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Takata to set aside $864 million as part of U.S. DOJ settlement

FILE PHOTO – A logo of Takata Corp is seen with its display as people are reflected in a window at a showroom for vehicles in Tokyo, November 6, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Japan’s Takata Corp (7312.T) said on Thursday it will set aside 96.93 billion y... More »

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Harry Potter spinoff helps Time Warner top estimates

FILE PHOTO – A Time Warner logo is seen at a Time Warner store in New York City, October 23, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo Time Warner Inc reported higher-than-expected fourth-quarter results, largely due to box office hits such as the “Harry Potter... More »

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Volkswagen launches U.S. electric vehicle infrastructure unit

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. flag flutters in the wind above a Volkswagen dealership in Carlsbad, California, U.S. May 2, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Volkswagen Group of America on Tuesday announced a U.S. subsidiary that will manage $2 billion in investments in... More »

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Deutsche Boerse says clears CEO after analysis of talks with LSE

Carsten Kengeter, CEO of Deutsche Boerse talks to the media during the presentation of FinTec start-up facilities provided by Deutsche Boerse in Frankfurt, Germany, February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Deutsche Boerse’s (DB1Gn.DE) supervisory board backe... More »

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New GlaxoSmithKline CEO prepares for R&D choices, potential deals

Emma Walmsley of GlaxoSmithKline poses in this undated photograph released in London on September 20, 2016. Courtesy of GlaxoSmithKline/Handout via REUTERS Emma Walmsley, GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK.L) incoming CEO, will take over Britain’s biggest drugmaker at a c... More »

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Trading giant Glencore extends major Libyan oil deal: sources

FILE PHOTO: Pipelines are seen at the industrial zone at the oil port of Ras Lanuf, Libya January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori/File Photo Swiss-based commodities giant Glencore has extended a deal with Libya’s state oil firm to be the sole marketer o... More »

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Electrolux buys Anova to tap into connected products growth

The Electrolux logo is seen during the IFA Electronics show in Berlin, Germany September 4, 2014. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo Swedish home appliance maker Electrolux said on Monday it was buying precision cooker maker Anova in the United States as it ... More »

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Swedish payments firm Klarna buys Germany`s BillPay

People gather in Klarna office in Stockholm, Sweden February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Mia Shanley/File Photo Swedish payments firm Klarna, one of Europe’s most highly valued tech startups, said on Monday it is buying German online payment company BillPay. More »

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Vodafone says in Indian merger talks with Idea Cellular

A man speaks on his mobile phone next to a Vodafone advertisement in Kolkata, India, September 26, 2016. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri Vodafone (VOD.L) said on Monday it was in talks to merge its Indian operations with rival Idea Cellular (IDEA.NS) in an all-shar... More »

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Trust banks plan to sue Toshiba over 2015 accounting scandal

FILE PHOTO- A logo of Toshiba Corp is seen on a printed circuit board in this photo illustration taken in Tokyo July 31, 2012. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/File Phot Japanese trust banks are preparing to sue Toshiba Corp over its 2015 accounting scandal, a fresh heada... More »

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Snapchat to reveal financials within a week: sources

A billboard displays the logo of Snapchat above Times Square in New York March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo Snap Inc, the secretive technology company that owns the popular messaging service Snapchat, is due to reveal its financials within a week... More »

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Actelion`s Opsumit drug missed trial endpoint: doctor

Actelion’s Opsumit drug missed a primary endpoint in a late-stage study of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension due to Eisenmenger Syndrome, a doctor involved in the trial said in a statement from the Swiss drugmaker. More »

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Luxottica and Essilor confirm plans to merge companies

Lens producers Essilor’ s logo is seen in an optician shop in Paris, France, March 15, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer Italy’s Luxottica (LUX.MI) and France’s Essilor (ESSI.PA) confirmed on Monday plans to agree on a merger worth some 46 billion euros ($48.83 b... More »

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Alibaba leads $2.6 billion bid for Chinese retailer Intime

A logo of Alibaba Group is pictured at its headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, October 14, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer/File photo China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) is leading a $2.6 billion bid to privatize Intime Retail Group Co Ltd (1833.... More »

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Yahoo to be named Altaba, Mayer to leave board after Verizon deal

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer delivers her keynote address at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada in this January 7, 2014, file photo. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/Files Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) said Monday that it would rename itself Altaba Inc an... More »

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Microsoft, Qualcomm back Israel`s Team8 cybersecurity firm

