^ This. It will encourage a lot of employees to not jump ship after Brexit is finalized. Because let's face it, most intelligent people in Britain aren't for it for obvious reasons. This is just the right time for foreign investment to keep talent put.
It has little to do with intelligence. It depends on whether the British people are cautious or adventurous. Currently, the UK is tilted 52:48 in favour of the latter.
The same can be said about the US being tilted closely in our current presidential race, when clearly only an ignorant, racist, bigoted or dangerously unstable individual would vote for the dangerously unstable candidate.
The same thing that happened in Britain could happen here if ignorant voters chose to tank our economy resulting in mass foreign purchases of our companies because of a weak dollar.
Hopefully Brexit was a wakeup call as to what will happen if one of our candidates succeeds in winning, but I have a feeling most of the people voting for that candidate don't even pay attention to what goes on outside of their own towns let alone their own country.
And clearly only a lying criminal would vote for the lying criminal. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go violate the law a few times (but with no intent, you see) and sell uranium to the Russians in exchange for donations to the Buy My Policy Foundation. Oh and I found these missing documents lying around the house...
I'd take almost any ol' maniac over her. Trump, Sanders, even Biden in a straightjacket would be better. Bring back Jimmy Carter! At least he gave a damn in his own way.
By the way, recent polls conducted today show overwhelmingly that the British would vote against Brexit. Unfortunately, like many mistakes in life, it is final and the damage is progressing, and nowhere near done.
>trusting msm "polls" in the first place >britbong shlomo won`t get a bonus this year >oy vey, the damage, it`s anudda shoah, bring back the 4th merkelreich
You`re like a perfect cattle specimen, eager for the slaughter.
Actually the article has little to do with "teh puter chipez" themselves. It's about binizz. Plus somebody started a nice brexit rant with a side of Teflon rearside-kissing action.
That difference in stock price is probably debt for the company. When my employer went from publicly traded to private, the private buyer offered well over the current stock price, but then all of that went directly into debt for the company.
It is pretty strategy for ARM. ARM has the monopoly on how much they can charge per licensee, they could've charged twice and make twice the amount of money. Sprint is a dumb purchase because they are not the market share leader and went down even more after they purchased it.
Softbank to acquire* - it doesn't happen overnight.
SoftBank intends to: preserve the ARM organisation, including ARM’s existing senior management team, brand, partnership-based business model and culture to ensure continuity of a strong track record; maintain the headquarters of ARM in Cambridge; at least double the employee headcount in the UK over the next five years thereby enabling ARM to continue to develop leading-edge technology in the UK; and increase the headcount of ARM outside the UK over the next five years. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/201607170050...
This seems like a good bet by Softbank..if only their financial position was enywhere near positive. They have just sold Supercell for $9B what looked like an urgent attempt to release some of the debt.
The sell of Supercell is more or less a typical VC exit. It was a good time to sell to Tencent.
I think it will be good deal for both companies. Imagination Technologies jumped by 10 % already it wouldn't be surprised if somebody makes a play for them as well.
Banks have the wrong culture to own an innovation driven company. - Focus on governance over ideas. - Focus on earnings over research. - Focus on the past over the future.
I'm applying cautious optimism here, potentially a good way for ARM to get the funds to compete in the larger silicon die spaces, i.e bolster their server push with larger higher IPC chips, though on the other hand I hope it's not a case of a big company buying another one and messing up the whole management structure, then selling them off a shell of what they used to be.
ARM was managed very well on their own, I hope they retain management control.
very well for everything except a real floss gfx driver that can then be written for any OS past and future...
OC the main reason they are taking UK infrastructure today ,besides the lower cost, is that the next US crash is not due until just before november 2016, then they will start taking US stocks and perhaps move it to the UK too for the better £ sterling returns...
Hasn't been the case for years, the agreement is now that the cross licence would be renegotiated "in good faith". Intel would not want to lose 64 bit either after all.
Also, Intel would probably heavily lobby to prevent any such acqusition from happening. They're not gonna want to renogotiate a deal with a new party. That whole point of the termination clause is it's basically a poison pill.
I want to hear more about this normalized deviance.
And the idea of a corporation making a $24B acquisition to leverage a change in currency values based on a vote that took place two weeks ago is funny. This process started at least 6 months ago.
The only promise that matters in the end is sovereignity. Europe can only be healthy as Europe of the nations, otherwise you can see what happens right now - etnomasochistic death from a rapefugee overdose.
Everything else is superficial, and especially the elites, which ALL should get the rope.
The refugees will still keep coming. It's a small world now. You cant stop it unless western corps and banks stop bank rolling the wars causing it. Brexit will achieve none of its false claims.
I live in the EU so it doesn't really matter to me the price of gas. It's always expensive and not a right to life. And if more expensive gas means a safer and more stable world. Small price to pay.
The Russians have also been bankrolling conflicts in the middle east for ages, in addition to providing arms and even troops. Don't act like it's only the US and EU causing the problem. To say nothing of the fact that they have been jihading against outsiders and each other for ages over there. There's a lot of blame to go around.
