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    From Adrian Crafer@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 8 15:35:27 2022
    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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  • From druck@21:1/5 to Adrian Crafer on Tue Feb 8 21:24:39 2022
    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

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  • From Matthew Phillips@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 8 22:24:43 2022
    In message <stun2q$p5m$[email protected]>
    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.

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    Matthew Phillips
    Durham

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  • From Tim Hill@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Feb 9 10:00:42 2022
    In article <[email protected]>, Matthew Phillips <[email protected]> wrote:
    In message <stun2q$p5m$[email protected]> 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.

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    Tim Hill
    Webmaster, https://timil.com

    websites : php : RISC OS

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  • From Alan Calder BT@21:1/5 to Tim Hill on Wed Feb 9 11:21:27 2022
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Tim Hill <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>, Matthew Phillips <[email protected]> wrote:
    In message <stun2q$p5m$[email protected]> 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

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    Alan Calder, Milton Keynes, UK.

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  • From Tim Hill@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Feb 9 13:58:00 2022
    In article <[email protected]>, Alan Calder BT <[email protected]> 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)

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  • From David Higton@21:1/5 to Tim Hill on Wed Feb 9 15:54:38 2022
    In message <[email protected]>
    Tim Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>, Alan Calder BT <[email protected]> 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

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to David Higton on Wed Feb 9 16:17:37 2022
    In article <55601eb859.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>,
    David Higton <[email protected]> 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

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    Dave Triffid

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  • From Chris Newman@21:1/5 to Dave on Wed Feb 9 21:32:11 2022
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <55601eb859.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>,
    David Higton <[email protected]> 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

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  • From Jim Lesurf@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Feb 11 10:21:45 2022
    In article <[email protected]>, Chris Newman
    <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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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