Infineon After Sale Of Wireless Unit

Intel recently announced its plans to acquire Infineon’s wireless chip business for $1.4 billion. On the other hand, communications chip company Marvell Technology, with fiscal 2010 revenue of $2.81 billion, last month announced its acquisition of Spain’s powerline chipmaker Diseño de Sistemas en Silicio SA (DS2) for an undisclosed sum. Let’s take a closer look.

Naukri Performing Well, But Should Not Underestimate Competitors

According to the latest Job Seach Index released by Naukri.com (NAUKRI.BO) for the Indian market, hiring activity in the country has grown 28% over the year this August. The index reported hiring activity across industries, functions, and cities, with the banking sector reporting 14% growth followed by information technology enabled services’s (ITES) 6% and construction’s

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Alibaba, Baidu Leveraging China’s Online Momentum

Of the 384 million current internet users in China, reports estimate that a mere 9% of people shop online. However, the numbers are growing fast. Analysts project China’s online population to reach 650 million in five years and the percentage shopping online to grow to 19% in 2012. Recent research conducted by BCG on 1,700

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M&A Scene At Alcatel And Brocade

Alcatel-Lucent, (NYSE:ALU), the telecommunications equipment company with annual revenue of €15.57 billion ($21.19 billion), recently made two acquisitions in the mobile applications space. Mikael Ricknäs of ComputerWorld says Alcatel-Lucent has realized the importance of applications and developers and hopes to become the intermediary between service providers and developers. Let’s take a closer look.

SanDisk Soaring On Apple’s Wings

Last quarter, we observed how the soaring sales of Apple’s iPad benefitted the storage industry. Eric Savitz of Barron’s reports that there are at least two dozen companies planning tablets that rely on NAND flash memory chips for data storage. Let’s take a closer look.

Online Travel: More Destinations, More Services, More Apps

The online travel sector has been abuzz with activity. In July of this year, Google announced its intention to enter the vertical and acquired flight search engine ITA Software for $700 million. The deal is still under antitrust investigation. More recently, MakeMyTrip, an India-based online travel services provider, debuted on the Nasdaq through its IPO;

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The Ideal Carrier For The iPhone

The upcoming end of iPhone exclusivity on the AT&T network is bound to change the equation in the carrier industry. According to Shaw Wu with Kaufman Bros., details are being worked out for a Verizon iPhone and that it would be “premature” to rule out T-Mobile and Sprint. In an earlier note, Wu said that

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Websense Open For Takeover As Security Firms Strengthen Mobile Offerings

The security market seems to be riding a consolidation wave. Earlier last month, Intel agreed to acquire McAfee for a staggering $7.7 billion. HP also added to its security portfolio by buying the application security provider, Fortify Security. IBM had recently bought another security firm, BigFix, to accelerate its smart data center and security initiatives.

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