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Airbus shares tumble amid surprise outlook downgrade

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Citroën CEO talks diesel demand, #MeToo and trade wars

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UK warns Boeing over Bombardier row

UK Defence Minister warns Boeing its contracts with the British government could be at risk.

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Ryanair crisis deepens with more cancellations

Ryanair has announced more than 400,000 new flight cancellations as pilot crisis deepens.

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French & German trainmakers to merge to create world's number two locos and signals giant

Trades unions warn merger of Alstom & Siemens' train businesses is loco & will cost jobs in France & Germany.

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Siemens and Alstom merge rail assets

German industrial group Siemens and France's high-speed train maker Alstom have merged their rail assets, according to media reports.

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South Korea tech giants Samsung post record earnings

Samsung has posted record earnings putting it on course to beat rival Apple's quarterly profits.

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Luxury shoe brand Jimmy Choo snapped up by Michael Kors

Luxury shoe brand Jimmy Choo snapped up by US handbag maker Michael Kors in a 1 billion euro deal

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Alphabet profits hit by record EU fine

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PayPal and Visa extend partnership deal to Europe

Both companies say the agreement will increase payment possibilities for European customers.

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Air France to launch new lower-cost airline

Pilots have overwhelmingly backed the airline's 'Boost' plan which aims to develop new long and short-haul flights.

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Easyjet to open new airline in Austria

Budget airline, easyjet is to open a new airline in Austria to allow it to continue flying within Europe after Brexit.

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Siemens threatens legal action over Russia's 'use of its turbines' in Crimea

Sanctions barring EU firms from providing Crimea with energy technology were said to have been ignored by Russia.

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All Volvo cars going electric from 2019

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Monte dei Paschi to cut 5,500 jobs in EU-approved restructuring plan

World's oldest bank receives EU approval for restructuring plan, which includes thousands of job cuts.

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Uber suffers fresh legal blow in France

EU court rules in favour of France against Uber

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Total re-invests in Iran

French energy giant Total signs a reported multi-billion euro deal with Iran to develop the South Pars offshore gas field.

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Google hit with record fine for abusing internet search monopoly

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Amazon spends 12bn euros to buy Whole Foods Market

Online retailer could make high-end grocer into mass market merchant

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Ryanair makes big profits, vows lower fares

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Apple and Nokia avoid court battle over patents

Nokia has settled its legal battle with Apple. They have made a new patent licence agreement and have also signed a fresh business deal.

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RBS tries to settle embarrassing court case

A compensation court case against Royal Bank of Scotland has been postponed after the lender made a last-minute settlement offer to investors.

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Ford changes gear, ousts CEO

US carmaker Ford has dumped CEO Mark Fields. He'll be replaced by James Hackett, the head of the unit developing its self-driving cars.

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General Motors bails out of India and South Africa

General Motors has announced further retrenchment by stopping selling vehicles in India and selling its operations in South Africa.

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Lloyds bank: UK government sells off final shares, but did it make a profit?

The British government has sold its last remaining stake in bailed out Lloyds Banking Group claiming to have made a profit, but that is disputed.

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EasyJet reveals record loss, will buy bigger planes to cut costs

Budget airline easyJet moves to lower operating costs by ordering bigger planes after it posted a wider first-half loss.

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Indian costs Vodafone dear but operator promises its cash flow will jump

Britain's Vodafone has reported a 6.1 billion euro annual loss but forecasts a jump in the amount of cash it will generate this financial year.

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Uber dealt a setback in taxi versus techie debate

An adviser to the Court of Justice of the European Union says Uber does provide a transport service and should be licensed.

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Peugeot expects more Opel losses this year

PSA Group Chief Executive Carlos Tavares says he expects Opel-Vauxhall to lose more money in 2017 as it buys the business from General Motors.

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Battle for the bottle: cork fights back

Cork producers turn to high tech to win back customers who changed to screw caps and plastic stoppers.

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Royal Jordanian proves trolling fills planes

Social media is the new battleground for airlines chasing passengers and Jordan's national carrier is flying higher than most with witty trolling.

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ChemChina's takeover of Syngenta set to go ahead

The takeover of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta by ChemChina is set to go ahead as 80% of Syngenta shareholders agree.

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China's C919 airliner gets set to challenge Airbus and Boeing

China's first domestically made airliner - the C919 - has successfully completed its much-delayed maiden flight.

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Google to pay 306 million euros additional tax to Italy

Google's parent company - Alphabet - is to pay 306 million euros to settle a tax dispute with Italy covered 13 years up to 2015.

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Facebook profit surges, closing in on two billion monthly users

Facebook has reported surging quarterly profit and revenue but its shares dipped due to nervousness about future earnings.

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Volkswagen profits jump thanks to post dieselgate cost cutting

Volkswagen's profits have soared as a huge cost cutting effort starts to pay off and as it seeks to move beyond its diesel emissions crisis.

