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Aramco and France’s Total Looking at Buying Saudi Fuel Stations

Firms are also exploring consolidation or starting a new firm Credit Agricole, Saudi Fransi advising on fuel station plans

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Qatar plans to invest billions of dollars in Germany

Qatar plans to invest billions of dollars more in Germany and will broaden its focus to the country’s medium-sized companies, business newspaper Handelsblatt said in a report due to be publi...

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China went around the US to raise funds in AI startups

The volume of investments in startups that deal with artificial intelligence was $ 15.2 billion last year. Almost half of this amount was attracted by Chinese start-ups. In terms of investme...

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Retailer Casino to sell Leader Price assets in France to Aldi

Debt-laden French retailer Casino has agreed to sell 567 Leader Price stores in France, plus three warehouses, to German discount rival Aldi in a deal with an enterprise value of 735 million...

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'Emperor' stocks soar in China as Xi cleared for indefinite reign

Chinese speculators pounced on stocks with “emperor” in their name on Monday, after the ruling Communist Party set the stage for President Xi Jinping to stay in office indefinitely.

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  • 09.08.2022
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The great European energy crisis is now coming for your food

At the 240,000-square-foot Brioche Pasquier plant, located about an hour's drive from London, every roll that comes out of giant gas furnaces now costs at least 50% more.

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Why Investors in Oil Companies Don't Care About Crude's Drop

Crude prices are down yet European oil companies are weathering the slump, signaling a change in fortunes for last year’s laggards.

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 EDF shares jumped amid news that France will pay 8 billion euros for the nationalization of the company

In the midst of Europe's worst energy crisis in a generation, France wants to return a debt-ridden utility company to full state ownership to control household electricity bills, while maki...

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Linde sells assets for $3.3 billion to help get Praxair deal cleared

Linde is raising $3.3 billion from selling North and South American assets to a consortium of German gases firm Messer and buyout group CVC as it seeks clearance for a planned $87 billion me...

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Goldman Sachs, Wellcome Trust in joint bid for Network Rail's commercial property estate

Goldman Sachs and the Wellcome Trust charity have made a joint bid to buy the commercial property portfolio of Britain’s Network Rail, a spokeswoman for the Wellcome Trust said.

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Takeda gets Japanese approval for $62 billion Shire purchase

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said on Thursday Japan’s Fair Trade Commission had approved its $62 billion acquisition of Shire Plc, bringing the Japanese firm closer to sealing a deal that wi...

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  • 08.07.2022
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Bitcoin is on track for its biggest weekly gain since October

Bitcoin is on track for its best weekly gain since last October, helped by a return to risk appetite in global markets more broadly. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap is up more tha...

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Twitter has acquired a start-up Smyte to combat trolls

Microblogging expects to use Smyte technology to more effectively detect potential infringers

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Exclusive: Agribusiness giant ADM made buyout approach to Argentina

Top U.S. grain merchant Archer Daniels Midland Co has approached Argentine soy crusher Molinos Agro about buying the company’s livestock feed and soyoil manufacturing plant, and talks may co...

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Adani May Sell Stake in Carmichael Coal Mine Amid Funding Delay

Indian company to miss March deadline for financing package Will consider selling stake in project as part of strategy

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Momo Agrees on $735 Million Deal for Tinder-Like Rival

U.S.-listed company will use cash, shares for the acquisition Deal will shore up their dominance in Chinese online dating

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Chinese Tycoon to Buy Irish Plane Lessor for About $2.8 Billion

Cheng’s jewelry-to-property empire boosting aviation business Initial public offering for jet leasing unit is in the cards

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  • 04.07.2022
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Credit Suisse faces 8-month lag in new customers in Asia

New customers wait as long as eight months to open accounts with Credit Suisse Group AG in Asia after the lender stepped up scrutiny after a recent string of scandals, the Financial Times r...

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Elon Musk's Boring Co to build high-speed commuter system in Chicago

Chicago has selected billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s Boring Co to build a high-speed underground commuter system from the downtown Loop district to O’Hare International Airport, one of...

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Startup Vuzix has developed AR-glasses with voice assistant from Amazon

New York startup Vuzix created "smart" glasses augmented reality with support for voice assistant Alexa from Amazon. They will be presented at CES 2018, Bloomberg reports .

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