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Japan activist makes surprise bid to disrupt Toshiba deal

Bloomberg Japan’s best-known activist investor, Yoshiaki Murakami, announced a tender offer for Toshiba Machine Co, one of the entities embroiled in a controversial takeover battle for NuFlare Technology Inc. The bid late from Murakami vehicle Office Support came just hours after Toshiba Machine confirmed it had agreed to tender its shares in NuFlare to Toshiba Corp for 11,900 yen apiece. ...

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Toyota showers billions on US plants after slow shift to SUVs

Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp has poured more money into yet another North American plant to boost production of the SUVs and trucks US customers increasingly seek instead of sedans. The Japanese automaker said it has spent $700 million and hired 150 new workers at its plant in Princeton, Indiana, mostly to increase output of its Highlander sport utility vehicle. The ...

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UK economy won’t stay close to EU after Brexit, says Javid

Bloomberg UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid signalled Britain is planning to shift its economy further away from the European Union’s, firing an early salvo in what’s set to be a fractious year to hammer out their future relationship. “There will not be alignment, we will not be a ruletaker, we will not be in the single market and ...

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Amazon’s snooping on Alexa spurs EU privacy response

Bloomberg European Union (EU) privacy watchdogs are gearing up to police digital assistants after revelations that Amazon.com Inc workers listened in on people’s conversations with their Alexa digital assistants. Bloomberg first reported in April that Amazon had a team of thousands of workers around the world listening to Alexa audio requests with the goal of improving the software. Similar issues ...

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Facebook foes sue to force Mark Zuckerberg to sell majority stake

Bloomberg Facebook Inc was sued by four potential competitors who accuse it of anticompetitive behavior and who asked a judge to order Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to give up control of the social media behemoth. The companies also said if Facebook isn’t forced to sell its WhatsApp and Instagram assets, it’ll integrate them into the social network, “consolidating its ...

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Trump trial set to open with questions on Ukraine ‘favour’

Bloomberg “Read the transcript!” That’s the rallying cry of President Donald Trump and supporters who say he did nothing wrong in the Ukraine impeachment saga. Democrats countered that the White House readout of Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president offers strong evidence of his guilt. The key line they point to is this: “I would like you to do us a ...

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Mohamed, Egypt president attend Barnis Military Base inauguration

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt, along with several representatives of Arab and foreign countries, attended the inauguration of the Barnis Military Base located in Southern Military Area of the Red Sea Governorate. ...

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Masdar launches first green real estate investment trust

ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company and one of the world’s leading renewable energy and sustainable real estate companies, has announced the launch of a sustainable real estate investment trust (REIT) — the first ‘green’ REIT to be introduced in the UAE. The REIT was launched at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), by Ahmed Ali ...

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Masdar, Cepsa to form JV to develop renewables projects

ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies and a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, and Cepsa, a global energy and chemical company owned by Mubadala and The Carlyle Group, on Wednesday announced an agreement to establish a joint venture company to develop renewable energy projects in Spain and Portugal. The 50:50 venture was announced ...

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Bee’ah inks deal to tackle plastic pollution in UAE

Abu Dhabi / WAM Bee’ah, the Middle East’s sustainability pioneer, and Unilever Gulf, one of the region’s leading suppliers of beauty and personal care, home care, and food and refreshment products, announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2020 to explore collaboration in an end-to-end integrated plastic recycling management system, through ambitious plans for a ...

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