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Facebook to hire 3,000 more monitors to block violent videos

Facebook says it is hiring 3,000 additional workers to block live streams of violence and respond more swiftly to reports of inappropriate material.

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Bankrupt Alitalia starts the difficult job of finding a buyer

Alitalia has been put under special administration by the government after workers voted against job and pay cuts in a rescue plan.

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Alitalia: on a wing and a prayer

Loss-making Alitalia is asking the Rome government to place it under special administration, leading to it being overhauled, sold off or shut down.

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Samsung profit boosted by chips, sees better earnings from the S8

Samsung posted solid profit in Q1, boosted by strong demand for its memory chips and flagged up stronger future earnings

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Could Twitter be enjoying a Trump fuelled turnaround?

Twitter - the social media platform beloved by US president Donald Trump - saw its shares surgeafter it added a lot more users that had been expected.

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Airbus boss Thomas Enders denounces Eurofighter fraud probe

Airbus chief executive Thomas Enders has called an Austrian investigation into suspected fraud a "politically-motivated abuse of the legal system".

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Vivendi looks to video games and advertising companies

French media giant Vivendi is reportedly to focus on buying video games and advertising companies to address investor concerns about its strategy.

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Alitalia workers reject rescue plan

Two thirds of Alitalia's workers have voted to reject a management restructuring plan. The loss-making airline is set to run out of cash in weeks.

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Alitalia workers vote on last-chance rescue plan

Alitalia's workers are voting on a make-or-break deal over job and pay cuts. If they reject it, the loss-making Italian airline will run out of money.

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United boss calls passenger dragging incident 'a watershed moment'

United Airlines assures investors it will rebound from the PR disaster of a passenger being violently dragged from his seat on an overbooked plane.

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Tesla board independence row provokes sarcastic Elon Musk tweet

Chief Executive Elon Musk has replied sarcastically to Tesla investors who urged the electric car maker to add independent directors to its board.

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Samsung says S8 pre-orders show it is on track to recover from fire-prone S7

Samsung says pre-orders for its new flagship Galaxy S8 smartphone are better than those of the discontinued and dangerous S7.

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Toshiba warns it may not survive amid massive Westinghouse losses

Japanese conglomerate Toshiba is in crisis, saying its very survival is in doubt.

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Tesla investors buy the dream

Electric car maker Tesla's share price continues to rise and the total value of those shares now make it worth more than General Motors.

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It is rocket science: Avio launches on Milan stock exchange

Italian rocket engine maker Avio launches its shares on the Milan exchange, raising money to better compete against rivals SpaceX and Blue Origin.

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German drugmaker Stada agrees takeover

A lengthy takeover process ends with German generic drugmaker Stada agreeing to be bought by investment groups Bain Capital and Cinven.

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Barclays boss reprimanded over whistleblower probe

British financial regulators are investigating Barclays Chief Executive Jes Staley and the bank over attempts to identify a whistleblower employee.

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German economy minister seeks Opel jobs pledge from Peugeot Citroen

French carmaker Peugeot Citroen is in the process of buying German rival Opel, but fears over job losses in Germany mean Peugeot's boss has been asked for guarantees none will go.

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Upstart Tesla elbows Ford aside in market value

Tesla has not sold many cars and makes a fraction of the revenue of Ford, but it has just overtaken the 100-year-old automobile pioneer in terms of market capitalisation.

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Gazprom joins queue of companies threatening to leave London

Russian energy giant Gazprom set up shop in London in 1999 and has traded there ever since, but it may quit The City if Britain undergoes a "hard" Brexit that might amputate Gazprom's biggest market.

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Turkey blocks Booking.com in competition law case

Turkish court bans Booking.com in competition law case

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Samsung to fire sell refurbished Galaxy Note 7's

Samsung to sell refurbished Galaxy Note 7's

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Tesco fined tens of millions for accounting fraud

Tesco hit with multi-million pound fine for accounting fraud

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Saudi oil giant's tax bill slashed

Saudi oil giant gets massive tax cut

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Uber's driverless car scheme hits the skids after Arizona crash

Uber red lights driverless car tests in three states

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UK interior minister calls for end to WhatsApp 'hiding place' for terror suspects

Amber Rudd, the UK Home Secretary, has accused Facebook-owned communications company WhatsApp of giving terror suspects a "place to hide".

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HSBC to hire 1000 new staff in China

Despite slowing Chinese growth HSBC still sees it as a solid bet and will hire a further 1000 staff this year.

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Apple avoided tax in New Zealand for more than a decade

More light is shed on Apple's labyrinthine tax affairs.

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Google continues to bleed advertisers as Johnson & Johnson walk

America's biggest healthcare retailer joins the list of companies stopping You Tube advertising as the row over lack of scrutiny of controversial content continues.

