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Mitsubishi Motors chief quits

  Tokyo / Bloomberg Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Tetsuro Aikawa will step down as the Japanese automaker looks to regroup from its widening fuel economy testing scandal with the backing of Nissan Motor Co. Aikawa, 62, and Executive Vice President Ryugo Nakao will leave their positions effective June 24, according to a statement Wednesday. Mitsubishi Motors used “desktop calculations” to ...

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Foxconn to buy Microsoft feature phones for $350mn

  Washington / Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. agreed to sell its feature phone business to FIH Mobile Ltd. and HMD Global for $350 million, exiting a business that once dominated the mobile market under the Nokia name before Apple Inc.’s iPhone. FIH, part of Foxconn Technology Group, will also acquire a manufacturing facility in Hanoi, Microsoft said in a statement on ...

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Currency wars, fiscal stimulus rift in focus at G7 meeting

  Tokyo / AFP Finance ministers and central bankers from the G7 meet in Japan this week for talks likely to highlight a sharp divide over currency policy and how to breathe life into the wheezing global economy. The group — including US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi — converge at a hot spring ...

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