In the US I think if we continue to take in refugees, they need to use the White House front lawn as a staging area for new arrivals. See how many refugees we take in then. I figure it would cut the number down to three or four a day (enough for cameras to take pictures of).
This feels like an April fools kind of thing. Did not see that coming, and honestly if someone's buying them, I'd rather it be the Japanese than a lot of countries, but still, this is kind of creepy. ARM already kind of creeps me out, given their CPUs probably outnumber humans now. I'm almost saying that as a joke, only...I'm not actually sure it is LOL
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Drumsticks - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
Wow. That could be a pretty big pile of extra cash for a company that's already doing reasonably well, if they manage it right.mkaibear - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
That's a pretty huge pile of cash for shareholders. Don't think any of that would go to the company...JoshHo - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
Many employees have options or are otherwise paid in equity, so this represents a considerable pay bump for them as well.Samus - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
^ This. It will encourage a lot of employees to not jump ship after Brexit is finalized. Because let's face it, most intelligent people in Britain aren't for it for obvious reasons. This is just the right time for foreign investment to keep talent put.timbotim - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
It has little to do with intelligence. It depends on whether the British people are cautious or adventurous. Currently, the UK is tilted 52:48 in favour of the latter.Samus - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
The same can be said about the US being tilted closely in our current presidential race, when clearly only an ignorant, racist, bigoted or dangerously unstable individual would vote for the dangerously unstable candidate.The same thing that happened in Britain could happen here if ignorant voters chose to tank our economy resulting in mass foreign purchases of our companies because of a weak dollar.
Hopefully Brexit was a wakeup call as to what will happen if one of our candidates succeeds in winning, but I have a feeling most of the people voting for that candidate don't even pay attention to what goes on outside of their own towns let alone their own country.
Murloc - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link
except that nothing has yet happened to GB so there is no wakeup call.michael2k - Thursday, July 21, 2016 - link
Except of course the value of their currency has fallen 25% since announcing the referendum and the subsequent vote.IE, everyone in the UK got a 25% cut in pay in the last year, in terms of purchasing power of imported goods.
Alexvrb - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - link
And clearly only a lying criminal would vote for the lying criminal. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go violate the law a few times (but with no intent, you see) and sell uranium to the Russians in exchange for donations to the Buy My Policy Foundation. Oh and I found these missing documents lying around the house...I'd take almost any ol' maniac over her. Trump, Sanders, even Biden in a straightjacket would be better. Bring back Jimmy Carter! At least he gave a damn in his own way.
Samus - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
By the way, recent polls conducted today show overwhelmingly that the British would vote against Brexit. Unfortunately, like many mistakes in life, it is final and the damage is progressing, and nowhere near done.Michael Bay - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link
>trusting msm "polls" in the first place>britbong shlomo won`t get a bonus this year
>oy vey, the damage, it`s anudda shoah, bring back the 4th merkelreich
You`re like a perfect cattle specimen, eager for the slaughter.
Xanavi - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link
His joke went right over your head and you think he is ripe for culling? ha!fallaha56 - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link
er noyou're the confused one here
Impulses - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link
Why can't they just hold another referendum? I don't get it, they're only bound to themselves at this point...Murloc - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link
because they already took a decision, and Scotland will block it anyway.Michael Bay - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
Yeah, let`s face it: if you`re not a pathetic ethnomasochistic cuck deserving of a rope, Brexit IS the intelligent thing to do.shadarlo - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
According to basically no logical reasoning, sure.Michael Bay - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link
>cuck mumbles about logicGlorious.
Impulses - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link
Can we get some mod action on the sophomoric filter siding typo'd swearing?Murloc - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link
I agree that he's being offensive but there are no typos or swear word hiding in his message.fallaha56 - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link
according to your reasoning, which isn't the same thingthere was a vote, people voted out, now vested interests will try any trick to stop democracy
in case other countries get the same idea
Cygni - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link
Unironically using the word 'cuck' in a comment on an article about fuckin' computer chips. Your life is really a trainwreck.Alexvrb - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - link
Actually the article has little to do with "teh puter chipez" themselves. It's about binizz. Plus somebody started a nice brexit rant with a side of Teflon rearside-kissing action.ats - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
You assume this won't be a pay bump into either retirement or doing their own thing.bcronce - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
That difference in stock price is probably debt for the company. When my employer went from publicly traded to private, the private buyer offered well over the current stock price, but then all of that went directly into debt for the company.ianmills - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
For tax reasons I guess. With a debt 43% of their value that's an awful lot of tax savingsjabber - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
I shall be paying off 20% of my mortgage when I get the cheque.pugster - Thursday, July 21, 2016 - link
It is pretty strategy for ARM. ARM has the monopoly on how much they can charge per licensee, they could've charged twice and make twice the amount of money. Sprint is a dumb purchase because they are not the market share leader and went down even more after they purchased it.jjj - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
Softbank to acquire* - it doesn't happen overnight.SoftBank intends to:
preserve the ARM organisation, including ARM’s existing senior management team, brand, partnership-based business model and culture to ensure continuity of a strong track record;
maintain the headquarters of ARM in Cambridge;
at least double the employee headcount in the UK over the next five years thereby enabling ARM to continue to develop leading-edge technology in the UK; and
increase the headcount of ARM outside the UK over the next five years.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/201607170050...
darkich - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
This seems like a good bet by Softbank..if only their financial position was enywhere near positive. They have just sold Supercell for $9B what looked like an urgent attempt to release some of the debt.Ariknowsbest - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
The sell of Supercell is more or less a typical VC exit. It was a good time to sell to Tencent.I think it will be good deal for both companies. Imagination Technologies jumped by 10 % already it wouldn't be surprised if somebody makes a play for them as well.
