Zarlink Semiconductor News

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In the past eight days, two more TSX-listed technology companies have been picked off by acquirers.

Investors can say goodbye to another sector on the Toronto Stock Exchange, as a big takeover bid for Gennum Corp.

Given a few more years, it could have been Zarlink Semiconductor in pursuit of acquisition targets instead of being the one swallowed in a takeover itself, says former chair Adam Chowaniec.

Microsemi Corp. , the California company which bought Zarlink in a bruising $525-million takeover, has big plans to cut costs and drive revenues at the long-standing Ottawa chipmaker.