The logo of Microsoft is pictured in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, August 8, 2016. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen/File Photo The venture arms of Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Qualcomm (QCOM.O) have invested in Team8, an Israeli creator of cybersecurity start-ups, as big multi... More »

IPF says to appeal against Polish tax body decision

Consumer credit lender International Personal Finance (IPF) said on Friday it would appeal against a decision by the Polish tax authority relating to the accounts of its Polish business, Provident Polska, for the 2008 financial year. More »

Abbott gets U.S. antitrust approval to buy St. Jude Medical

Traders gather at the booth that trades Abbott Laboratories on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, December 10, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Healthcare company Abbott Laboratories (ABT.N) has won U.S. antitrust approval for its proposed $25 billion acq... More »

Chinese investors buy stake in mapping firm HERE

A sign of Tencent is seen during the third annual World Internet Conference in Wuzhen town of Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song Two Chinese companies and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have agreed to buy a 10 percent ... More »

Ukraine declares largest lender insolvent, readies support

The logo of Privatbank is pictured outside its branch in central Kiev, Ukraine, December 18, 2016. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko Ukraine declared the country’s largest lender PrivatBank insolvent on Monday and said bringing it under state ownership was the only wa... More »

Ride-hailing firm Uber partners Indonesian taxi operator Express

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, addresses a gathering at an event in New Delhi, India, December 16, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi Uber Technologies [UBER.UL] and Indonesia’s second-biggest taxi operator PT Express Transindo Utama Tbk announced on Monday a partnership on... More »

Hopes rise that high-risk lending curbs will ease under Trump

People sit outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the morning commute in New York City, U.S., September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid – US leveraged lending guidelines could ease if a Wall Street-friendly Trump administration tells regulators t... More »

France`s Amundi to buy Pioneer from UniCredit for $3.75 billion

The Amundi company logo is seen at their headquarters in Paris, France, October 7, 2015. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer French fund management company Amundi (AMUN.PA) is to buy asset manager Pioneer from Italian bank UniCredit (CRDI.MI) for 3.55 billion euros ($3.7... More »

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Telefonica Deutschland appoints new CEO

Telefonica Deutschland said on Sunday its supervisory board has appointed Markus Haas to lead the company from 2017, replacing chief executive Thorsten Dirks who announced in November he was leaving the telecoms firm. More »

Murdoch`s Twenty-First Century Fox bids $14 billion for UK`s Sky

The flag of the Twenty-First Century Fox Inc is seen waving at the company headquarters in the Manhattan borough in New York June 11, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (FOXA.O) has struck a preliminary deal to... More »

BMW seeks to be `coolest` ride-hailing firm with autonomous car

The logo of BMW is pictured at at the 37th Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok, Thailand, March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/File Photo BMW will test autonomous vehicles in Munich next year as it seeks to keep up with ride-hailing firms like Ube... More »

Baker Hughes shares set to rise on GE deal: Barron`s

The ticker and logo for General Electric Co. is displayed on a screen at the post where it’s traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Shares of oilfield services company Baker Hug... More »

China will stick to `going out` strategy amid outflow concerns

People walk past the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, as two paramilitary police officials patrol around it in Beijing November 20, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo China said on Monday it will stick to its opening up poli... More »

Actelion confirms Johnson & Johnson approach

A general view shows Swiss biotech group Actelion Headquarters in Allschwil near Basel February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Actelion (ATLN.S) has confirmed it has been approached by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) about a possible transaction to take over the Sw... More »

Johnson & Johnson approaches Actelion about takeover deal

A general view shows Swiss biotech group Actelion Headquarters in Allschwil near Basel February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann U.S. healthcare company Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) said on Friday it was in preliminary talks with Actelion (ATLN.S) about a potentia... More »

Symantec agrees to buy LifeLock for $2.3 billion in cash: media

The Symantec booth is seen during the 2016 Black Hat cyber-security conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. August 3, 2016. REUTERS/David Becker Computer security software manufacturer Symantec Corp. (SYMC.O) will acquire LifeLock Inc. (LOCK.N) for $2.3 billion ... More »

Symantec to acquire LifeLock for $2.3 billion

The Symantec booth is seen during the 2016 Black Hat cyber-security conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. August 3, 2016. REUTERS/David Becker/File Photo Symantec Corp (SYMC.O) said it would acquire U.S. identity theft protection services company LifeLock Inc ... More »

UniCredit, SocGen decline to comment on merger rumor

The headquarters of UniCredit bank is seen in Milan, Italy, in this February 8, 2016 file photo. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini UniCredit (CRDI.MI) and Societe Generale (SOGN.PA) declined to comment on talk of a possible merger between them after their shares rose... More »