Amandtec - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
Banks have the wrong culture to own an innovation driven company.- Focus on governance over ideas.
- Focus on earnings over research.
- Focus on the past over the future.
kingpotnoodle - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
SoftBank is NOT a banking corporation, they are telecoms and internet.jordanclock - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
I dunno, dude. It has Bank in its name. He might be onto something.ianmills - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
Well it's a softbank... Being softcore will make it more innocent I betImpulses - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link
I giggled...The Japanese are all about fan service anyway.
A5 - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
Softbank isn't a bank. They operate a number of telecom companies, including Sprint.JHBoricua - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
@Amandtec - You probably should've researched what SoftBank is. Here's a hint: It is not a bank.Alexvrb - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - link
I thought they stored software in a vault for safekeeping!tipoo - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
I'm applying cautious optimism here, potentially a good way for ARM to get the funds to compete in the larger silicon die spaces, i.e bolster their server push with larger higher IPC chips, though on the other hand I hope it's not a case of a big company buying another one and messing up the whole management structure, then selling them off a shell of what they used to be.ARM was managed very well on their own, I hope they retain management control.
BMNify - Friday, July 22, 2016 - link
very well for everything except a real floss gfx driver that can then be written for any OS past and future...OC the main reason they are taking UK infrastructure today ,besides the lower cost, is that the next US crash is not due until just before november 2016, then they will start taking US stocks and perhaps move it to the UK too for the better £ sterling returns...
tipoo - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
£24 billion for ARM, AMD would be peanuts for some synergy...JoeMonco - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
What would be the point when the x86 cross-licensing deal would become void?tipoo - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
Hasn't been the case for years, the agreement is now that the cross licence would be renegotiated "in good faith". Intel would not want to lose 64 bit either after all.JoeMonco - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
No, it is true. The agreement becomes completely void with a takeover for both parties.http://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov...
JoeMonco - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
Also, Intel would probably heavily lobby to prevent any such acqusition from happening. They're not gonna want to renogotiate a deal with a new party. That whole point of the termination clause is it's basically a poison pill.sorten - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
I want to hear more about this normalized deviance.And the idea of a corporation making a $24B acquisition to leverage a change in currency values based on a vote that took place two weeks ago is funny. This process started at least 6 months ago.
Michael Bay - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
It`s the newest trend among plutocrats, haven`t you heard? Blame all your failures on Brexit!jabber - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
Well considering that so far about 90% of the Brexit promises were total BS and the top Brexit folks all jumped ship...why not?Michael Bay - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
The only promise that matters in the end is sovereignity. Europe can only be healthy as Europe of the nations, otherwise you can see what happens right now - etnomasochistic death from a rapefugee overdose.Everything else is superficial, and especially the elites, which ALL should get the rope.
jabber - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
The refugees will still keep coming. It's a small world now. You cant stop it unless western corps and banks stop bank rolling the wars causing it. Brexit will achieve none of its false claims.Michael Bay - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link
"Small world"? Spare me this pathetic nonsence, there is plenty of room where that scum is flowing from.Walls and armed guards stop human trash dead.
Murloc - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link
"You cant stop it unless western corps and banks stop bank rolling the wars causing it. "are you ready to pay double the price of gas?
[] yes
[] no
jabber - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - link
I live in the EU so it doesn't really matter to me the price of gas. It's always expensive and not a right to life. And if more expensive gas means a safer and more stable world. Small price to pay.BMNify - Friday, July 22, 2016 - link
apparently you dont buy petroleum in the UK alreadyaverage of £4.89 per gallon
Alexvrb - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - link
The Russians have also been bankrolling conflicts in the middle east for ages, in addition to providing arms and even troops. Don't act like it's only the US and EU causing the problem. To say nothing of the fact that they have been jihading against outsiders and each other for ages over there. There's a lot of blame to go around.In the US I think if we continue to take in refugees, they need to use the White House front lawn as a staging area for new arrivals. See how many refugees we take in then. I figure it would cut the number down to three or four a day (enough for cameras to take pictures of).
BMNify - Friday, July 22, 2016 - link
it's a lot harder for any refugees to get to the 'island nation' of the UK as not many are strong channel swimmersWolfpup - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
This feels like an April fools kind of thing. Did not see that coming, and honestly if someone's buying them, I'd rather it be the Japanese than a lot of countries, but still, this is kind of creepy. ARM already kind of creeps me out, given their CPUs probably outnumber humans now. I'm almost saying that as a joke, only...I'm not actually sure it is LOLtygrus - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link
Telecom + Internet + ARM = IoT