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Why iPhone is missing from Foxconn’s Asia tour

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When Foxconn Technology Group’s Young Liu toured Asia last month, he avoided speaking about the one client for which the Taiwanese company is most famous. In meetings with the leaders of India, Indonesia and Thailand, the chairman focussed on developing semiconductors and building electric vehicles instead of churning out Apple Inc iPhones. That’s a stark contrast to eight years ago, ...

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Benettons ignore chaos in Dufry deal

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The meal deal served by the Benettons to minority investors in Autogrill SpA arrived cold. The billionaire family has just agreed to sell its controlling stake in the motorway-restaurant operator to Swiss duty-free retailer Dufry AG in an ungenerous deal, gaining a position of influence in the combined business. That leaves fellow shareholders deprived of the takeover at a premium ...

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UK’s nostalgia should follow Johnson out

  Supporters of outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have turned on him after his downfall, accusing him of a breezy disregard for truth and integrity in public life. But no one can pretend that this fatal trait was previously unknown. If Johnson’s journalistic career was distinguished by fake news and fabricated quotes, as well as racist jibes, his personal ...

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