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German factory orders unexpectedly rise amid deteriorating prospects

German manufacturing orders rose unexpectedly in May, even as global momentum has been weighed down by rampant inflation and uncertainty caused by Russia's war in Ukraine.  Demand increase...

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China began to issue long-term visas to highly qualified specialists and entrepreneurs

Since January 1, 2018, Chinese authorities have issued long-term visas to attract highly qualified foreigners - entrepreneurs, scientists, specialists in the field of new technologies. This...

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Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought 75 million more Apple shares in first quarter: CNBC

Berkshire Hathaway Inc bought 75 million additional Apple Inc shares in the first three months of the year, CEO Warren Buffett told CNBC on Thursday, aggressively ramping up its bets on the...

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Alibaba Leads $1.38 Billion Investment in Delivery Giant ZTO

The investor group will get 10% of the Chinese delivery giant Alibaba’s Cainiao and ZTO will then collaborate on logistics

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Carl Icahn sells Tropicana casinos in $1.85 billion deal

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is cashing out of casino business Tropicana Entertainment in a $1.85 billion deal that will see Eldorado Resorts picking up Tropicana’s casino operations incl...

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Canada to buy Kinder Morgan oil pipeline in bid to save project

Canada will buy Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd’s Trans Mountain pipeline for C$4.5 billion ($3.5 billion), the government said on Tuesday, hoping to save a project that faces formidable political...

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National Grid to Sell Cadent Stake for 1.2 Billion Pounds

National Grid Plc agreed to sell its remaining 25 percent stake in the U.K.’s biggest gas distribution business to focus on assets that deliver higher growth.

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Aladdin Shopping Center is for sale

The seller is the British investment fund Meyer Bergman

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Exclusive: China's Tianqi nears $4.3 billion deal to buy stake in Chile's SQM - sources

China’s Tianqi Lithium is nearing a deal to buy a 24 percent stake in Chile’s Sociedad Quimica Y Minera SQMa.SN, one of the world’s biggest lithium producers, for about $4.3 billion, two peo...

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China's Xiaomi targets as much as $6.1 billion in Hong Kong IPO: sources

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp is planning to raise up to $6.1 billion from a Hong Kong IPO launching this week, people with knowledge of the matter said, in what will be one of the bi...

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Exclusive: Vitol, Glencore, Shell in running for Petrobras' Nigerian assets

The world’s three largest oil traders are competing to buy the African arm of Brazil’s Petrobras (PETR4.SA) that owns stakes in two major Nigerian offshore oil blocks, industry and banking s...

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PayPal to Buy iZettle for $2.2 Billion to Compete With Square

PayPal Holdings Inc. is buying Swedish small-business platform iZettle for $2.2 billion to expand in Europe and Latin America and increase its presence in brick and mortar stores.

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LaSalle Hotel accepts Blackstone's $3.7 billion cash offer

LaSalle Hotel Properties decided to sell itself to private equity firm Blackstone Group LP for $3.7 billion in cash, rejecting a cash-and-stock offer from rival Pebblebrook Hotel Trust.

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Britain's Zoopla, PrimeLocation bought by Silver Lake for $3 billion

Silver Lake is buying Zoopla and PrimeLocation owner ZPG for 2.2 billion pounds ($3 billion), landing the Daily Mail publishing group a 642 million pound windfall for cashing out of online p...

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Microsoft to take on Amazon with $7.5 billion GitHub deal

Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would buy privately held coding website GitHub Inc for $7.5 billion in an all-stock deal to beef up its cloud computing business and challenge market leader...

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Exclusive: ConocoPhillips prepares to sell stake in Canada's Cenovus - sources

ConocoPhillips is preparing to offload its stake in Cenovus Energy Inc that it acquired as part of an asset sale to the Canadian oil and gas producer last year, people familiar with the matt...

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BRICS Bank to Boost South African Loans by as Much as $600 Million

NDB to balance loans equally among emerging BRICS economies South Africa’s leadership changes have spurred confidence

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Buffett proposed to invest $3 billion in Uber, but talks failed: Bloomberg

Billionaire Warren Buffett had proposed to invest $3 billion in Uber Technologies Inc earlier this year, but the talks failed following disagreements over the deal’s terms, Bloomberg reporte...

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Farfetch Buys China Agency to Bring Luxury Brands to WeChat

London-based online fashion retailer acquires CuriosityChina Luxury goods makers adapt to digitally savvy Chinese clients

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US Foods to buy SGA's Food Group for $1.8 billion

Food distribution company US Foods Holding Corp said on Monday it would buy SGA’s Food Group of Cos for $1.8 billion in cash and reported disappointing second-quarter sales, sending its shar...

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