Japan self-driving venture ZMP gets approval to list next month

The company logo of ZMP Inc. is seen on the body of a Robot Taxi Inc.’s Robot taxi, a self-driving taxi based on a Toyota Estima car body, during an unveiling ceremony in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, October 1, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino Japanese robotics st... More »

Siemens to buy Mentor Graphics in $4.5 billion deal

Siemens logo is pictured at a building of the manufacturing plant of Siemens Healthineers in Forchheim near Nuremberg, Germany, October 7, 2016. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle Siemens (SIEGn.DE) agreed to buy U.S.-based Mentor Graphics (MENT.O) in a $4.5 billion cash ... More »

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U.S. telecom firm Windstream to buy EarthLink

Windstream Holdings Inc said on Monday it would buy fellow U.S. telecommunications company EarthLink Holdings Corp in a deal valued at about $1.1 billion, including debt, in a bid to cut costs and better compete with rivals. More »

Germany pushes China to help its firms do business

German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ahead of their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 01 November 2016. REUTERS/Wu Hong/Pool German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel urged the Chinese govern... More »

Deutsche Bank`s sale of stake in Hua Xia gets watchdog`s nod

The logo of Germany’s largest business bank, Deutsche Bank is seen in front of one of the bank’s office buildings in Frankfurt, Germany, October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) sale of a 20 percent stake in Chinese peer Hua Xia (60... More »

For AT&T, Time Warner was always on the menu

An AT&T logo is seen at an AT&T store in New York City, October 23, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith When Time Warner Inc’s (TWX.N) Jeff Bewkes welcomed AT&T Inc’s (T.N) Randall Stephenson for lunch at Time Warner Center in New York in late August, their meeting ... More »

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AT&T acquisition of Time Warner may avoid FCC oversight

AT&T Inc (T.N) may bypass a powerful telecommunications regulator by offloading a Time Warner broadcast station, analysts say, as the telcommunications giant braces for what is expected to be a lengthy and tough antitrust review of its proposed $85.4 billion d... More »

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U.S. banks add pieces to new instant payments network

By the end of December some U.S. bank customers may begin to notice features of the new Zelle instant payments network appearing on their mobile phone and online banking apps as the financial industry tries to catch up to technology company rivals, such as Ven... More »

AT&T-Time Warner deal sparks calls for scrutiny in Washington

Signage that reads Time Warner is seen at the Time Warner Center in New York City, October 23, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith AT&T Inc’s (T.N) proposed $85 billion takeover of Time Warner Inc (TWX.N) generated skepticism among both Democrats and Republicans on ... More »

Centuries-old Ten Commandments tablet heads to auction in Texas

A stone tablet thought to be about 1,500 years old with a, worn-down chiseled inscription of the Ten Commandments is seen in this photo released in Dallas, Texas, U.S., October 21, 2016. Courtesy Heritage Auctions/Handout via REUTERS A stone tablet thought to ... More »

Dutch firm Avantium to IPO to fund plastics from plants

Yoghurt by French foods group Danone is seen in this photo illustration shot in Strasbourg, April 15, 2015. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File Photo Dutch chemical technology firm Avantium will announce an initial public offering (IPO) this week to fund production o... More »

Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat request Egypt 4G licenses: regulator

The building of Vodafone Egypt Telecommunications Co is seen at the Smart Village in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat have requested fourth-generation mobile phone service licenses in Egypt, an o... More »

Egypt completes long-delayed 4G mobile license deals

The building of Vodafone Egypt Telecommunications Co is seen at the Smart Village in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat Misr signed licensing agreements on Sunday for the operation of 4G mobile bro... More »

Tesla, Panasonic to collaborate on solar cells production

A man looks around Tesla Motors’ Model S P85 at its showroom in Beijing January 29, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors said it would collaborate with Japan’s Panasonic Corp to manufacture solar cells and modules in New York. More »

Infineon buys Dutch firm in push to control driverless cars

The logo of semiconductor manufacturer Infineon is seen at its Austrian headquarters in Villach, Austria, August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader Infineon Technologies AG (IFXGn.DE) has acquired Dutch electronics company Innoluce BV, a designer of miniature ... More »

Singapore shuts Falcon bank unit, fines DBS and UBS over 1MDB

An empty reception area at Falcon Private Bank office in Singapore October 11, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su Singapore’s central bank on Tuesday shut down a second Swiss bank in the city-state and fined banks DBS and UBS in its biggest crackdown on alleged money-laun... More »