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S'pore chip foundry sold to Abu Dhabi
News Advanced Technology Investment Company will pay US$1.8 billion in cash for Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, reports say.
Tags: Mobile processors, Processors, Acquisitions, Mergers, Chartered Semiconductor, Microsoft Xbox, Abu Dhabi, United Microelectronics Corp., Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., Fitch Ratings
How to finance a green-tech revolution
News Venture-backed tech companies create lots of buzz, but many companies that create green jobs rely on different--and troubled--funding sources.
Tags: Green IT, Business, Investment, Manufacturing, Investor, Renewable Energy, Government, financing, venture capital, CEO
AMD finalizes foundry spinoff deal
News It will spin off its semiconductor manufacturing operations into a joint company with Abu Dhabi investment firm.
Tags: Processors, Outsourcing, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Chip Company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Semiconductor Manufacturing, manufacturing asset
Microsoft files for debt offering
News The big question is what Microsoft, already flush with cash, might do with the money.
Tags: Funding, Microsoft Corp., SAP AG, Debt, software company, working capital, business software company, business software, SEC, merger
Ballmer: 'Fundamental economic reset' necessary
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tells U.S. politicians that economic conditions represent a "once in a lifetime" crisis caused by too much debt and a "restart" is necessary.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Layoffs, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Debt, Democrat, Stock Market, U.S. Senate, Forecasting
Dell to pay US$4M in fraud case
News PC maker settles with the state of New York a year after being found to have engaged in "false, deceptive business practices".
Tags: Business ethics, Legal, PC Company, Attorney General, Sales, financing, New York, financial service, Dell Computer Corp., Legal
Would-be Pirate Bay buyer loses control of assets
News Swedish court sides with a former business partner of Hans Pandeya, CEO of Global Gaming. There is enough evidence to show that Pandeya owes him about US$400,000, the court finds.
Tags: Web 2.0, payment, Sweden, Python, asset, Holy Grail, acquisition, Web 2.0, car
Pirate Bay buyer 'misled' investors, booted off exchange
News The Pirate Bay acquisition by Global Gaming have moved from comical to gravely serious as a Swedish stock exchange accuses company of "providing false information".
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Entertainment Company, BitTorrent, Grokster Ltd., Investor, Stock, entertainment, Sweden, financial
High price may affect True Corp offer
News True Corp shareholders approved the issue of 10 billion new shares to raise 153.3 billion baht (US$4.43 billion) of capital for the telecommunications company.
Tags: Business broadband, Business structures, Investments, Mobile, Thailand, Dividend, World Bank, Stock, pay-TV, EBITDA
Psystar bankruptcy protection filing could minimize Apple suit
News Essentially, filing has pressed the fast-forward button on the copyright proceedings and minimized what it could owe Apple.
Tags: Mac OS, Personal Computers, Lawsuits, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Bankruptcy, bankruptcy protection, Northern California, Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
CEO of Internet oversight group to step down
News Paul Twomey will continue to helm ICANN until the board appoints a successor at the organization that is about to make some major changes.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, ICANN, U.S. Department of Commerce, Paul Twomey, DNS, chairman, CEO, Internet, leadership
Does Microsoft's new limited liability company point to search deal?
News An acquisition of Citrix would make business sense, but Microsoft's registration of a limited liability company in Delaware is likely to lead to a deal with Yahoo.
Tags: Mergers, Search, Citrix Systems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Advertisement, search engine company, toolbar, partnership, MSN
Seagate's revenue to beat analyst outlook
News Seagate Technology looks set to post US$2.1 billion in its fiscal third quarter, better than Wall Street projections. Company says it has also raised US$430 million to pay all or some of its debt.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Storage, Seagate Technology LLC, ATA, liquidity, Wall Street, CEO, revenue, Earning reports/forecasts, Storage
TT&T scraps US$1.4B 3G investment
News Jasmine International, the parent of TT&T, abandons ambitious investment plan saying diversification was not "right" for the Thai telco under the current corporate and economic conditions.
Tags: Investments, 3G (Third Generation), Mobile, Supplier, Investment, Rehabilitation Plan, Broadband, phone, broadband Internet, 3G
NBN could cost Aust taxpayers US$8.6B
News The Australian government will foot about a quarter of its A$43 billion (US$33.5 billion) National Broadband Network proposal, and adds implementation study will determine private sector investment.
Tags: Business broadband, Government, Study, NBN, U.S. Senate, equity, financial, network, asset, network infrastructure
