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  Bloomberg Now that Bayer AG’s bid for seed giant Monsanto Co. is out of the bag, attention has turned to how much the German company will need to pay. The value of the transaction could top $63 billion, according to some analysts tracking the situation. So far, neither side has disclosed the terms or structure of the deal. That’s ...

  Bloomberg Wall Street is pushing back against the Federal Reserve’s tougher tone on raising interest rates, as strategists see the bond market warning of potential consequences. Treasuries staged their biggest weekly decline since November after minutes from the Fed’s April meeting rekindled wagers that policy makers will raise rates as soon as next month. The dollar soared and bond-market ...

  Bloomberg Brazil’s new economic team projects the largest budget deficit before interest payments on record this year, underscoring the challenge Acting President Michel Temer will face in turning around Latin America’s biggest economy. Temer’s administration will submit a bill that would allow it to report a primary budget gap of 170.5 billion reais ($48.4 billion) in 2016, Finance Minister ...

  Bloomberg Deere & Co., the world’s biggest agricultural equipment manufacturer, cut its fiscal full-year earnings outlook as lower commodity prices hurt farmers’ income and a glut of unsold machinery continues to pile up at dealerships. Full-year net profit will be about $1.2 billion in the year through October, Moline, Illinois-based Deere said in a statement Friday, compared with the ...

  Bloomberg Mexico’s financial stability is hanging in the balance as the peso’s tumble prompts a dangerous acceleration in outflows from the nation’s bonds, according to BNP Paribas SA. A pullback by foreigners is particularly worrisome for authorities, who have often cited peso bond holdings by international investors as a sign of stability. Central bank policy makers will now have ...

  Bloomberg General Motors Co. will spend about $100 million to reimburse customers who bought 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave sport utility vehicles with overstated fuel economy figures, said a person familiar with the matter. Fuel economy was overstated by 1 to 2 miles per gallon because the company failed to reflect new emissions-related hardware in calculations ...

  Tokyo / Bloomberg Environmental groups urged the Japanese government to use the Group of Seven summit meeting to be held from Friday in western Japan as a platform to announce a shift away from fossil-fuel financing. The groups, including 350.org Japan and Friends of the Earth Japan, staged rallies outside government offices in Tokyo on Thursday ahead of submitting ...

  Shanghai / Bloomberg China National Chemical Corp. extended its tender offer for Syngenta AG shares by more than a month as it waits for regulatory approval for its planned $43 billion takeover of the Swiss seed and pesticide maker. State-owned ChemChina offered in February to buy Basel, Switzerland-based Syngenta for $465 a share in cash plus a special dividend ...

  HYDERABAD / AP Apple will set up an office in southern India to develop the Maps feature for its products, the company said on Thursday in its second such announcement since CEO Tim Cook arrived in the country. A company statement said the venture will be located in the technology hub of Hyderabad and will create about 4,000 jobs. ...

  HONG KONG / AP Chinese appliance maker Midea made a takeover offer for German industrial robot maker Kuka, a move that it says would help it capture a larger share of the “future service robots market.” Midea said it would offer 115 euros (about $130) a share to buy all the Kuka shares it doesn’t already own. The cash ...