In a record deal for mergers and acquisitions, Pfizer Inc on Monday said it would buy Botox maker Allergan Plc for $160 billion. The company would also move its headquarters to Ireland to cut its U.S. tax bill.   With a combined annual revenue of about $64 billion, the acquisition will...

The rising popularity of the Internet of Things has given rise to a war for big companies.   The hiring of Venkata “Murthy” Renduchintala of Qualcomm by Intel is a case in hand.  Renduchintala has been made the new president of a newly created division for the Internet of Things at...

While wearables are gaining popularity both among select range of customers and present innumerable opportunities for fashion designers, the supply chain isn’t up to speed.   This is the outlook of a panel of wearable technology and fashion experts about the recent trends of wearabls....

After a late push for support by United Auto Workers leaders, Ford Motor Co's U.S. union workers narrowly approved a four-year labor contract, the UAW said late Friday night.   After more than a week of voting that concluded at U.S. operations of Ford (F.N) on Friday night, 51.3 percent of...

As the U.S. Treasury prepared to clamp down further on such tax inversions, talks between Pfizer and Allergan for e takeover of the latter for a $150 billion deal would see the U.S. drug giant’s efforts to redomicile in Ireland accelerated on Wednesday.   A person familiar with the...

A division of the Japanese Sony, responsible for smartphones production, plans to start developing its own processors for mobile devices. According to insiders, Sony intends to follow the lead of competitors such as Apple, Samsung Electronics and Huawei. Sources say that the company Global Unichip,...

The technology market is abuzz about the possible return of retro styled flip phones – thanks to a reported effort by smart phone giant Samsung.   Thanks to the likes of the Motorola Razr and Sony's V800, Flip phones were all the rage in the 2000s.   There are reports that Samsung is...

While the Cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin is a form of digital money, it has been at a center of a multi-country investigation of forgery, scientists at the new Imperial College Center for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering are exploring ways and means about how the technology can have...

In the latest deal in the rapidly consolidating semiconductor industry, ON Semiconductor Corp said it would buy Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc  in a $2.4 billion deal.   The news brought down the share price of Fairchild on Wednesday evening which was trading at $19.33 before...