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Tech firms seeking record funding

Amid the slowing global growth, investors likely to demand a premium from a sector prone to disruption

Published Thu, Oct 22, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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AN M&A frenzy in the tech world is creating a dilemma for investors already being asked to fund a record volume of deals elsewhere: how much to lend to an industry that's constantly changing.

Western Digital Corp is the latest to join the fray with its plans to purchase SanDisk Corp in a deal to be funded by about US$17 billion of new debt. That comes alongside Lam Research Corp's US$10.6 billion pact to acquire KLA-Tencor Corp and on the heels of Dell Inc's US$67 billion bid for EMC Corp.

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