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Audi CEO Stadler arrested over diesel emissions scandal

Bloomberg Audi CEO Rupert Stadler was arrested in Munich in connection with the diesel-cheating scandal, making him the highest-profile target in the probe that’s engulfed the carmaker and parent Volkswagen for almost three years. Munich prosecutors investigating Audi’s role in the 2015 scandal confirmed they arrested Stadler, 55, in the Bavarian capital because of risk he may tamper with evidence, ...

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CYBG to buy Branson’s Virgin Money for $2.3 billion

Bloomberg CYBG Plc agreed to buy Virgin Money Holdings UK Plc for about 1.7 billion pounds ($2.3 billion) in an all-stock transaction, creating a bank with about six million customers to challenge Britain’s largest lenders. The purchase of the Richard Branson-backed bank gives consumer and business lender CYBG greater scale, potential cost savings and access to the firm’s presence on ...

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Apple gets US court review on iPhone app fee suit

Bloomberg The US Supreme Court agreed to hear Apple Inc.’s bid to kill an antitrust lawsuit over the market for iPhone apps in a case that could shield e-commerce companies from consumer claims over high commissions. The lawsuit accuses Apple of monopolising the app market so it can charge excessive commissions of 30 percent. Apple, backed by the Trump administration, ...

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