$16.7 Bln Acquisition Offer For Sydney Airport As Funds Seek Infrastructure Investments

A A$22.26 billion ($16.7 billion) purchase of Sydney Airport Holdings Pty Ltd has been proposed by a group of infrastructure investors which will be largest ever buyouts of Australia. According to analysts, this proposal was based on longer-term view of the travel sector that has been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Currently the interest…

Tokyo Stock Exchange Chief Wants Toshiba To Made ‘Prompt, Appropriate’ Disclosure On Its Scandals

The head of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) said that the bourse has asked Toshiba Corp to make “prompt and appropriate” disclosure about the expanding governance scandal and such a disclosure should include the persons responsible for the scandal. Hiromi Yamaji said that one of the major consistent problems for the company was transparency in…

Danish fintech platform Pleo raises $150M in latest funding round, valued at $1.7 billion

On Tuesday, Pleo, a Danish fintech platform which offers expense management tool and smart company cards, said it had raised $150 million from U.S. investment firms Bain Capital Ventures and Thrive Capital in its latest funding round which valued it around $1.7 billion. The company has more than 17,000 customers across Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the…

Intel, Apple are first adopters of TSMC’s latest chips

On Friday, in a report Nikkei Asia said, Apple Inc and Intel Corp have emerged as the first adopters of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s next-generation chip production technology ahead of its deployment in 2022. Both tech companies are testing their chip designs with TSMC’s 3-nanometer production technology, said sources briefed on the matter. These chips will be available…