Applied Materials to buy Japan's Kokusai to boost memory business

U.S. chip gear maker Applied Materials Inc on Monday agreed to buy Japan's Kokusai Electric for $2.2 billion in cash from investment firm KKR & Co Inc , as it bets on rising demand for memory chips.


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Nepal's CG Group ties up with Huawei to launch 4G services

Nepal's Chaudhary Group (CG) has signed a deal worth about $100 million with China's Huawei Technologies to bring 4G phone services to the country, CG's chief executive said, shrugging off U.S. security concerns about Huawei's products.


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First battery-powered cruise ship sails for the Arctic

The world's first cruise ship propelled partially by battery power is set to head out from northern Norway on its maiden voyage, cruise operator Hurtigruten said on Monday.


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Amid U.S. tech squeeze, China's Tsinghua Unigroup forms new DRAM chip unit

Chinese state-backed semiconductor conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup said it has formed a new business unit for producing DRAM, a type of memory chip dominated by companies in South Korea and the United States.


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CEO Collymore, who built Safaricom into $11 billion telco, dies of cancer

Bob Collymore, the chief executive who helped to turn Safaricom Plc into East Africa's most profitable company with an $11 billion valuation, has died after a nearly two-year long battle with cancer.


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Trump talk of easing Huawei ban lifts suppliers' shares despite doubts

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to allow U.S. firms to sell "high tech" products to Huawei led Asian investors to snap up shares in suppliers to the Chinese smartphone maker on Monday, even as some experts wondered what had changed.


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U.S. Navy SEAL's war crimes trial winds to close in San Diego

Closing arguments were due in San Diego on Monday in the war crimes trial of a decorated U.S. Navy SEAL platoon leader charged with murdering a helpless Iraqi captive in his custody and shooting unarmed civilians.


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Japan to tighten tech material exports to South Korea in wartime labor row

Japan will tighten curbs on exports of high-tech materials used in smartphone displays and chips to South Korea amid a growing dispute over South Koreans forced to work for Japanese firms during World War Two, the industry ministry said on Monday, prompting condemnation from Seoul.


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CEO Collymore dies of cancer after steering Safaricom's expansion

Bob Collymore, the chief executive who helped to turn Safaricom Plc into East Africa's most profitable company with an $11 billion valuation, has died after a nearly two-year long battle with cancer.


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Alaska's heat wave fuels dangerous smoke, melts glaciers

Alaska's heat wave is driving wildfires and melting glaciers, choking the state’s biggest cities with smoke and bloating rivers with meltwater.


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