The UK on Tuesday ordered an in-depth investigation of Nvidia’s planned $50 billion-plus acquisition of British chip designer Arm…
Tag: M&A
Amazon to acquire MGM for $8.45 billion
Amazon and MGM today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire MGM for…
Apple is the top buyer of artificial intelligence companies with 25 acquisitions over the past five years
The M&A deal-making landscape of the 2016-2020 artificial intelligence (AI) tech space was dominated by US tech giants, with Apple leading…
Apple supplier Lumentum raises Coherent buyout offer to $7 billion
Optical fiber firm Lumentum, a supplier of 3D sensors used in Apple’s TrueDepth camera systems including Face ID, said on Tuesday…
Apple buys a company every three to four weeks
Apple buys companies at an eye-opening rate; acquiring about 100 companies over the last six years, the company’s CEO, Tim Cook…
Broadcom seeks to offload its RF chip unit for upwards of $10 billion; Apple a potential buyer
U.S. chipmaker Broadcom is seeking to sell one its wireless-chip subsidiaries…
Dish Network nears $6 billion deal for T-Mobile, Sprint assets including Boost Mobile brand
Dish Network Corp. is in talks to pay at least $6 billion for assets that T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corp….
Gene Munster: Apple would have the inside track on buying Tesla
Apple reportedly bid $240 a share for Tesla back in 2013…
Apple to buy Tesla?
Apple reportedly offered to buy Tesla at a price around $240 per share in 2013…
Project Titan: Apple building large car drive rooms in California; made informal bid to buy Tesla at $240 per share in 2013
Financial analyst Craig Irwin of Roth Capital Partners claims that as well as previously trying to buy Tesla…
Analyst: Apple will do a major media acquisition this year
We believe Apple can spend up to $100 billion on M&A over the next few years…
Major Apple acquisition looms; ‘people will be shocked’
Apple has added Adrian Perica, Vice President, Corporate Development, to the company’s leadership page….
T-Mobile and Sprint are finalizing merger terms, sources say
U.S. wireless carriers T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp are finalizing terms…
Sprint and T-Mobile restart merger talks
Sprint Corp. and T-Mobile US Inc. have rekindled merger talks as the wireless rivals explore a combination…
Why Apple should buy Sony
Every three months, Apple’s quarterly earnings release triggers speculation about what Apple could…
T-Mobile and Sprint merger expected within weeks, then it’s up to the Trump administration
T-Mobile and Sprint are entering due diligence in a stock-for-stock deal that is expected…
Whole Foods acquisition gives Amazon almost as many retail stores as Apple
Amazon is coughing up a whopping $13.7 billion in cash to acquire Whole Foods Market…
Apple should buy Disney
Apple could buy every single team in the four major professional sports leagues in the US…
If President Trump’s tax repatriation plans go through, a big acquisition by Apple make sense
As far as Apple needing to make an acquisition in the content space…
Apple’s cash conundrum: Is buying Disney the answer?
When you’re an ordinary human, it’s smart to have some money to your name…
Analyst offers six reasons why Apple may buy Disney
In a note to clients Thursday, RBC Capital Markets analyst Amit Daryanani offered…
A premium TV bundle could be Apple’s secret weapon
As any investor in Apple knows (by now), the company REALLY REALLY wants to be in the TV space…
Why Apple should buy Disney
From an investor standpoint, one of the main reasons for why Apple’s stock price trades at a discount to the market is that…
Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn in $26.2 billion deal
Microsoft Corp. said it will buy LinkedIn Corp. in a deal valued at $26.2 billion…
Verizon to bid $3 billion for Yahoo’s internet business
Verizon Communications Inc. on Monday planned to submit a second-round bid of about $3 billion for Yahoo Inc.’s core internet business…
Activision Blizzard to buy ‘Candy Crush’ maker King Digital for $5.9 billion
ABS Partners CV, a unit of Activision Blizzard, will acquire King shares for $18 each in cash…
Apple supplier battle ends in defeat for Foxconn as vote fails
Foxconn Technology Group failed in its bid to take a stake in a Taiwanese chip company after a bruising public battle…
What Tim Cook should have done with Apple’s $130 billion instead of wasting it on buybacks
Congratulations, Tim Cook. You’ve truly gotten nothing for something…
Beleaguered Sharp’s problems present an opportunity for mighty Apple
Apple display supplier Sharp Corporation recently reported its financial results…
Verizon to buy AOL for $4.4 billion
When Steve Jobs released the first iPhone in June 2007…
Apple should acquire IBM
Tim Cook worked at IBM from 1982 to 1994…
Calacanis: Apple will buy Tesla for $75 billion
Given Tim Cook’s ‘obsession’ with renewable energy, Calacanis says…
Staples inks deal to buy Office Depot for $6.3 billion
The merger, unveiled Wednesday, would take the U.S. down to one chain of office-supply superstores…
Cody Willard: Top 5 companies that Apple should buy right now
Apple is the first company ever to be worth $700 billion…
Apple’s goal is not to make money, it’s to make the best possible personal computers in all shapes and sizes
The quality of a user experience has no ceiling…
Consultant: Apple could buy Disney ‘tomorrow’
Apple is expected to release a smartwatch this fall…
Will Apple finally buy Broadcom’s cellular business?
Now that Broadcom has finally thrown in the towel on its cellular business…
Apple acquires Spotsetter, a social search engine that delivers personalized recommendations for places
Spotsetter, a social search engine using big data to offer personalized…
Sprint to pay $32 billion to buy T-Mobile US, source says
Sprint Corp has agreed to pay about $40 per share to buy T-Mobile US…
Apple’s Beats buy is two-sided for music streaming rivals
Observers believe Apple’s purchase of Beats could have both positive and negative effects
Jim Cramer: Apple skeptics getting Tim Cook wrong
Cramer found that skeptics surfaced from every corner of the market…
Did Apple save Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine just in time?
Nobody published as detailed — or as nasty — a look at Apple’s newest acquisition…
