Toshiba signs memorandum to accelerate negotiations with Bain led investors

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,…

Market Correction Likely Won’t Happen Because So Many Investors Are Expecting it, Says Goldman

Primarily because investors are so worried that one might be coming, there’s little chance of a stock market slide anytime soon essentially, according to a Goldman Sachs analysis. Forming its base on, at least in some part, because it’s been so long since one has occurred, correction calls have abounded lately. It has been 19…

Development Of Blockchain-Based Mortgage Reporting See R3, UK Regulator And Banks Teaming Up

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…

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…