Merger and acquisition

CMA Halts Google Anthropic Investigation

British competition watchdog decides Alphabet's partnership with AI startup Anthropic does not qualify for investigation

19 hours ago

Trump Social Media Company In Talks To Buy Crypto Firm Bakkt

Donald Trump social media company in advanced talks to buy Bakkt, a crypto trading platform owned by NYSE parent, FT…

2 days ago

Meta Must Face Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Purchases

Legal issues continue for Meta, after US judge rules it must face trial over FTC's antitrust concerns about Instagram, WhatsApp

1 week ago

UK Orders Chinese Entity To Sell Stake In Scottish Chip Firm FTDI

Chinese owner of Scottish fabless semiconductor firm FTDI ordered to sell majority stake, due to national security risks

2 weeks ago

Watchdog Says Vodafone, Three Merger Could Proceed With Certain Remedies

British competition regulator provisionally finds Vodafone, CMA merger can proceed, if 'remedies' on pricing and 5G rollout are made

2 weeks ago

Autumn Budget Hikes Business Taxes, Seeks Growth

First Labour Budget in 15 years includes increased payouts from businesses and capital gains, as government looks to promote growth

3 weeks ago

Sophos Expands Cybersecurity With $860m Secureworks Purchase

Second time Secureworks is acquired, after UK's Sophos says it will buy the US cybersecurity firm for $859m (£662m) in…

4 weeks ago

Microsoft Settles Gamer Lawsuit Over Activision Purchase

Gamers who sued Microsoft to halt its purchase of Activision Blizzard have agreed to the dismissal of their lawsuit

1 month ago

Schneider Electric Bolsters Data Centre Credentials With Motivair Acquisition

A controlling stake in data centre cooling firm Motivair has been acquired by industrial giant Schneider Electric

1 month ago

Ubisoft Shares Skyrocket On Buyout Speculation

Shares in game developer Ubisoft surge after report Guillemot family and China's Tencent considering taking company private

1 month ago

Government Nationalises One Of UK’s Last Semiconductor Factories

Saved from closure. Ministry of Defence acquires chip factory in County Durham responsible for semiconductors for defence industry

2 months ago

Intel Rejects ARM Approach To Purchase Product Unit – Report

Not for sale. Intel rebuffs another acquisition approach, after ARM reportedly inquires about Intel's product division

2 months ago

Qualcomm ‘Offers To Buy Intel’

Mobile chip giant Qualcomm approached Intel with an acquisition offer in recent days, Wall Street Journal reports

2 months ago

Microsoft’s Hiring Of Inflection AI Staff Does Not Meet EU Merger Thresholds

European Commission says Microsoft's hiring of Inflection AI's staff will not be investigated under EU merger rules

2 months ago

CMA Cites Higher Prices Post Vodafone, Three Merger, Demands Changes

The British competition regulator has provisionally found competition concerns over Vodafone’s planned merger with Three in the UK. Following an…

2 months ago

Intel To Present Board With Strategic Options – Report

Troubled chip giant Intel is reportedly working with bankers and other advisors to present strategic options to board of directors

3 months ago

India’s Bharti Global To Acquire 24.5 Percent Of BT

Indian conglomerate Bharti Global is to take a huge shareholding of the former UK telecoms incumbent, BT Group

3 months ago

UK Watchdog Clears HPE’s Acquisition Of Juniper

British competition regulator, the CMA, clear's HPE's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks a week after EU approval

3 months ago

Google Hires Character.AI Staff, Licenses Tech

Character.AI co-founders Noam Shazeer, Daniel De Freitas to return to Google along with other researchers in latest AI 'acqui-hire'

4 months ago

EU Approves Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14bn Juniper Acquisition

European Commission approves HPE's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, leaving the UK the last remaining obstacle

4 months ago

Wiz Rejects $23 Billion Acquisition Bid From Google – Report

Memo to staff from co-founder explains reason for walking away from Google's takeover bid, and confirms IPO intentions

4 months ago

GitLab Explores Possible Sale – Report

Coding platform GitLab is reportedly exploring a sale, nearly three years after successful IPO on the Nasdaq

4 months ago

Japan’s SoftBank Acquires AI Chip Start-up Graphcore

SoftBank Group has purchased another British chip firm, with the acquisition of Bristol-based Graphcore Ltd in order to bolster the…

4 months ago

Alphabet Walks Away From HubSpot Deal

Not interested. Alphabet reportedly opts not to make an offer for HubSpot to bolster CRM and cloud position

4 months ago

Vodafone, Virgin Media O2 Extend Network Sharing Deal

Current network sharing deal between Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 extended to mid 2030s, including some spectrum sale

5 months ago

UK Investigates HPE’s $14bn Acquisition Of Juniper Networks

UK competition regulator begins investigation into the multi billion dollar acquisition of Juniper Networks by Hewlett Packard Enterprise

5 months ago

Mike Lynch Cleared In HP Autonomy Fraud Trial

Dr Mike Lynch has been cleared of all fraud charges in the US, over $11 billion sale of Autonomy to…

6 months ago

Mike Lynch Defends Himself At HP-Autonomy Trial In US

British founder of Autonomy defends himself in San Francisco federal courthouse against criminal fraud charges

6 months ago

UK Regulator Declines To Investigate Microsoft’s Mistral AI Deal

Weeks after seeking feedback on Microsoft's partnership with Mistral AI, UK regulator says it does not qualify for investigation

6 months ago