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NEWS 
March 19, 2016 Foxconn CEO Says Agreed With Sharp on Most Points of a Takeover Deal
Taiwan’s Foxconn is aiming to finalise a deal to acquire Japan’s Sharp Corp by the end of the month, after the two firms reached a consensus on most points, Foxconn Chief Executive Officer Terry Gou said. Foxconn, known formally as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, has been given preferred negotiating rights and most remaining issues […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 11, 2016 HTC Signs 3-Year Exclusive Nexus Manufacturing Deal: Report
There have been recent reports about HTC manufacturing the next Nexus device this year incollaboration with Google. Now, a new report from China claims that Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has signed a three year contract with HTC to make Nexus devices. If this comes out to be true, we may see HTC unveiling its Nexus […]
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NEWS 
March 3, 2016 WD’s SanDisk Deal Re-Priced After China Deal Collapses
The US hard-disk maker, Western Digital Corp, said on Tuesday that China’s Unisplendour Corp Ltd had scrapped its planned $3.78 billion investment in the company, a move that in turn alters the terms of Western’s deal for rival SanDisk Corp. Unisplendour, a unit of China’s state-backed Tsinghua Holdings Co Ltd, dropped its plan to buy […]
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ALL DEALS 
February 24, 2016 Want to Sell Your Phone? Get a Better Deal With These Startups
Selling off old phones and other gadgets can be tricky, because it’s hard to know what value you can expect for it. You could always go in for an exchange offer (there are several even when buying online, and at the local store) but the deal you get is rarely as good as when you […]
