Reuters Technology Report: November 14, 2016

Click to View in Browser Monday, November 14, 2016 Samsung to buy car tech firm Harman for $8 billion, South Korea's biggest overseas deal SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics announced an $8 billion deal on Monday to buy Harman International Industries, marking a major push into the auto electronics market and the biggest overseas acquisition ever by a South Korean firm. Siemens to buy Mentor Graphics in $4.5 billion deal FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Siemens agreed to buy U.S.-based Mentor Graphics in a $4.5 billion cash deal that will further enhance the German engineering group's industrial software capabilities. Bangladesh hopes to recover $30 million more from cyber heist DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's central bank hopes to retrieve $30 million more of the $81 million stolen from its account at the New York Federal Reserve in February, two bank officials said on Monday. Volkswagen's Audi in talks for second China tie-up, dealers uneasy BEIJING (Reuters) - Volkswagen's Audi AG said on Monday that it was in talks with China's SAIC Motor Corp Ltd for a long-term collaboration, which dealers for its existing joint venture say would cause them "potentially fatal damage." BMW eyes 100,000 electric car sales in 2017: Sueddeutsche BERLIN (Reuters) - BMW wants to boost sales of electric cars by two-thirds next year to 100,000 vehicles as the luxury automaker is offering more battery-powered models, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported, citing Chief Executive Officer Harald Krueger. Japan self-driving venture ZMP gets approval to list next month TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese robotics startup ZMP Inc has received approval to list in Tokyo next month in an initial public offering worth up to $82 million, as it seeks funds to speed up its development of autonomous driving technology. Exclusive: Koch investment arm nears deal for stake in Infor, in tech push - sources (Reuters) - The private investment arm of Koch Industries, the industrial conglomerate of the billionaire Koch brothers, is nearing a deal to acquire a significant minority stake in Infor Inc that will value the business software company at roughly $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Daimler boss tells German Greens he shares vision of zero-emission cars BERLIN (Reuters) - The chairman of Germany's largest luxury carmaker, Daimler-Benz, braved boos and a frosty reception as guest speaker at a Greens party congress on Sunday to tell delegates he too wants CO2-free cars on the roads. Audi software can distort emissions in tests, VW says BERLIN (Reuters) - Audi cars with automatic transmissions have technology capable of distorting emissions when they are tested, Volkswagen said, as its luxury flagship is battling allegations over a reported discovery of a new cheat software device. EU questions U.S. over Yahoo email scanning, amid privacy concerns BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has asked the United States about a secret court order Yahoo used to scan thousands of customer emails for possible terrorism links, following concerns that may have violated a new data transfer pact. Related Video Spray print app makes everyone an artist Scientists edit genome to cure sickle cell anemia Mediafile How about Hightail-ing it? On Twitter, dubious health claims from e-cigarette bots A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today A quick-fix on the day's news delivered when you want it. Register Today » » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2016 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook