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Oversupply beats Brexit as London office risk: UBS

  Bloomberg The wave of office buildings under construction in London is a bigger threat to rents and values than the risk of companies moving out after the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, according to UBS Group AG. “We saw a build-up of oversupply of office space long before Brexit which can’t be stopped,” Thomas Wels, global head ...

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Midea grabs 95% stake in German firm Kuka

  AFP Chinese appliance giant Midea said on Monday it had secured almost 95 percent of German robotics firm Kuka, in the face of European fears over losing control over the high-tech company. The company already held 13.51 percent of Kuka — a world-leading manufacturer of industrial robots — before its June offer of 115 euros per share, which valued ...

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Bulgaria may restore Russian gas pipeline

  Bloomberg Bulgaria and Russia agreed to resurrect the canceled South Stream natural gas pipeline across the Black Sea and the Belene nuclear power plant as the Balkan country seeks to reduce payments over unfulfilled contracts awarded to Russia by international courts. Bulgaria and Russia agreed to set up working groups that will seek ways to resume work on the ...

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