Epic Games’ lawsuit against Google revealed a surprising fact: in 2017, the search giant offered Netflix a reduced commission of just 10% on payments made within the Android app, giving the media service 90% of the revenue. The standard...
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Already in 2021, the poor financial situation of the Newport Wafer Fab in Wales forced the owners to agree to a deal with the Chinese-controlled Dutch company Nexperia, but in November 2022 the British authorities decided that the deal had to be...
Until recently, it was assumed that the deal between Western Digital and Kioxia would be announced at the end of October, but the agency Nikkei Last night it was reported that negotiations on this issue had stopped. Reportedly, the main obstacle to...
Since 2021, there have been rumors about Western Digital’s intention to merge its solid-state storage holdings with Japanese company Kioxia. South Korean company SK hynix, an indirect investor in Kioxia, has not yet commented on the issue, but...
In 2016, American hard drive maker Western Digital acquired solid-state storage maker SanDisk while gaining control of a joint venture with Toshiba, of which Kioxia later became a co-owner. The American side is now preparing a new phase of...
AMD is trying to compete with NVIDIA in the artificial intelligence segment, but the latter’s strength is to some extent due to the spread of the CUDA software ecosystem, while alternative AMD platforms have not gained widespread support...
As early as 1990, Apple proved to be one of the first partners of the British developer of processor architectures Arm, thereby helping to form a holding company that will go public next week. Only in the course of preparing for the IPO did it...
Intel has been struggling for a year and a half to agree a deal to buy Israeli contract chipmaker Tower Semiconductor, intending to pledge $5.4 billion at a difficult time for the company. However, this week it became known that it was not possible...
In early 2022, Intel announced its intention to buy Israeli contract chipmaker Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion. Since then, the deal has been approved by antitrust authorities of various countries and regions after stalling, in line with a bad...
Swedish Embracer Group has been faced with an unexpected rejection of a $2 billion deal by esports company Savvy Games Group, part of Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Investment Fund (PIF). This move could be the key to further expanding...
In the first quarter of 2022, Intel announced its intention to buy the assets of Israeli specialty chip maker Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion. Now the fate of the deal depends on the decision of China’s antimonopoly authorities, which has...
Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard is expected to come to an end. Insiders report that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is ready to stay the lawsuit, paving the way for negotiations on a possible settlement of the...
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have agreed to extend the deadline for closing the $69 billion merger deal. The companies have already received approval from all regulators except the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and more time is...
On Friday, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) request to temporarily stay Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard. Image source:...
There are still four days to close the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard – what’s next?
Microsoft has cleared most of the hurdles to complete its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, but all efforts may still be in vain. The company may simply not be able to meet the deadline – under the terms of the contract it must...
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today announced its decision to extend the review period for Microsoft’s deal with Activision Blizzard to August 29 after receiving new bids from the Redmond-based company. reported...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday took new steps to block Microsoft from completing its $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard. reported The Wall Street Journal newspaper. Earlier, the FTC said it was appealing the federal...
US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) specified on Wednesday, which is appealing a federal judge’s decision earlier this week that Microsoft could strike a deal to buy Activision Blizzard worth $68.7 billion. Image source: starcraft2.blizzard.com...
Yesterday, Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) agreed to stay litigation with Microsoft and Activision to continue negotiations after a US court refused to ban the deal. But at the same time CMA with “Cautious about the idea of...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may appeal the U.S. District Court’s decision to deny the FTC’s request for a $68.7 billion injunction against Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. FTC, which would clearly result in a breach of the...
