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Western Digital plans new offer for Toshiba chip unit

Bloomberg Western Digital Corp. plans to present Toshiba Corp. with a revised offer for its memory chip unit next week in order to resolve an increasingly bitter conflict over the future of a business the two companies jointly own, according to a person familiar with the matter. The US company’s Chief Executive Officer Steve Milligan will travel to Tokyo next ...

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China’s graduate salary slumps

Bloomberg Wages for China’s newest college graduates are plunging even as their ranks rise to a record. That’s unwelcome news for the nation’s young elite, but it may aid policy makers striving to shift the economy into higher technology industries and services. Monthly salaries plummeted 16 percent to 4,014 yuan ($590) this year for a second-straight annual decline, data from ...

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Chinese firm buys 253-yr-old crystal maker Baccarat

Bloomberg French crystal maker Baccarat is changing hands 253 years after it was founded by royal decree of King Louis XV. Chinese investment company Fortune Fountain Capital Ltd. is buying a controlling stake from Baccarat’s private-equity owners for about 164 million euros ($184 million), according to a statement. The deal ends more than a decade of ownership by Starwood Capital, ...

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