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Fiat to sell parts unit Marelli to KKR’s Calsonic in $7.1bn deal

Bloomberg Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV agreed to sell its car-parts unit, Magneti Marelli, to KKR & Co.’s Calsonic Kansei in the first major deal for the Italian-American carmaker under new Chief Executive Officer Mike Manley. The transaction, valued at 6.2 billion euros ($7.1 billion), will create Japan-based Magneti Marelli CK Holdings, according to a statement. Beda Bolzenius, chief executive officer ...

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Philips falls as profit disappoints, trade war impact looms

Bloomberg Royal Philips NV shares fell to the lowest level in seven years after missing earnings expectations and warning trade wars and Brexit will weigh on its business. The Dutch health-technology company’s profit and sales growth missed estimates, with the shortfall most notably at the personal-health unit that makes products like electric toothbrushes, shavers and equipment to help with sleep ...

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Brexit uncertainty slashes investment in UK businesses

Bloomberg Four-fifths of UK companies have cut or withheld investment because of the uncertainty caused by Brexit, Britain’s biggest business lobby said. Some 58 percent of businesses have made plans to cut jobs, adjust supply chains, relocate production and services or stockpile products if no clarity emerges soon on Britain’s future relationship with the European Union after Brexit, according to ...

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