Toshiba needs to desperately divest its chip making business. Negotiations with investors led by Bain Capital appear to be chugging alone steadily. On Wednesday, in a significant development, Toshiba Corp disclosed it has signed a memorandum to accelerate negotiations for selling its memory chip business to a group of investors led by private equity firm,…
The iPhone X and the Apple Watch Series 3 could go a long way in bumping up Apple’s market capitalization to levels above $1 trillion – analysts. With Apple Inc unveiling its much-anticipated 10th anniversary device, the iPhone X is a marvel of glass and stainless steel and sports an edge-to-edge display that has been…
With the aim of developing a blockchain-based application to improve the regulatory reporting of mortgage transactions, a partnership has been formed between New York-based software company R3 CEV and Britain’s financial watchdog and two large banks. Together with the Financial Conduct Authority, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and another global bank which did…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Brexit related uncertainties are however holding back its plans. On Thursday, Britain’s biggest carmaker, Jaguar Land Rover, stated its electric or hybrid lineup will be launched from 2020, as it ramps up its plans to electrify its models. In 2016, its Indian parent, Tata Motors, had disclosed that it would offer greener versions of half…
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…
This strategic move is aimed at bringing a sense of finality to its bid of divesting its chip business following months of delays. Toshiba Corp has stated it will be building a new semiconductor plant in Iwate, northern Japan, even as it makes efforts to sell its memory chip business to raise funds. Significantly, it…
