Semiconductors
Qualcomm buys chipmaker Wilocity
03 Jul 2014
EU upholds 2009 penalty against Intel
13 Jun 2014
As a result of the ruling, Intel will have to pay a record €1.06 billion fine, the highest anti-trust penalty levied on a single company by the EU
US audio chips supplier Cirrus Logic to buy British rival Wolfson Microelectronics for $468 mn
29 Apr 2014
Intel's PC chips rise after record slump
16 Apr 2014
Intel Corp’s main personal-computer processor business is slowly picking up after a record industry slump, though the company’s push to get into faster-growing mobile-phone chips has hit hurdles
IBM seeks buyers for semiconductor unit
07 Feb 2014
The semiconductor market remains one of the most competitive in the world, and IBM has recently seen its profits shrink in this division
ARM revenues take a hit on slow smartphone sales
06 Feb 2014
Chip materials supplier Entegris to buy rival ATMI for $1.15 bn
05 Feb 2014
The merger will combine two key suppliers in the semiconductor industry to create a technology leader in advanced process materials
Intel to cut 5,000 jobs in 2014
18 Jan 2014
Computer chip giant Intel Corp is set to slash its global workforce by around 5 per cent this year in order to boost its earnings as revenue and profit fell for the second consecutive year
CCI rules no abuse by Intel of position
18 Jan 2014
Google to design own server chips: Reports
14 Dec 2013
Intel working on chip to support voice-enabled software
13 Dec 2013
With the extensive roll-out of 4G coverage in India, Intel expects the scale of computer and internet penetration to see substantial growth
Japan’s Lixil tables preliminary $4-bn bid for German sanitaryware maker Grohe
26 Sep 2013
Lixil Corp, Japan's largest manufacturer group for building materials and housing equipment, has tabled a preliminary $4 billion takeover bid for Europe's largest sanitary fittings maker Grohe AG
Applied Materials to buy Tokyo Electron in $9.39-bn stock deal
25 Sep 2013
The combination will create a global giant in the fields of both semiconductor and display technologies, capable of providing affordable personal devices such as PCs, smartphones and tablets to consumers around the world
IBM, STMicro in $8-bn chip JVs in India
14 Sep 2013
IBM and ST Micro have teamed up with Jaiprakash Associates and Hindustan Semiconductor, respectively, to invest a total of over Rs50,000 crore in two semiconductor FAB projects
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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