Alex Sherman
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Google buys Taiwan HTC smatphone assets for $1.1b in devices push
Alphabet Inc.’s Google is taking on HTC employees including teams that’ve worked on its signature Pixel smartphone.
Altice said to consider seeking equity funds for Charter Bid
Altice & its U.S. subsidiary are among a group of possible suitors for Charter that includes Japan’s SoftBank.
SoftBank said to pick up stake in Roomba maker in robotics push
SoftBank has built a less than 5% stake in IRobot, below the amount that would require a regulatory disclosure in the US.
Uber shareholders said to discuss stock sale to SoftBank, others
Early backer Benchmark Capital is among those considering a stock sale.
BMC, CA Inc. said to mull biggest tech buyout since Dell
It would be the biggest leveraged buyout of a tech firm since Dell
Amazon.com eyes acquisition of messaging startup Slack
A deal could give San Francisco-based Slack a valuation of at least $9 billion
Sprint, SoftBank in informal merger talks with T-Mobile
A Sprint merger with T-Mobile comes fraught with regulatory risk
KKR said in talks with Toshiba for pre-emptive chips unit bid
Toshiba is in favor of the proposal from KKR and Innovation Network Corp. of Japan
Silicon Valley startups favour IPOs over deals as M&A languishes
Tech firms betting on public listing than being acquired.
