Google buys Pixel team for $1.1B

Google is also getting a nonexclusive license for Taiwan-based HTC's intellectual property to help support Pixel phones ... said at a news conference in Taipei. "We've been focusing on building our core capabilities. But with this agreement, we're taking ... ( read original story ...)

Google steps up its hardware push with $1.1bn HTC deal

TAIPEI/SAN FRANCISCO: Alphabet Inc's Google said late Wednesday ... It will also acquire a non-exclusive licence for HTC's intellectual property and the two firms agreed to look at other areas of collaboration in the future. While Google is not acquiring ... ( read original story ...)

Google and HTC Announce US$1.1 Billion Cooperation Agreement

and TAIPEI, Taiwan , Sept. Google (NASDAQ GOOG ... Separately, Google will receive a non exclusive license for HTC intellectual property (IP). The agreement is a testament to the decade-long strategic relationship between HTC and Google around the ... ( read original story ...)

Citizen M to launch new sites in 15 locations by 2020

In the US, the group has secured two properties in Los Angeles and another two in San Francisco, a second property in New York on the Bowery ... In Asia, a site in Taipei opened in July, with Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur to join next summer. ( read original story ...)

Key suspect in Atio Castillo killing not in Taiwan —TECO

Ralph Cabales Trangia, a key suspect in the fatal hazing of University of Santo Tomas law student Horacio "Atio" Castillo III, was en route to Chicago when he passed through Taiwan, according to Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office (TECO). In a statement ... ( read original story ...)

How Google-HTC Deal Will Pressure Samsung, Huawei In Android

Google's purchase of Taiwan-based HTC's smartphone design business will pressure ... sector leaders, tech leaders, IPO leaders and more. Google bought Motorola Mobility in 2011 for $12.5 billion. It sold the business to Lenovo for $2.91 billion in ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s capital markets malaise

So Taiwan won the day. At first the sale went well. Aslan, whose investors include Accuron Technologies, a unit of Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, and which specializes in experimental cancer drugs, completed its IPO in May, raising NT$1 billion ($33 ... ( read original story ...)

Zai Lab IPO Soaring: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

We’ve had a China IPO this week and couple of biotechs ... Macau and “in certain circumstances” Taiwan. Its partnerships are with Tesaro, Paratek (PRTK) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY). There is the aforementioned niraparib, which is in Phase III ... ( read original story ...)

Roots Corporation’s IPO: What You Need to Know

Through one of its partners, Roots was able to reach $107 million in sales last year in China and Taiwan. The company plans to build ... Event” (even though it’s completely unrelated to an IPO)… And one that’s made a few lucky investors who ... ( read original story ...)

Google buys part of Taiwan smartphone maker HTC for $1.1B

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s struggling smartphone maker HTC said on Thursday it would sell part of its smartphone business to Google for $1.1 billion as the US giant looks to take greater control of its hardware business. Google will take on half of HTC ... ( read original story ...)

HTC Ties Up With Google, Or Does It?

Bottom line: Google's (GOOG, GOOGL) purchase of HTC's (OTC:HTCKF, Taipei: 2498) Pixel assets is a sign of no ... know the company has tried hard to get into the smartphone hardware business, starting with its rollout of Nexus phones back in 2010. ( read original story ...)