based private equity firm Permira for more than $900 million, according
The Curious Case of Mega Mergers of Internet companies
An increasingly large number of publicly traded consumer internet companies are taking a greener path by going private, which is acting as a catalyst to ginormous consolidation. Th
We need more than just Government Regulation in the fast-consolidating Telecom sector
Imagine a world in which all Internet and video programming access are controlled by a single large firm – a communication Goliath. Subscribers would be forced to buy TV, mob
LA Times publisher, Tribune Publishing to buy UT-San Diego for $85 million
Tribune Publishing on Thursday agreed to purchase U-T San Diego newspaper for $85 million, giving the company a grip over the publishing business in California’s two largest
Capgemini to acquire U.S.-based IGATE in $4 billion deal
French IT services giant Capgemini SA said on Monday it planned to acquire New Jersey-headquartered IGATE Corp in a cash deal for $4 billion that will make North America its bigges
LinkedIn acquires education site lynda.com for $1.5 billion
The career social network LinkedIn announced Thursday that it was acquiring lynda.com, a company that specializes in online professional training videos and tutorials in a cash-sto