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China finds tech firm in Taiwan it can acquire

Bloomberg China’s speedy approval of what will probably be one of its biggest IPOs in history has all the markings of a perfect marriage. Foxconn Industrial Internet Co., a maker of smartphones, cloud computing equipment and robots, is preparing to list in Shanghai just as the government seeks to revive the nation’s equity market with shiny new tech companies. The ...

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Jaguar owner wants to hire women in India but fewer are working

Bloomberg Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata Motors Ltd. had just about 200 women on the shop floor three years ago. Now, it has 10 times that number and is looking to hire more. In socially conservative India, that may be a tall order. Better educated women from wealthier families aren’t encouraged to work and it’s usually when a man’s salary ...

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GKN seals $6.1 billion Dana autos deal to fend off Melrose

Bloomberg UK engineer GKN Plc agreed to sell its automotive unit to US-based Dana Inc. in a $6.1 billion transaction aimed at repelling a hostile takeover from investment group Melrose Industries Plc. GKN shareholders would get stock in the new group valued at $3.5 billion, plus $1.6 billion of cash, and Dana would assume $1 billion of pension debt, the ...

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