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Global market shares mixed ahead of US-China talks

  AP European stocks are mixed after Asian markets finished mostly lower on Tuesday. Investors are cautiously awaiting President Donald Trump’s meeting with the Chinese president later this week. Britain’s FTSE 100 gained 0.4 percent to 7,308.04 and France’s CAC 40 added 0.02 percent to 5,086.52. Germany’s DAX fell 0.2 percent to 12,238.50. Futures showed Wall Street due to open …

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Goldman sees foreigners returning to Japan stocks

  Bloomberg Now could be the time for foreign investors to return to Japanese equities, according to Goldman Sachs. Corporate governance reforms, a recovery in domestic demand and the strong performance of local stocks in US dollar terms are all potential catalysts that may lure foreigners back after they sold net 1.1 trillion yen ($10 billion) of Japanese equities last …

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SNC-Lavalin steps up deal push with $2.6bn Atkins bid

  Bloomberg SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is holding talks to buy WS Atkins Plc of the UK for 2.08 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) as Canada’s biggest engineering and construction company looks to expand its global reach with a record acquisition. The Montreal-based builder made a tentative offer of 2,080 pence a share, “a level that the board would be prepared to …

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