Bloomberg Toshiba Corp. got regulatory approval from China for the sale of its memory chip business, clearing the way for the 2 trillion yen ($18 billion) deal with a group led by Bain Capital. The sale of the semiconductor business will take place on June 1 after approval was gained from all necessary regulators, the Tokyo-based company said in a ...

Bloomberg NXP Semiconductors NV climbed after a report that regulators in China are looking more favorably upon the chipmaker’s proposed acquisition by Qualcomm Inc. The Wall Street Journal quoted an unidentified Beijing official as saying the deal’s approval is “looking more optimistic now.” NXP shares rose as much as 5.9 percent, the biggest gain since Monday. Representatives for Qualcomm and ...

Bloomberg India’s government counts on high-tech encryption, multi-layered authentication, and even 13-feet high walls to protect the world’s largest biometric database. But there’s no measure that prevents careless officials at government agencies from publishing the sensitive information online, exposing citizens to fraudsters and data misuse. The official website boasting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to connect all Indian villages with ...