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  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    Seven & i looks to bolster takeover defences with non-core asset sales

    Owner of 7-Eleven brand considers disposing of supermarket chain and selling stake in Seven Bank

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  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
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    Indian companies move in as US cuts China out of its solar industry

    Washington weighs more tariffs on imports after flood of Chinese panels drove global prices to record lows

    Workers install solar panels at Adani Group’s Khavda Renewable Energy Park in Khavda, India
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  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
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    EU member states agree to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

    China’s carmakers have been increasing market share in Europe

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  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
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    Edtech company’s legal battles from Delaware to Bengaluru have exposed corporate governance issues

    A montage of Byju Raveendran with his company’s logo
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    WuXi Biologics
    China’s WuXi explores sale of pharma units as US restrictions loom

    Drugmakers have been targeted on national security grounds and could lose customers if Congress passes Biosecure Act

    Rows of blister packs containing pink Paxlovid tablets on a packaging line in a facility in Ascoli, Italy
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    Carbon cutting and the ‘wafer queen’ Premium content

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    Doris Hsu
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
    Why the US can’t impose its will over global trade in electric cars

    The American market is too small to give Washington leverage over Chinese software in EVs

    An employee works at the BYD Coach and Bus manufacturing facility in Lancaster, California
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Toyota Motor Corp
    Toyota to invest $500mn in flying taxi start-up Joby

    Fresh funding from Japanese carmaker includes plans for manufacturing alliance

    A Joby eVTOL aircraft outside the New York Stock Exchange in 2021
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
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    Bain joins battle for control of world’s biggest zinc smelter

    Big commodities groups watching outcome as founding families vie for Korea Zinc

    Water vapour and smoke rise from the Korea Zinc smelting factory in Ulsan, South Korea
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Automobiles
    European carmakers brace for a deeper and longer downturn

    Profit warnings have come from a sector facing weak sales at home, intense competition in China and slowing EV demand

    A man looks at an Volkswagen ID.Next concept car at an auto show in Shanghai
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Inside BusinessJune Yoon
    Connected cars pose real risks

    Rising use of specialised software in EVs raises important questions about privacy and safety for drivers around the world

    Journalists prepare to ride self-driving cars during a media tour of Baidu’s autonomous ride-hailing services at the Apollo Park in Beijing
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd
    Qatar Airways agrees to buy 25% stake in Virgin Australia

    Australia’s second-largest carrier would return to long-haul flying as part of the deal

    Virgin Australia planes lined up at departure gates at Sydney airport
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    OpenAI
    SoftBank to invest $500mn in OpenAI

    Japanese group led by Masayoshi Son set to join $6.5bn funding round that would value start-up at $150bn

    Sam Altman
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Rightmove PLC
    Murdoch’s REA abandons pursuit of Rightmove

    Australian group walks away after UK property site rejects fourth takeover bid

    People walk past an estate agent's window displaying property listings in London
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Rio Tinto PLC
    Rio Tinto chief urges western governments to speed up clean energy transition

    US’s IRA programme yet to have ‘significant impact’, says Jakob Stausholm as he opens London Metal Exchange week

    Jakob Stausholm
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    InterviewFood & Beverage
    Bacha Coffee to open on Paris’s Champs-Elysées as it fends off rivals in Asia

    Singapore-headquartered company pursues international expansion while battling fierce homegrown competition

    The exterior of a Bacha Coffee store in Singapore, featuring a grand entrance with illuminated arches and a large sign displaying “Bacha Coffee 1910 Marrakech”
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Rightmove PLC
    REA makes fourth offer for Rightmove and repeats call for talks with board

    Australian bidder says its latest offer values UK property listings group at £6.2bn

    A row of modern terraced houses with bay windows and tiled roofs in Hoylake, U.K.
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    News in-depthAlimentation Couche-Tard Inc
    Alain Bouchard, ‘pathological entrepreneur’ swooping on 7-Eleven

    Canadian retail entrepreneur has built a single shop into a 16,700-site global convenience store empire

    Alain Bouchard
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    LexHong Kong
    There is no quick recovery from Hong Kong’s property slump Premium content

    Despite last week’s interest rate cut, new home sales have only fallen further

    Tourists relax by the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Hong Kong
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    #techAsia
    Neta founder’s crystal ball and US targets smart auto tech Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    Chinese electric vehicle brand Neta displays the electric vehicle NETA S
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Rightmove PLC
    Rightmove rejects third offer from Murdoch-owned REA

    Australian property listings group chief says offer for UK rival is a ‘compelling proposition’

    REA chief Owen Wilson sitting in a chair
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    LexElectric vehicles
    Leapmotor jumps into Europe’s troubled auto market Premium content

    Shifting production to Europe will give the carmaker an edge over Chinese rivals

    A Leapmotor T03 small electric vehicle in light blue color is displayed outdoors on a grass-like surface
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    LexGeely Automobile Holdings Co Ltd
    On China tariffs, Geely goes made in Vietnam Premium content

    Trade restrictions may start a new trend of automakers assembling EVs overseas

    People gather round a Geely Zeekr 001 electric vehicle on display at a showroom in Shanghai, China
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    News in-depthUS presidential election 2024
    Trump flags made in China: how tariff-flouting campaign kit flooded the US

    US manufacturers say wrongly labelled online goods are eroding their election-year hopes

    Donald Trump supporters fly a flag at a rally for the former president in Las Vegas, Nevada, this month
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