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Flipkart board approves selling 75% stake to Walmart for $15bn

Bloomberg The board of Flipkart Online Services Pvt has approved an agreement to sell about 75 percent of the company to a Walmart Inc.-led group for approximately $15 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, an enormous bet by the American retailer on international expansion. Under the proposed deal, SoftBank Group Corp. will sell all of the 20-plus percent ...

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Toyota bets $1.1bn on SUVs in Canada with Trudeau help

Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp. is investing C$1.4 billion ($1.1 billion) in its Canadian operations to build traditional and hybrid RAV4 sport utility vehicles, banking on the nation’s manufacturing sector amid a cloud of uncertainty from Nafta talks. The Japanese automaker’s Canadian unit made the announcement at its plant in Cambridge, Ontario, alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Kathleen ...

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Shares gift to family helps wipe $2.6 billion off PC Jeweller value

Bloomberg An Indian jeweller that saw its market worth reach $3.6 billion at the start of the year is now floundering at about a quarter of that value after one of its founders gifted some shares to family members, raising concern about the company’s governance. PC Jeweller Ltd. slumped about 40 percent in the past week after the company said ...

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