I just noted that the IET is reporting that Nvidia has cancelled its
acquisition of ARM due to regulatory challenges!!

Apparently Softbank are as a result apparently preparing to take the
company public with a share offering.

Adrian

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On 08/02/2022 15:35, Adrian Crafer wrote:
> I just noted that the IET is reporting that Nvidia has cancelled its
> acquisition of ARM due to regulatory challenges!!
>
> Apparently Softbank are as a result apparently preparing to take the
> company public with a share offering.

And we need HMG to slap foreign ownership restrictions on the newly
listed company, so it can never again be taken over by an external entity.

---druck

In message <stun2q$p5m$1@dont-email.me>
on 8 Feb 2022 druck wrote:

> On 08/02/2022 15:35, Adrian Crafer wrote:
> > I just noted that the IET is reporting that Nvidia has cancelled its
> > acquisition of ARM due to regulatory challenges!!
> >
> > Apparently Softbank are as a result apparently preparing to take the
> > company public with a share offering.
>
> And we need HMG to slap foreign ownership restrictions on the newly
> listed company, so it can never again be taken over by an external entity.

There was a suggestion Softbank might go for an American listing as tech
companies tend to be valued higher on the US markets. I don't know if that
would affect what our government could do.

--
Matthew Phillips
Durham

In article <ec40beb759.Matthew@sinenomine.co.uk>, Matthew Phillips
<spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <stun2q$p5m$1@dont-email.me> on 8 Feb 2022 druck wrote:

> > On 08/02/2022 15:35, Adrian Crafer wrote:
> > > I just noted that the IET is reporting that Nvidia has cancelled
> > > its acquisition of ARM due to regulatory challenges!!
> > >
> > > Apparently Softbank are as a result apparently preparing to take
> > > the company public with a share offering.
> >
> > And we need HMG to slap foreign ownership restrictions on the newly
> > listed company, so it can never again be taken over by an external
> > entity.

> There was a suggestion Softbank might go for an American listing as
> tech companies tend to be valued higher on the US markets. I don't
> know if that would affect what our government could do.

Judging by their response to what's happening in the energy market, our
current government will not intervene at all but let capitalism deal with
the consequences.

--

Tim Hill
Webmaster, https://timil.com

websites : php : RISC OS

In article <59b7fdf8f6tim@invalid.org.uk>,
Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:
> In article <ec40beb759.Matthew@sinenomine.co.uk>, Matthew Phillips
> <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > In message <stun2q$p5m$1@dont-email.me> on 8 Feb 2022 druck wrote:

> > > On 08/02/2022 15:35, Adrian Crafer wrote:
> > > > I just noted that the IET is reporting that Nvidia has cancelled
> > > > its acquisition of ARM due to regulatory challenges!!
> > > >
> > > > Apparently Softbank are as a result apparently preparing to take
> > > > the company public with a share offering.
> > >
> > > And we need HMG to slap foreign ownership restrictions on the newly
> > > listed company, so it can never again be taken over by an external
> > > entity.

> > There was a suggestion Softbank might go for an American listing as
> > tech companies tend to be valued higher on the US markets. I don't
> > know if that would affect what our government could do.

> Judging by their response to what's happening in the energy market, our
> current government will not intervene at all but let capitalism deal with
> the consequences.

Given the current Government's desperation to prove that Brexit has some
(any) advantages then I'm sure that the MP for the 18th Century will be
doing his best in his new brief as Minister for for Brexit Opportunities to
ensure that American investors get the best deal possible! Got to give a
sweetie or two to the Yanks to persuade them to sign up for special deals
along the lines of the Australian one, no matter how deleterious they are
to UK trade.

Alan

--
Alan Calder, Milton Keynes, UK.

In article <59b8055dccalancalder.8@btinternet.com>, Alan Calder BT
<alancalder.8@btinternet.com> wrote:

[Snip]

> Given the current Government's desperation to prove that Brexit has
> some (any) advantages then I'm sure that the MP for the 18th Century
> will be doing his best in his new brief as Minister for for Brexit
> Opportunities to ensure that American investors get the best deal
> possible! Got to give a sweetie or two to the Yanks to persuade them
> to sign up for special deals along the lines of the Australian one, no
> matter how deleterious they are to UK trade.

The Haunted Pencil, Minister for Oxymorons.

"What have we got, Humphrey?"
"There's only one benefit, Minister. We'll be able to join the EU."
"Quite right. We couldn't do that while we were members now, could we?"

I have a niggling suspicion that the Benefits of Brexit should have been
properly examined in about 2015.

(Sorry for OT post - oops)

In message <59b813b2e2tim@invalid.org.uk>
Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

> In article <59b8055dccalancalder.8@btinternet.com>, Alan Calder BT
> <alancalder.8@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> [Snip]
>
> > Given the current Government's desperation to prove that Brexit has some
> > (any) advantages then I'm sure that the MP for the 18th Century will be
> > doing his best in his new brief as Minister for for Brexit Opportunities
> > to ensure that American investors get the best deal possible! Got to
> > give a sweetie or two to the Yanks to persuade them to sign up for
> > special deals along the lines of the Australian one, no matter how
> > deleterious they are to UK trade.
>
> The Haunted Pencil, Minister for Oxymorons.
>
> "What have we got, Humphrey?"
> "There's only one benefit, Minister. We'll be able to join the EU."
> "Quite right. We couldn't do that while we were members now, could we?"
>
> I have a niggling suspicion that the Benefits of Brexit should have been
> properly examined in about 2015.

Instead, what we got was Lying Boris doing what he does: lying.

David

In article <55601eb859.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>,
David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:

[Snip]

> Instead, what we got was Lying Boris doing what he does: lying.

> David

<Sweeping statement>

95% of politicians (Probably more, I'm being generous) lie, cheat and
connive, it is the nature of the beast.

If someone aspiring to get elected doesn't tell some porkies, re-arrange
the deckchairs etc, they'd never get elected.

Cynic... Yes with bells on. ;-)

Dave

--

Dave Triffid

In article <59b8207af1dave@triffid.co.uk>,
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <55601eb859.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>,
> David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:

> [Snip]

> > Instead, what we got was Lying Boris doing what he does: lying.

> > David

> <Sweeping statement>

> 95% of politicians (Probably more, I'm being generous) lie, cheat and
> connive, it is the nature of the beast.

> If someone aspiring to get elected doesn't tell some porkies, re-arrange
> the deckchairs etc, they'd never get elected.

> Cynic... Yes with bells on. ;-)

And the media don't do a very good job of taking them to task.

--
Chris Newman

In article <59b83d47a1cvjazz@waitrose.com>, Chris Newman
<cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:

> And the media don't do a very good job of taking them to task.

PE does. But (relatively) few people read it.

Jim

On 08 Feb in comp.sys.acorn.misc, druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:

> And we need HMG to slap foreign ownership restrictions on the newly
> listed company, so it can never again be taken over by an external
> entity.

I'd welcome that being possible. However a snag with public share-based
ownership is that pretty much anyone can buy shares if they have the money.

Add in LLP's, nominee owners of shares, tax haven shell companies with no
declared owners, etc, etc, and real 'ownership' becomes concealed - along
with the dodged tax and evaded responsibilities.

The problem isn't simply some kind of notice from HMG. It is that HMG
*facilitiates* these things because so many MPs benefit from the way things
are, and know their 'generous donors' also do so.

cf PE ad naus.

Jim

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