The French group Atos has made a takeover approach in a bid to acquire its US competitor DXC Technology and the offered price values the American firm at more than $10 billion, two sources with knowledge of the process were quoted as saying by Reuters.

Swiss LafargeHolcim, the world’s biggest cement maker announced a 3,4 billion dollar deal to acquire Firestone Building Products from Japan’s Bridgestone. This will be Holchim’s biggest purchase in more than a decade, Reuters reported.

The popular car manufacturer Volvo enjoys a robust growth in demand for its products. It has reported very positive results as of end-2020. Sales grew by 6% in December, marking a continued sharp recovery from the Covid-19 related lows earlier in 2020 in the beginning of the pandemic.

The Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group is set to launch a multi-billion bond issue to offset the pressure by regulatory deadlock, Reuters reported. The issue is seen raising some five billion dollars worth of funds.

Airbus delivered more than 560 aircraft in 2020, according to tracking data and airline industry sources, putting it on course to beat arch-rival Boeing to be the world’s largest planemaker for a second consecutive year.

Shareholders in Peugeot owner PSA gave the green light on Monday to the French company’s merger with Fiat Chrysler (FCA) -  one of the last steps towards creating the world’s fourth largest automaker.

According to the story by TechCrunch, over 200 employees over at Google, as well as its parent company known as Alphabet, have just announced that they have officially formed what is now known as the Alphabet Workers Union. Obviously, this is still but a fraction of Alphabet's total workforce of over 130,000 employees. 

British low-cost airline easyJet has agreed with Airbus to defer aircraft delivery due to Covid pandemic, the company said on Tuesday. The airline said the delivery of 22 aircraft will be deferred from 2022-2024 to 2027-2028. In addition 15 delivery dates within the period 2022 to 2024 will move to match seasonal requirements.

Lockheed Martin Corp said on Sunday it has agreed to buy US rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc for $4.4bn, including debt and net cash.

Apple Inc had frozen key Asian activities amid on-going turmoil, the company said. The tech giant placed its partner Wistron on probation and would not give the Taiwanese firm new orders. Wistron is due to step up actions following lapses at its southern India plant.