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UK, India nationalists will regret Brexit, Article 370

Long on a roll, right-wing nationalists finally seem to be overreaching. Evidence came from two different sources this week: India and Britain. Brexit, advocated and promoted by mostly English nationalists, always threatened the breakup of Great Britain. With new Prime Minister Boris Johnson now vowing to leave the European Union on October 31 without a deal and regardless of the ...

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Nissan-Renault deal is dead in all but name

Even after a relationship is dead, couples often go through the motions of remaining in a marriage. That’s the best way to characterise what’s left of the alliance between Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. Renault must sell down its 43.4 percent stake in its Japanese partner to 5 percent-10 percent and both sides should “invest in new ventures,” Nissan’s ...

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Electric scooters: Europe takes a wild regulatory ride

This has been the summer of the electric scooter in Europe; but the UK and Ireland, which still ban the things, are probably right to hold out. So far, no government in the region has figured out a good way to regulate them. US e-scooter sharing companies like Bird, Lime and Jump (a subsidiary of Uber) have all been expanding ...

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