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Google promises changes over advert row

Google promised better controls for its websites, particularly YouTube, after complaints companies' adverts have appeared next to hate-filled videos.

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Google apologies over extremist content

Google has apologised for allowing ads to appear alongside offensive videos on YouTube as more high-profile firms pulled their advertising.

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Vodafone to merge Indian business with local rival Idea

Britain's Vodafone is to join Idea Cellular to become India's biggest telecoms business with 400 million customers, overtaking market leader Bharti.

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Eurostar sees signs of recovery after tough 2016

The Channel Tunnel rail service suffered a 28 million euro operating loss as passenger numbers fell following terror attacks in Paris and Brussels.

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Lufthansa profit forecast boosts shares

Lufthansa says it expects profits to fall only slightly in 2017 despite lower fares and a rising fuel bill. Analysts were predicting a sharp decline.

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Audi plants searched by German police in Dieselgate probe

Audi premised have been searched by German authorities in connection with the scandal over emissions tests by its parent company Volkswagen.

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Inditex see profits rise on bigger sales to emerging markets and online growth

Zara owner Inditex, the world's biggest clothing retailer, has reported a 10 percent jump in annual net profit.

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Volkswagen brand suffers profit drop after emissions scandal

There was a big profit drop for the Volkswagen brand in the wake of its emissions scandal. The remuneration for the VW brand boss was also cut.

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Intel drives ahead with Mobileye purchase

US microchip maker Intel is buying Israeli driverless technology firm Mobileye which could give it a dominant role in the autonomous-driving sector.

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Boeing takes off in China with first overseas plant

Boeing's new 737 completion plant in China will aim to deliver 100 planes a year, China's official Xinhua news agency has said.

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HSBC names AIA's Mark Tucker as new chairman

Experienced Asia hand Mark Tucker is to take over as chairman of HSBC at the start of October replacing Douglas Flint.

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China's ZTE to pay massive US fine over Iran, North Korea sanctions busting

Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE has admitted violating laws restricting the sale of US-made technology to Iran and North Korea.

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Deutsche Bank seeking eight billion euros from new share sale

The past troubles at Germany's biggest bank mean it is asking investors to buy an additional eight billion euros worth of new shares.

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PSA Opel-Vauxhall deal to transform European car market

The takeover by French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen of General Motors' Opel-Vauxhall is set to transform the European car market.

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Nintendo launches vital Switch console

Nintendo has launched its new Switch games console, which is crucial to the Japanese company's future.

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Caterpillar raided in tax probe

US federal law enforcement officials raided heavy machinery manufacturer Caterpillar facilities, apparently part of a tax investigation.

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Snapchat shares soar despite disappearing message app's invisible profits

Wall Street investors snap up shares of mobile phone messaging app Snapchat making it worth tens of billions even though it's never turned a profit.

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Saudi state oil company takes significant stake in Malaysia refinery

Saudi Arabia's state oil company Saudi Aramco is to invest $7 billion in an oil refinery and petrochemical project in southern Malaysia.

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PSA Peugeot Citroen boss reassures over future of Vauxhall plants

PSA Peugeot Citroen head Carlos Tavares has reassured politicians and union leaders in the UK about GM's Europe's Vauxhall plants re takeover plans.

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Royal Bank of Scotland makes a loss for ninth straight year

Royal Bank of Scotland - the subject of the world's biggest bank rescue - has announced losses of 6.96 billion pounds (8.2 billion euros) for 2016.

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British Airways owner IAG sees profits rise

International Airlines Group - owner of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus - reports higher annual profits from cost-cutting and cheaper fuel.

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Norwegian targets budget-conscious travellers with cheap transatlantic flights

Low-cost airline Norwegian has announced plans to shake up transatlantic travel offering 69 euro one-way fares, but with lots of limitations.

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Tesla says on track for volume production of Model 3 electric car

Tesla has reassured investors by confirming that its vital mass-market Model 3 electric car is on track to be produced in large number by September.

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Apple iPhone anticipation pushes up share price

Apple’s shares continue to rise, hitting new all-time highs in anticipation of the launch of its 10th anniversary iPhone later this year.

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Airbus profits hit by A400M costs

Airbus has announced even more costs from its much delayed A400M military transport plane, which pulled down profits by 63 percent last year.

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Yahoo pays the price for massive data breaches in Verizon deal

Verizon - which is buying Yahoo's core internet business - has cut the purchase price to reflect the financial impact of two massive cyber attacks.

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HSBC's profits plunge dragging down share price

Europe's biggest bank HSBC saw annual pre-tax profit slump 62 percent with hefty writedowns and warned its revenues could fall again this year.

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Tata promotes insider Natarajan Chandrasekaran to top job

Tata's newly-appointed chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran says he will focus on boosting shareholder returns.

