Adapt IT has formed an independent board committee to assess Huge Group’s unsolicited bid to buy the software company in an all-share deal valuing it at R795-million.
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Telecommunications company Huge Group has secured the backing of more than three-quarters of its shareholders for its R795-million pursuit of JSE-listed software services group Adapt IT, it said on Monday.
For the third quarter in a row, Facebook and Apple generated billions upon billions in profits and flexed the power of their dominant businesses. But the party may be ending.
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In the waning days of Donald Trump’s presidency, Jeremy Grantham warned that US stocks were in an epic bubble. He now predicts Joe Biden’s economic recovery plan will propel them to perilous new heights, followed by an inevitable crash.
Intel gave an upbeat forecast for the current quarter on continued demand for PCs that enable working and studying from home. The stock jumped.
Cape Town-founded agritech start-up Aerobotics has raised $17-million in a series-B funding round led by Naspers.