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SoftBank to raise $8.9 billion from Alibaba sale
SoftBank Group Corp. said Thursday its sale of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. stock will raise $8.9 billion, an infusion of cash that can be used to strengthen the company’s balance sheet and allow it to act fast when making strategic investments. Alibaba is paying $74 a share to buy back ...
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USA Giappone
JAL ditches plan for Haneda-New York flights this fall
ork Japan Airlines Co. has abandoned plans to begin flights between Haneda airport and New York this fall, sources said Wednesday. The move came as the transport ministry plans to apply rules limiting the opening of new routes by JAL, which was rehabilitated from its 2010 bankruptcy with taxpayer money, ...
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Giappone
Lawson looking to buy U.S. convenience chains in overseas push
Lawson Inc., the nation’s second-biggest convenience store operator, is looking to buy chains in the U.S. as it speeds up overseas expansion with the aim of boosting its number of overseas outlets by about a quarter within a year. “In the U.S., where the market is mature, mergers and acquisitions ...
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Giappone
Four carmakers still installing defective Takata air bags: U.S. lawmaker
Toyota Motor Corp., Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, Volkswagen AG and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. are still selling new vehicles with defective air bags that will eventually need to be recalled, according to a report by a U.S. lawmaker overseeing the agency handling the largest-ever auto safety recall. Automakers confirmed they are ...
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Japan’s firms investing more in ASEAN, skipping China
Japanese investment in Southeast Asia continues to grow because of the region’s potential and low labor costs and amid simmering tensions that have reduced the appeal of China for some businesses. For a third straight year, in 2015 the amount of foreign direct investment from Japan to the 10-member Association ...
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USA Giappone
Landowners irked after Iowa board leans toward allowing pipeline project to start
The Iowa Utilities Board moved closer Wednesday to allowing a Texas oil pipeline company to begin construction in Iowa in areas for which it has landowner approval and permits, though construction still will have to wait in zones that are under federal jurisdiction. The three-member board voted unanimously to direct ...
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USA Giappone
Obama revisits revived Rust Belt GOP enclave to boast his economic gains, debunk Republican myths
President Barack Obama took on Donald Trump’s Republican campaign pitch to make America great again by declaring Wednesday that his economic policies already have made life better for middle-class voters. Obama returned to the site of his first presidential visit, Elkhart, Indiana, known for its motor home industry, to deliver ...
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Westinghouse in ‘advanced’ talks to build six reactors in India: ambassador
Toshiba Corp.’s Westinghouse Electric and India are in “advanced discussions” for the company to build six nuclear reactors there, the country’s ambassador to the United States said on Wednesday, ahead of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned visit to Washington next week. A deal with Westinghouse would be the first ...
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Swiss fete $12 billion 57-km rail tunnel, world’s longest, deepest
Just like Hannibal in ancient times, Swiss engineers have conquered the Alps. More than 2,200 years after the commander from the ancient North African civilization of Carthage led his army of elephants and troops over Europe’s highest mountain chain, the Swiss have completed another gargantuan task: Burrowing the world’s longest ...
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Senegal
Tambacounda:un présumé trafiquant international de drogue acquitté au bénéfice du doute
Tambacounda,1 er juin (APS) - La Chambre criminelle du Tribunal de grande instance de Tambacounda (est) a acquitté mercredi au bénéfice du doute Cheikh Sidate Diop,poursuivi pour trafic international de drogue,a constaté l'APS. Les éléments pour lesquels l'accusé est attrait devant la barre de la TGI remontent au12 octobre 2013. ...