Silicon Labs to sell unit to Skyworks for $2.75 billion, shares surge after hours
Austin, Texas-based Silicon Labs has been in recent years focused on the internet-of-things (IoT) market, selling wireless chips for smart
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TSMC approves $2.8 billion for capacity expansion
In a brief statement, the world’s largest contract chipmaker said its board had approved the spending “for the purpose of
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Silicon connectivity firm Alphawave targets $4.5 billion London listing
Alphawave, a Toronto-based silicon IP firm, is planning to list in London to expand the reach of its chip connectivity
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Meituan raises $10 billion for self-driving cars, drone delivery
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan raised nearly $10 billion in a sale of convertible bonds and additional shares and plans
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EU to examine Illumina's $7.1 billion acquisition of Grail
EU antitrust regulators will examine Illumina Inc’s proposed $7.1 billion acquisition of cancer test maker Grail Inc, the European Commission
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China plans $3 billion supercomputing centre to analyse data from space
With a planned investment of 20 billion yuan ($3.1 billion), the supercomputing centre will provide big data services for industries
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Gulf Energy makes $5.4 billion bid for control of Thailand's biggest mobile operator
Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development Pcl is planning a $5.4 billion buyout of Intouch Holdings which controls Advanced Info Service Pcl
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Microsoft to invest $1 billion in Malaysia to set up data centres: Malaysian PM
Microsoft Corporation will invest $1 billion over the next five years in Malaysia as part of a new partnership programme
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'NASA rules,' Musk says as SpaceX wins $2.9 billion moon lander contract
NASA awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts
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Self-driving startup Cruise raises $2.75 billion from Walmart, others
Self-drive automaker Cruise, backed by General Motors Co, on Thursday said it raised $2.75 billion in its latest funding round
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