First Phase Of $9 Bln Acquisition Of Intel NAND Business Completed By SK Hynix

The first phase of its acquisition of Intel Corp’s NAND flash memory chip business has been completed by SK Hynix Inc, the South Korean company said. The company has already obtained regulatory approval for the deal from regulators in eight countries including from China. According to the deal, against the first phase of the acquisition,…

Spider-Man: No Way Home Becomes Is The First Pandemic-Era Film To Garner Over $1bn Worldwide

The latest Spider-Man film has turned out to be the first pandemic-era film to gross more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office. In addition, Spider-Man: No Way Home was named the highest-grossing film of 2021.  The revenues garnered by the film were higher than The Battle of Lake Changjin, a Chinese-made Korean War epic that…

Intel Tenders An Apology To China For Supplier Advice Linked To Xinjiang

Following a protest over a letter advising itds suppliers not to purchase items or labour from China’s Xinjiang region, Intel has issued an apology. In China, the letter form the company had triggered outrage and calls for a boycott. Following limitations imposed by “various countries,” Intel was “forced to ensure” that its supply chain did not use…

$16.4 Bln In Dividends In The Form Of JD.Com Shares Habded Over To Shareholders By Tencnt

Tencent, the  Chinese gaming and social media giant , will distribute the majority of its JD.com stock in order to pay a $16.4 billion dividend. This is expected to weaken its links to the e-commerce firm and raising worries about its ambitions for other holdings. The decision by the company was made at a time as Beijing has a major regulatory…

An Indian Entertainment Giant To Be Created By Merger Of Zee And Sony

The Indian branch of Japanese multinational Sony has agreed to merge with local rival Zee Entertainment to create the country’s second largest entertainment network. More than 75 television networks, film assets, and two streaming platforms will be part of the united entity. It is on track to become a key participant in the fast-growing entertainment…

EU Antitrust Approval Granted To Microsoft’s $16 Billion Acquisition Of Nuance

Unconditional antitrust approval was granted to software giant Microsoft by the European Commission on Tuesday for the acquisition of artificial intelligence and speech technology company Nuance Communications for a $16 billion deal. This acquisition is the largest for United States based Microsoft since its acquisition of the networking social media platform LinkedIn in 2016 for…

China Mobile Hopes To Garner $8.8bn From Its Shanghai Stock Listing

When China Mobile, the largest telecommunications network provider, offers its shares in Shanghai, it hopes to raise as much as $8.8 billion. Due to constraints enforced under Donald Trump’s presidency, the firm was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. It joins an increasing number of Chinese companies that have been listed on the New…