Bloomberg Google, Microsoft and the US Chamber of Commerce backed a lawsuit by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology over the Trump administration’s order banning foreign students from the country if their universities are not offering in-person instruction. The court filing by the companies and business group backs a lawsuit challenging the July 6 directive as “invalid” due ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson is under pressure to announce a ban on telecoms companies from installing new equipment made by Huawei Technologies Co in Britain’s fifth-generation mobile networks from as soon as the end of 2021. Britain’s National Security Council meets on Tuesday to decide on the company’s future in the UK in the wake of US sanctions against the company. ...

Bloomberg Analog Devices Inc. is close to an all-stock agreement to acquire Maxim Integrated Products Inc., according to reports. The semiconductor companies are talking about a deal that values San Jose, California-based Maxim at more than its current market capitalisation of roughly $17 billion. Norwood, Mass.-based Analog has a market value of $46 billion and also has a large office ...