Bloomberg One of the top 10 shareholders in Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is “skeptical” on the value that will be created from the group’s $62 billion takeover of rare disease specialist Shire Plc, the Sunday Times reported, citing the unidentified investor. The deal, the biggest in Osaka-based Takeda’s history, has already faced opposition from a group of investors that ...

Bloomberg Still bruised from a typhoon that grounded hundreds of flights, Hong Kong’s status as Asia’s top aviation hub faces a new threat: Chinese bullet trains. The world’s longest high-speed rail network extends to downtown Hong Kong starting on Sunday, providing a direct connection to 44 mainland destinations. With the addition of services from Guangzhou and Shenzhen — the major ...

Bloomberg Comcast Corp. won a bidding war for Sky Plc with a $39 billion offer for Europe’s largest satellite broadcaster, staving off rivals 21st Century Fox Inc. and Walt Disney Co. to extend the US cable giant’s empire abroad. In a rare auction overseen by UK regulators, Comcast bid 10 percent more than Fox on Saturday, all but assuring that ...