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The month of November shows a continued slowdown in SPAC merger deal votes, but the calendar includes several multibillion-dollar deals. SPAC merger votes can act as a catalyst, as the votes complete the last step in the merger process and change the company over to a new name and ticker...

Autonomous trucking outfit Embark Trucks has raised $70 million in a series C funding round led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from seven other firms, Forbes has reported. The new financing round brings its fundraising total to $117 million. The company will use the funds to add...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) has lost a key Autopilot engineer to the self-driving truck start-up Embark, CNBC reported Thursday. Zeljko Popvic was the lead engineer for the Tesla Autopilot perception team. The Autopilot driver-assistance system feature has lane centering, adaptive cruise control...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) recently acquired GPS startup Coherent Navigation. As is a tradition with the company, Apple hasn't revealed the purchase price or the size of this deal. Tom's Guide Associate Editor Mike Andronico was on CNBC Monday to explain why Apple needed to go for this...

According to sources who spoke with 9TO5Mac, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is finishing up work on a completely upgraded version of its iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Maps app, set to come out with the next major iOS release. Sources indicated that the new Maps product would be designed to compete head to...

One of the big M&A stories of the week is Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) acquisition of social media analytics-startup, Topsy. That represents the tenth company Apple has purchased this year. Here’s a brief run down of each: WiFiSLAM- March 23 The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple...