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Decade after Lehman collapse, investors shun bank stocks

Bloomberg Time may heal all wounds. But the decade since the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. hasn’t been long enough to restore investors’ faith in banks. While this week marks the 10-year anniversary of the Lehman bankruptcy, an event seen widely as a catalyst for the global financial crisis, data on stock prices and fund positioning suggests the aversion ...

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Renesas to acquire American chipmaker IDT for $6.7 billion

Bloomberg Renesas Electronics Corp., the second-biggest supplier of semiconductors used in cars, plans to acquire Integrated Device Technology (IDT) Inc. for about $6.7 billion to expand beyond the automotive sector into data centres and communications devices. The Japanese company will pay $49 a share, it said in a statement, about a 16 percent premium to the US company’s Monday close ...

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Volvo Cars shuts plant with Hurricane Florence forcing evacuations

Bloomberg Volvo Car Group will temporarily idle its brand new car factory in South Carolina after Hurricane Florence spurred orders to evacuate areas in the path of the Category 4 storm. “We have decided to shut down our plant tomorrow in light of the evacuation order that’s now in place for Charleston, Dorchester and Berkeley counties,” Stephanie Mangini, a Volvo ...

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