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Lupin recalls 18,000 drug bottles in US

Bloomberg Indian drug maker Lupin Ltd. is recalling more than 18,000 bottles of an antibiotic drug used to treat bacterial infections from the US market. Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc, the US unit of the Indian company, is recalling the drug due to a “complaint received of metal piece identified in the product bottle prior to the reconstitution,” according to information on ...

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India trade gap ‘widens’ for third month in a row

Bloomberg India’s trade deficit widened for a third straight month as exports remained sluggish amid a slowing global economy and escalating US-China trade war. The gap between exports and imports was $15.36 billion in May, slightly higher than $15.33 billion in April, according to data from the Commerce Ministry. That compares with the $15.74 billion median estimate in a Bloomberg ...

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India increases tariffs on US goods as trade war heats up

Bloomberg India has imposed higher customs duties on a raft of US goods on Sunday in response to similar measures taken by Washington, according to a government notice. The increased charges have been imposed on 28 products including chickpeas, phosphoric acid, apples, almonds and walnuts, according to the notice released late on Saturday. The country would get about $217 million ...

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Dan Loeb calls Sony to spin off its semiconductor unit

Bloomberg Activist investor Dan Loeb disclosed a $1.5 billion stake in Sony Corp. and pushed the company to make dramatic changes, including spinning off its semiconductor business and listing it in Japan. Sony’s shares rose 3.1% in Tokyo after Loeb’s Third Point published a letter and 102-page presentation pushing for changes at the Japanese media and electronics giant, including sales ...

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VW’s $18.6 billion truck IPO to test CEO’s overhaul push

Bloomberg Volkswagen AG valued its heavy-trucks business at as much as $18.6 billion in a planned initial public offering that will test Chief Executive Officer Herbert Diess’s ambition of overhauling the carmaking behemoth. The manufacturer intends to offer stock in Traton SE, which sells MAN and Scania AB vehicles, for between 27 euros to 33 euros per share, it said ...

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Netflix steps up multimedia push

Bloomberg Netflix Inc. is unveiling new video games based on its shows, stepping up efforts to turn its streaming platform into a multimedia empire. Netflix is just starting to explore the possibility of turning its movies and TV shows into other products. The show is one of the service’s most popular, especially in the US and among younger viewers. The ...

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Canada is luring technology talent away from US with fast-track visa

Bloomberg A Canadian program designed to speed up the hiring of foreign talent is attracting thousands of tech workers and other skilled employees, many of whom are unhappy with restrictive US immigration policies. The Global Skills Strategy, which came into effect two years ago, has attracted about 24,000 people over the past two years, according to government figures. The program ...

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‘New entrants threaten Uber profit in London’

Bloomberg New entrants to the London ride-hailing market could potentially pose a risk to one of Uber Technologies Inc.’s most profitable markets, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley. Every 400 basis point change in UK rideshare adjusted net revenue would result in a $100 million hit to Uber’s 2020 profit, analysts led by Brian Nowak wrote in a note. The ...

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CrowdStrike soars in trading debut raising $612mn

Bloomberg Software maker CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. soared in its trading debut after raising $612 million in one of the biggest-ever initial public offerings for a cybersecurity company. Shares opened at $63.50 in New York and rose as much as 97 percent from their IPO price to $67. The stock closed up 71 percent to $58. That valued the company at ...

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UAE top FDI recipient in Arab world

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE ranked 27th globally in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in 2018, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s World Investment Report 2019, three positions up from its 2017’s classification by UNCTAD. Overall, the report said, the UAE received in 2018 direct foreign investments of more $10.4 billion, maintaining lead as ...

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