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Trump Administration preparing grounds for tapping Afghanistan’s rare earth minerals
With Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani visiting the U.S. the two leaders vowed to defeat terrorism, the steep hurdle that has to be crossed before Afghanistan’s riches can be tapped. In a meeting in New York, U.S. President Donald Trump and… Read More ›
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Trump Administration introduces bill to ease the exports of small arms
The move is likely to boost the sales of guns, but it is unlikely to have a significant impact on the overall revenues of U.S. gun makers, since exports sales account for only 10% of their total revenues. In efforts… Read More ›
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Toshiba awaiting letters of commitments from the Bain Capital led consortium before formalizing the sale of its NAND chip business to it
Despite the development, there is a level of uncertainty caused by legal measures taken by Western Digital Corp, Toshiba’s joint venture partner in its chip business. On Thursday Japan’s embattled Toshiba Corp is expected to formalize the sale of its… Read More ›
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Google to acquire a stake in HTC for $1.1 billion
The deal deepens Google’s investments in its Pixel line up. On Thursday, in a joint statement, Alphabet Inc’s Google and HTC, have said, the former will acquire a stake in HTC’s smartphone operations for $1.1 billion. As part of the… Read More ›
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Uber’s Asia business under bribery cloud; allegations of bribery being probed by DOJ
Uber’s law firm O‘Melveny & Myers LLP is investigating on why some potentially problematic business dealings were not disclosed sooner. With a federal probe looking into whether Uber Technologies broke U.S. bribery laws, the ride services company has begun reviewing… Read More ›
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Chinese logistics and delivery firm Best slashes IPO expectations, raises $450 million
With lackluster performance of shares post IPO, offerings from Chinese firms have investors on their guard. With tepid investor demand, Chinese logistics firm, Best Inc, priced its U.S. initial public offering (IPO) at the bottom of expectations and in the… Read More ›
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Bayer revises the completion of its $66 billion takeover of Monsanto to early 2018
The European Commission is scrutinizing the impact the deal will have on competition in pesticides and seeds markets. On Tuesday, German pesticides and drugs makers Bayer said, it would need some more time to complete its $66 billion takeover of… Read More ›
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Clariant’s $20 billion merger with Huntsman Corp in doubt after White Tale becomes Clariant’s biggest shareholder.
As per White Tale the merger between the two Swiss chemical makers did not make sense since it does not bring about value to shareholders. Of the $400 million cost savings that are targeted through the merger, Clariant alone could… Read More ›