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By Caroline Winter

August 9, 2012 at 6:45 PM UTC

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This article is part of the August 13, 2012 issue of businessweek.

1. Best Buy founder Richard Schulze floated a plan to take the ailing electronics retailer private for $24 to $26 a share, an offer which values the chain at up to $9.5 billion, including net debt.

2. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing is investing $1.4 billion in ASML Holding, Europe’s largest chip-equipment maker, underscoring an industry trend toward supply-chain integration.