Elliott Management Corp acquires 5% stake in semiconductor maker Hitachi Kokusai Electric

With the forthcoming launch of electric cars, the demand for video processing chips and IoT enabled chips is likely to surge. On Monday, U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management Corp disclosed that it has acquired a shade of 5% stake in Hitachi Kokusai Electric, a chip manufacturer for equipment and video solution business. Earlier in April,…

Electric cars will have to let go of their subsidy baggage in order to be successful: Opel’s Chief

Having completed the $2.2 billion acquisition of Opel and Vauxhall earlier this year, the PSA Group, like its peers, is now focusing on launching Evs in the market. As per PSA Group’s Chief executive, Carlos Tavares, although the company will support Opel’s introduction of electric cars into the market, he has highlighted the need for…

To Take On India, Russia Has A Gem Of An Idea

With the aim to allow the industry to better compete in a market that’s dominated by Indian manufacturers, Russia wants its biggest diamond miner to work more closely with the country’s top gem cutters. According to Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev. the government wants Alrosa PSJC to offer more favorable terms to cutters including Kristall Production Corp.,…

Western Digital led consortium wants $464 million from Apple to help finance its bid for Toshiba’s chip business

While Toshiba has narrowed down the pool of suitors, all the bids have Apple, its key customer, as a common denominator. On Friday, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported that a group, which includes Western Digital, has sought $464 million (50 billion yen) from Apple Inc to help finance a bid for Toshiba Corp’s NAND chip…

Hackers break into Equifax’s computer systems, gain access to personal information of nearly half of the U.S. population

As per U.S. Senator Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, it would not be an “exaggeration to suggest that a breach such as this represents a real threat to the economic security of Americans.” In what is reported to be one of the largest breaches of data in the United…

Cyber security upgrades are need of the hour in the wake of cyber attacks from Nations: European Commission

The economic cost of cyber crime in the EU is a whopping $316 billion (265 billion euros). As a means to secure EU nationals from cyber attacks from other nations, the European Commission has decided to bolster cyber security in the bloc and is set to hike up its cyber security spending and unveil stricter…