ARM Agrees to Buy Artisan in &#36;913M Deal
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British semiconductor designer ARM Holdings PLC said Monday it has agreed to buy U.S. technology firm Artisan Components Inc. for &#36;913 million in cash and stock to boost its product range and reach more customers.
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British company Rexam, the world&#39;s biggest maker of beverage cans, said Monday it had agreed to buy US group O-I Plastics for 1.825 billion dollars in cash.
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ARM said the deal would better position the combined company to take advantage of growth opportunities across multiple industries as the process of designing semiconductors grows increasingly complex.
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Microprocessor designer Arm Holdings buys US tech firm Artisan for about $913m in a deal which the UK firms says will boost its product range.
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LONDON, August 23 (New Ratings) - ARM Holdings (ARM.ETR) has agreed to buy Artisan Components Inc (ARTI), a US-based provider of integrated circuit designing solutions, for about $913 million (Â£503.
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LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- Technology shares closed mostly higher Monday, with semiconductor-related stocks extending the gains made last week as Artisan Components soared on word that UK-based ARM Holdings agreed to buy the chip-design company.
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UK semiconductor design company Arm Holdings PLC has agreed to acquire a Sunnyvale, California, provider of components for chip manufacturing in a deal valued at around $913 million in cash and stock.
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LONDON ARM Holdings, a British semiconductor designer, said on Monday that it would buy Artisan Components for $913 million to broaden its product range.
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MUMBAI: Scottish &amp; Newcastle Plc (S&amp;N), Britain&#39;s biggest brewer, has agreed to buy 37.5 per cent of India&#39;s beer giant United Breweries (UB) Ltd for Rs 466 crore, the two companies announced on Sunday.
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Carlsberg and Heineken on Friday finally agreed a cash bid of 7.8 billion pounds ($15.3 billion) to buy and break up Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) to boost the Danish brewer's position in Russia and the Dutch group's presence in western Europe.
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The pound was firmer, hitting 1.9846 usd at one point -- its highest level this year, on news of a major stock market acquisition and as markets scaled back their interest rate cut expectations. Scottish & Newcastle, the UK's largest brewer, announced it has agreed to be bought by Carlsberg and Heineken, for around 7.6 billion pounds.
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US buyout specialist Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &amp; Co. is buying Masonite International (MHM.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) , a Canadian-based maker of building products
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MONTREAL/LONDON  - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc  has agreed to buy Canada's Alcan Inc.  for $38.1 billion to create the world's largest aluminum producer, trumping a hostile bid by Alcoa Inc.
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UK brewer Scottish & Newcastle agrees to be bought by Heineken and Carlsberg for Â£7.8bn.
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Scottish and Newcastle Plc., Britain's biggest brewer, is to buy 37.5 percent of India's United Breweries Ltd in a deal worth 4.66 billion rupees (&#36;106 million), the two companies said on Sunday.
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South Africa's Naspers Ltd. will acquire online auctioneer Tradus PLC in a deal valued at $1.91 billion, Tradus said Tuesday.
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Food giant AB Foods agrees to buy the Patak's Indian food business from its founding family for an undisclosed sum.