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Nigerian president says he’s very much alive

Bloomberg Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has an unusual new campaign pitch: he isn’t dead. In a Facebook post following a meeting with Nigerians in Poland, Buhari said he’d been asked whether it really was him speaking to the group or a clone, given speculation he’d died last year when he was absent from the country on medical leave. “I can ...

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‘EU desperate for Brexit deal as vote looms’

Bloomberg The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) suggested the European Union will give the UK a better Brexit deal, as members of Parliament prepare to give their verdict on Theresa May’s accord. “Does anyone for a moment think that the EU states don’t desperately want a deal by March?,” Foster said in remarks to Conservative Party members, and e-mailed to Bloomberg. ...

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Unilever adds Horlicks in $3.8bn deal for Glaxo India

Bloomberg Unilever agreed to acquire GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s Indian consumer business, including malted milk drink Horlicks, for 3.3 billion euros ($3.8 billion) to boost its footprint in one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies. It’s one of the Anglo-Dutch company’s largest acquisitions under departing Chief Executive Officer Paul Polman, who in January is handing over to personal-care head Alan Jope. It’s ...

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