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Shanghvi gets reprieve as FDA clears Sun Pharma’s key plant

Bloomberg Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. shares extended a rally after US regulators lifted sanctions on a key plant, clearing the way for India’s biggest drugmaker to renew product launches from the facility after a two and a half year ban. The US Food and Drug Administration has closed its inspection of the Halol plant after the issues contained in a ...

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Progress on global trade may unravel: Singapore

Bloomberg Global trade faces greater uncertainty and there’s a risk progress that’s been made on commerce may unravel because of dispute between China and the US, Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said. The relationship between the world’s two largest economies will be the most important in defining the future of global economics and trade, Shanmugaratnam said at a briefing ...

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India’s copper imports to rise on Vedanta plant closure

Bloomberg Copper imports by India are about to rise fourfold as the shuttering of a huge smelter in the south of the country slashes local supply at a time when demand is starting to accelerate, according to Care Ratings Ltd. Overseas purchases of refined metal are set to climb to 170,000 metric tons in the year through March from about ...

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Trainer of North Korean entrepreneurs says change to be slow

Bloomberg In 2016, Geoffrey See was jolted awake on a flight run by North Korea’s national carrier as smoke swirled through the cabin. Passengers sensed that the aircraft was descending rapidly, yet their panic was met with preternatural calm by a crew who insisted nothing was amiss. The travellers sat in white-knuckled fear as the plane made an emergency landing. ...

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AT&T’s court victory a setback for US merger enforcement

Bloomberg AT&T Inc.’s sweeping court victory allowing its takeover of Time Warner Inc. delivers a sharp setback to the Justice Department’s new approach to policing mergers under President Donald Trump and promises to spark a merger wave across industries. The federal judge’s decision raises the bar for the government’s ability to challenge deals between companies that don’t compete directly. That ...

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Adyen doubles in debut in year’s biggest European tech IPO

Bloomberg Adyen NV, a Dutch payments processor whose clients include Netflix Inc. and Spotify Technology SA, more than doubled in its trading debut in Amsterdam. The shares, which priced at 240 euros apiece in Europe’s biggest technology public offering of the year, reached 503.90 euros early on Wednesday, before retreating to 436.55 euros by 1:10 p.m. local time. Adyen’s market ...

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Dixons says 6mn cards hit in cyberattack

Bloomberg A cyberattack at Dixons Carphone Plc affected almost 6 million payment cards as hackers sought access to customers’ personal data in another challenge for new Chief Executive Officer Alex Baldock. The retailer, already struggling with a slowing mobile phone market in the UK and the rise of Amazon.com Inc., said 1.2 million records containing nonfinancial information such as names, ...

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Accenture unveils tool to help firms eliminate ‘bias’

Bloomberg Consulting firm Accenture has a new tool to help businesses detect and eliminate gender, racial and ethnic bias in artificial intelligence software. Companies and governments are increasingly turning to machine-learning algorit-hms to help make critical decisions, including who to hire, who gets insurance or a mortgage, who receives government benefits and even whether to grant a prisoner parole. One ...

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US inflation accelerates to six-year high, eroding wages

Bloomberg US inflation accelerated in May to the fastest pace in more than six years, reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s outlook for gradual interest-rate hikes while eroding wage gains that remain relatively tepid despite an 18-year low in unemployment. The consumer price index rose 0.2 percent from the previous month and 2.8 percent from a year earlier, matching estimates, a Labor ...

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Trump-Kim meet stirs skepticism as future steps remain unclear

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un produced a historic handshake but all of the work to make the deal a reality lies ahead, with no benchmarks for progress, follow-up meetings scheduled or even common agreement on what success would look like. The lack of any details contributed to an air of skepticism in Washington about ...

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