Merger and acquisition

Silicon UK Pulse: Your Tech News Update: Episode 13

Welcome to Silicon UK Pulse – your roundup of the latest tech news and developments impacting your business for the…

1 year ago

CMA Publishes Microsoft Arguments In Activision Case

UK Competiiton and Markets Authority publishes Microsoft arguments in reconsideration of Activision-Blizzard deal, calls for public comment

1 year ago

CMA Publishes Microsoft Arguments As It Denies Bowing To Pressure

CMA publishes Microsoft's arguments for reconsideration of Activision Blizzard deal after FTC court defeat

1 year ago

Microsoft, Activision Extend Deal Deadline To Secure UK Approval

Microsoft continues to pull out all the stops to secure its $69 billion acquisition of gaming giant Activision Blizzard, as…

1 year ago

UK Clears Broadcom’s $61 Billion VMware Purchase

Acquisition of VMware by Broadcom will not weaken competition - the UK's CMA provisionally rules this week

1 year ago

Sony, Microsoft Agree To 10-Year Deal For Call Of Duty

Sony, Microsoft agree to 10-year deal keeping Call of Duty on PlayStation as FTC tries to block Activision Blizzard takeover

1 year ago

Microsoft Blow As FTC Files Activision Appeal

FTC files rare appeal against court ruling, allowing Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard to go ahead

1 year ago

Europe Gives Conditional Blessing To Broadcom’s $61bn VMware Deal

European Commission conditionally approves Broadcom's proposed acquisition of VMware, after concessions delivered in May

1 year ago

Judge Declines FTC Injunction In Microsoft Activision Blizzard Purchase

Federal judge in San Francisco denies FTC preliminary injunction to halt Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard by 18 July

1 year ago

Elon Musk Sues Law Firm Over Twitter Buyout Fees

Musk seeks recovery of $90m in fees law firm received from Twitter board for defeating Musk's attempt to walk away…

1 year ago

BT Chief Executive Philip Jansen To Step Down

BT Group chief executive Philip Jansen confirms he will step down within the next 12 months, as search begins for…

1 year ago

CMA Begins Phase Two Probe Of Adobe’s Figma Acquisition

UK regulator deepens investigation into Adobe’s ‘transformative’ deal to buy collaborative design start-up Figma

2 years ago

IBM Pays $4.6bn For Apptio To Bolster SaaS Insights

Big Blue opens its wallet to acquire financial and IT management software provider Apptio from venture capital owner

2 years ago

Japan Buys Out JSR As It Drives Chip Equipment Sector

Japanese government to buy out chip materials maker JSR as it seeks to take advantage of US-China tensions to boost…

2 years ago

Adobe’s $20bn Deal For Figma At Risk From EU Regulators – Report

Adobe's ‘transformative’ deal to buy collaborative design start-up Figma for $20bn is reportedly to be reviewed by EU regulators

2 years ago

Amazon’s $1.7bn iRobot Acquisition Cleared By UK’s CMA

UK antitrust regulator clears Amazon’s proposed smart home acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot after investigation

2 years ago

Vodafone, Three Merger: Industry Reaction

Merger to create the largest mobile operator in the UK draws reaction from industry experts and commentators

2 years ago

Vodafone, Three Merger To Create UK’s Biggest Mobile Operator

Vodafone UK will own 51 percent of combined entity with Three UK, as challenge to EE and Virgin Media O2…

2 years ago

Judge Grants FTC Injunction To Temporarily Block Microsoft-Activision Deal

Temporary restraining order by US regulator to prevent Microsoft's acquisition of Activision, is granted by US judge

2 years ago

Microsoft’s Brad Smith Meets Chancellor After Blocked Acquisition

Microsoft's Brad Smith meets with Chancellor and CMA, after saying the Activision block discourages investment in UK

2 years ago

Twitter Value Collapses After Fidelity Writedown

Financial institution slashes estimate value of its Twitter stake, suggesting the Elon Musk firm value has decreased significantly

2 years ago

China Approves Microsoft-Activision Deal ‘Unconditionally’

Chinese regulator approves $69 Microsoft-Activision Blizzard takeover 'unconditionally' amidst opposition from US and UK

2 years ago

EU Approves Viasat Inmarsat Merger

European blessing. Last remaining regulatory hurdle cleared, allowing proposed merger of Viasat and Inmarsat

2 years ago

Meta Sells Giphy At Huge Loss After CMA Order

Mark Zuckerberg firm takes $260m (£210m) loss selling gif search engine Giphy, after UK ordered its divestment

2 years ago

Broadcom Offers Remedies To Ease EU Worries Over VMware Deal

US chipmaker Broadcom offers interoperability remedies to address European antitrust concerns over $61bn VMware deal

2 years ago

Kioxia, Western Digital ‘Accelerate’ Merger Talks

Toshiba memory spin-off Kioxia and Western Digital said to accelerate merger talks amidst oversupply, falling demand

2 years ago

UK Further Restricts Microsoft-Activision Buy

UK CMA regulator places further restrictions on Microsoft and Activision to 'prevent pre-emptive action' by companies

2 years ago

UK’s CMA Approves Viasat Inmarsat Merger

UK watchdog greenlights proposed merger of Viasat and Inmarsat, finding there is sufficient competition in the market

2 years ago