A pick of the main stories crossing the ElectronicsWeekly.com News Index this week, from Android phone OS tempting ARM, and Apple taking a 3.6% stake in UK graphics firm Imagination, to Laird cutting over 4,500 jobs, and Infineon and the State of Saxony fighting over Qimonda aid proposals...
Friday 19 December
Alcatel-Lucent 
sells Thales stake for €1.57bn
Panasonic makes $4.5bn move for Sanyo
Thursday 18 December
Apple 
takes 3.6% stake in UK graphics firm Imagination
Infineon and State of Saxony fight over Qimonda aid proposals
Samsung makes OLED push with active mobile display
Wednesday 17 December
Oxford Semi to be acquired by PCIe specialist PLX
Cree goes into volume manufacture of office LED lighting
Microsemi creates 315 new jobs for Irish chip facility
Tuesday 16 December
Laird cuts over 4,500 jobs as sales slide by 25%
Murata Power adds Digi-Key and Anglia to network
Spansion signs Mouser for flash distribution
Monday 15 December
Altera ships its first 40nm Stratix IV FPGAs
Android phone OS tempts ARM, Ericsson, Toshiba and Vodafone
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