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Comcast and partners make offer for stake in Zee Entertainment

Bloomberg A consortium that includes US cable giant Comcast Corp, James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems and Blackstone Group Inc has made an offer for a stake in Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, India’s largest private broadcaster, people familiar with the matter said. The group plans to snap up a 51 percent stake, which has a market value of about 190 billion rupees ...

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BMW, Audi to skip Tokyo auto show

Bloomberg BMW and Audi will skip this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, leaving Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz as the only major foreign luxury carmaker to showcase its models in Japan’s biggest auto industry event. Audi parent Volkswagen AG, Peugeot SA and Volvo Cars will also be absent this year, according to organiser Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA). In the past, the companies were ...

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Japan’s taste for Brexit lamb may not be enough for UK farmers

Bloomberg The UK government has a message for British sheep farmers worried about the impact of a no-deal Brexit: Look East. “I would point to the market in Japan, that has just been opened to Welsh and British sheep,” Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns told BBC Radio. “That is a significant market for which we haven’t really scratched the surface yet.” ...

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