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$798mn Japanese banana bid sends Fyffes shares soaring

  Bloomberg Japan’s Sumitomo Corp. agreed to buy banana importer Fyffes Plc for 751 million euros ($798 million) in cash, expanding its reach in the global fruit market and sending the Irish company’s shares soaring. Sumitomo offered 2.23 euros a share for Dublin-based Fyffes, 49 percent more than Thursday’s closing price, in a deal it said furthers its position as ...

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SAIL posts sixth straight quarterly loss

  Bloomberg Steel Authority of India Ltd., the country’s top producer, booked a loss for the sixth straight quarter, almost in line with analyst estimates, as costs increased. The company lost 7.3 billion rupees ($108 million) in the three months through September compared with a shortfall of 11.1 billion rupees a year ago, the company said in a statement. That ...

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Oil sands producers in Canada eye expansions

  Bloomberg Canadian oil sands producers are finally ready to grow again as Cenovus Energy Inc. and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. announce they are pushing ahead with expansion projects two years into the worst crude slump in decades. Cenovus said that the company will proceed with its 50,000 barrel a day phase G expansion at its Christina Lake oil sands ...

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