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Japan Post to invest $2.6 billion in U.S. insurer Aflac: source

Japan Post Holdings Co, is planning to invest about $2.6 billion in Aflac Inc, aiming to become the largest shareholder in the U.S. insurer, a person familiar with the matter said.

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Phillips 66 to buy back 35 mln shares from Berkshire Hathaway

Phillips 66 said it will buy back shares worth $3.28 billion from a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, in a transaction that could ease regulatory pressure for Berkshire, the conglomerate run by...

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Gaw Capital Joins $1.9 Billion Swire Office Tower Deal

Gaw Capital Partners is in talks to join Henglilong Investments Ltd. in its HK$15 billion ($1.9 billion) acquisition of Swire Properties Ltd.’s Cityplaza Three and Cityplaza Four office buil...

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Indian Tycoons Offer to Invest $192 Million in Fortis Health

Binding offer to invest through preferential share allotment Intensifies race for Fortis after TPG-backed bid, one from IHH

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Tencent scraps plan to invest $150 million in Chinese education firm VIPKid: sources

Tencent has shelved plans to invest about $150 million to lead a fresh fundraising round for Chinese education firm VIPKid, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as Beijing tightens...

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Capitalization of crypto currency exceeded $ 800 billion

The market value of all the world's crypto currencies has surpassed the $ 800 billion mark. This is evidenced by the data of Coinmarketcap.

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Europe's Stellar Growth Stops as Inflation Spikes

Traders have cut rates on ECB rate hikes as the economy weakens. Inflation in the eurozone rose to a record level in July

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Billionaire Dangote will build one of the world's largest refineries in Nigeria worth $ 10 billion

The richest man in Africa, billionaire Aliko Dangote, plans to build one of the world's largest refineries in Nigeria by 2020, the project cost is estimated at $ 10 billion, reports Bloomber...

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Gibraltar is the first country in the world where ICO has been legislatively regulated

Since January 1, 2018 in Gibraltar, the regulatory framework for DLT (Distributed Registry Technologies) has come into force, in other words ICO in this country is now officially regulated....

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Saudi's PIF invests more than $1 billion in electric carmaker Lucid Motors

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has agreed to invest more than $1 billion in Lucid Motors, adding to the emerging competition facing U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc

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Exclusive: Naspers in talks to up stake in Russian classifieds website Avito

South African media and e-commerce Naspers said it was in talks to increase its stake in Avito, confirming a Reuters report that the group was close to taking control of Russia’s largest cla...

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  • 29.08.2022
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Central Banks in Jackson Hole Take Tougher Mission Ahead

Top officials at the world's largest central banks have coalesced around a simple message to Jackson Hole this weekend: They're willing to finish higher interest rates, even if it does caus...

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BMW to build 1 billion euro car factory in Hungary

BMW said it is investing 1 billion euros ($1.17 bln) in a new car factory in eastern Hungary, a project that could contribute to the country’s growth and strengthen its position as a center...

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Oil major Total and Aramco sign $5 billion deal to build Jubail petrochemical complex

French oil and gas major Total on Tuesday signed a $5 billion deal with Saudi Aramco to build a giant petrochemical complex at their 440,000 barrels-per-day Jubail Satorp refinery.

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Warren Buffett donates $3.4 billion to Gates' and family charities

Warren Buffett has donated roughly $3.4 billion of Berkshire Hathaway Inc stock to five charities, the billionaire’s largest contribution in his longstanding plan to give away his fortune.

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China's Didi to invest $1 billion in its auto services platform

Didi Chuxing Technology, China’s largest ride-hailing service, said on Monday it will invest $1 billion in its auto services business, part of a larger unit rebranding as the company ramps u...

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  • 15.07.2022
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Aston plans to raise £653 million with Saudi investment

PIF will become shareholder No. 2 after the Stroll consortium The board of directors of the automaker rejected the proposal of PE and Geely Aston Martin intends to issue 23.3 million new...

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Vertex Invests in Binance to Expand in Singapore

Vertex Ventures said it made an investment in digital asset trading platform operator Binance to develop a fiat-to-cryptocurrency exchange in Singapore.

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  • 09.07.2022
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Mortgage rates fell the most since December 2008 amid growing fears of a recession

According to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday, a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.3% for the week ended July 7. This is 40 basis points less than in the previous week – one ba...

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Enbridge to buy Spectra Energy for $3.3 billion

Enbridge Inc, Canada’s largest pipeline operator, said on Friday it would buy its U.S. master limited partnership Spectra Energy Partners for a sweetened deal of $3.3 billion.

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