The demand which incidentally underscores the wide gap between Viacom’s price expectations and CBS Corp’s offer price indicates that both companies have made little progress in talks. The synergies however have potential since it would position the combined company to better leverage its asset swhile negotiating with U.S. cable and satellite companies. As per sources…
The development is a follow through on Amazon’s $13 billion acquisition of Whole Foods in 2017. On Thursday, Amazon.com Inc stated it would start delivering Whole Foods groceries to Prime Now members in select U.S. cities; the service will soon expand to the rest of the country as well. In a statement, the world’s largest…
Analysts expect Atos to come back with a better deal. Gemalto has also not closed its doors to any further deal. On Thursday, with Franco-Dutch chip maker Gemalto rejecting Atos $5 billion (4.3 billion euro) takeover bid, shares of Atos fell sharply by as much as 2.8%. On the French blue-chip CAC 40 index, early…
Companies across the global are pushing the advance of AI-based deep learning for facial recognition technology. The multi-billion dollar industry is seeing rapid adoption by China as it tries to enforce a rigid framework on its citizens much like its firewall which limits its citizens’ usage of the internet. On Wednesday, the SenseTime Group, a…
With Sprint and T-Mobile ending their merger talks, it would appear that Sprint has triggered its contingency plan which allows it to leverage Altice’s cable network to develop and provide 5G connectivity. U.S. cable operator Altice USA is set to sell its its mobile service on Sprint Corp’s network under a new multi-year agreement. The…
Asatsu-DK Inc is Japan’s third largest advertising agency. Bain has stated it will step away from its bid if it fails to acquire a stake larger than 50.1% in the company. In what could potentially be one of Japan’s largest buyouts this year, Bain Capital, a U.S. private equity firm disclosed it purchase Asatsu-DK Inc,…
ABB sees a yearly potential for cost synergies of $200 million arising as a result of this acquisition. On Monday, Swiss engineering giant ABB stated it will be acquiring General Electric’s Industrial Solutions for $2.6 billion. The deal is help expand its footprint in the North American market. As a result of the deal, Zurich-based…
The purchase will bolster its cancer fighting pipeline. Drug manufacturer Bristol-Myers Squibb disclosed it would be acquiring privately held IFM Therapeutics for $300 million. The acquisition, backed by Novartis, will boost its cancer portfolio, since it will be able to access IFM’s preclinical cancer programs. Incidentally, IFM investors are also eligible to additional contingent payments…
This merger assumes significance midst the growing global clamour for going cashless. In a significant development, French payments processing company Worldline has agreed to acquire Digital River World Payments (DRWP), its Swedish peer. The move marks a pickup in the merger activity in the payments sector. Although Worldline did not disclose the quantum it had…
With Apple acquiring Israeli-based RealFace, a company which specialises in deep learning based, face authentication technology, it would not be surprising if the next i-device moves away from fingerprint-based authentication to facial recognition. Turns out that the rumours surrounding Apple exploring facial recognition tech for signing-in on its device might after all have some merit.…
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