Thursday, June 28, 2007

UPDATE 1-Hard disk maker Western Digital to buy rival Komag

(Reuters) - SAN FRANCISCO, June 28 - Western Digital Corp.
has agreed to acquire Komag Inc. , one of its
last rivals in the U.S. hard disk drive industry, for about $1
billion in cash, the companies said on Thursday.




The proposed merger comes amid a sharp fall in prices in
the highly commoditized computer disk-drive industry, once one
of the bedrock manufacturing sectors in Silicon Valley.


Read more at Reuters.com Mergers News

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