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Fuel-cheating scam wipes $2.5bn off Mitsubishi stock

  Tokyo / AFP Mitsubishi Motors shares nosedived again on Thursday as panic selling wiped about $2.5 billion off the automaker’s market value in response to its shock admission that it cheated on fuel-efficiency tests. The embarrassing revelation is the latest in a string of recent scandals to hit Japanese firms, while German giant Volkswagen struggles to restore its badly ...

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Malaysia provides $1.5bn Islamic bonds

  Kuala Lumpur / Bloomberg Malaysia is selling global Islamic bonds against the backdrop of an increase in credit risk amid a dispute between a troubled state-investment company and Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund over debt obligations. The government is marketing $1 billion of Shariah-compliant notes due in 2026 at 135 basis points over Treasuries and $500 million of bonds ...

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Japan to finance $2.6bn monorail in Panama

  Panama City / AFP Japan on Wednesday agreed to finance a $2.6 billion monorail Panama intends to have built by 2022 as an extension of its young metro system, the Panamanian government said. “This financing Japan is giving us today is recognition of the solidity and credibility of Panama,” a statement quoted President Juan Carlos Varela saying during a ...

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