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Germany encouraged, UK worried over Opel-Vauxhall sale to PSA

A report PSA would continue operating all Opel's German production sites if it buys Opel-Vauxhall has UK union officials worried.

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Amazon to add 15,000 jobs across Europe, 5,000 in Britain

Online retailer Amazon has said it will create more than 5,000 jobs in Britain this year, part of 15,000 in various European countries.

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Unilever shares drop on Kraft withdrawal

Shares in Anglo-Dutch consumer goods group Unilever fell after US rival Kraft Heinz Co abruptly abandoned its surprise takeover proposal.

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Kraft drops Unilever bid

US food giant Kraft has dropped its plan to buy the UK-based Unilever.

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Unilever says Kraft Heinz is biting off more than it can chew

Household goods firm Unilever firmly rejects a surprise takeover bid from US food company Kraft Heinz saying it has no financial or strategic merit.

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South Korean court declares Hanjin Shipping bankrupt

Hanjin Shipping, formerly the world's seventh-largest container shipping line, has been declared bankrupt by a South Korean court.

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Samsung boss arrest rocks South Korea's highest levels of power

The arrest of Samsung chief Jay Y. Lee - caught up in the corruption scandal swirling around the president - has sent shock waves through South Korea.

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BlackBerry sues Nokia

BlackBerry is suing Nokia in the United States accusing it of violating 11 technology patents.

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Italy: anti-Uber protests take thousands of taxis off the streets

Thousands of taxi drivers in Rome, Milan and Turin turned away fares and joined protests against changes in the law they say will favour Uber.

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Facebook further blurs the line between social media and TV

Facebook is launching an app for smart TVs so the social network's users can watch its videos on a bigger screen.

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France's PSA could buy GM's Opel/Vauxhall

In a move that could shake up the global auto industry, France's PSA Peugeot Citroen is talking to General Motors about buying Opel/Vauxhall.

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Rolls-Royce's profits dive

Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce suffered a record annual loss from settling bribery investigations in Britain, the US and Brazil and the pound's Brexit vote slump.

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Credit Suisse announces big losses, more job cuts

Credit Suisse says its 2016 losses were 2.44 billion Swiss francs, it plans to cut up to 6,500 more jobs this year.

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Samsung denies bribery as boss questioned again over influence-peddling

Prosecutors have submitted a new request to arrest Samsung's chief Jay Y. Lee over an influence-peddling scandal involving South Korea's president.

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Renault profits move up a gear

French carmaker Renault's operating profit jumped 38 percent in 2016 as it increased market share in all regions boosted by a number of new models.

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Cautious outlook from Thomas Cook

Tour-operator Thomas Cook says its bookings for the summer were up on last year, but it remained cautious about the rest of 2017.

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European court rules size doesn't matter in supermarket ads

European Court of Justice rules on a case involving Carrefour and Intermarché over comparisons in adverts between prices in different sized retailers.

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Lower fares shrink Ryanair's profits

Ryanair had to cut its fares more than expected during the last three months of 2016 because of over-capacity, which pulled down profits.

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Superbowl ads turn political

Politics overshadowed major US sporting event - the Superbowl - as advertisers used the show to make a statement as well as promote their products.

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Uber and Tesla take different roads over immigration row

Uber's Travis Kalanick has quit President Trump's business advisory group while Tesla's Elon Musk stays to raise objections for "the greater good".

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Snapchat sets out its stall for huge shares sale

Mobile messaging service Snapchat has started a marketing campaign to convince investors to buy its shares when they go on sale in March.

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Deutsche Bank: the worst is behind us

Crisis-plagued Deutsche Bank is insisting the worse of its troubles are behind it even as it announced a Q4 loss of 1.9 billion euros.

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Toyota's boss says it's a Japanese brand but a US automaker

Toyota's Akio Toyoda defends his company in response to President Trump's attacks saying it should be considered as a US manufacturer.

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Apple bounces back, overtakes Samsung in smartphone sales

Apple is back as the number one seller of smartphones for the first time in five years, beating Samsung which recalled its fire-prone Galaxy Note 7.

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Pokemon and Super Mario help Nintendo back into profit

Nintendo reports first quarterly profit in a year thanks to its growing mobile games division, the focus now is on its upcoming Switch console.

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Deutsche Bank fined over Russian money laundering

Deutsche Bank failed to prevent around $10 billion (9.29 billion euros) in suspicious trades out of Russia between 2011 and 2015.

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Toyota loses out to Volkswagen as world's top carmaker

Volkswagen has overtaken Toyota to become the world's top selling carmaker despite the German company's diesel emissions scandal.

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Prosecutors probe when VW's former chief executive knew of emissions cheating

Prosecutors say former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn is being investigated over when he knew about the company's emissions cheating.

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Tesco goes wholesale with Booker buy

Britain's biggest supermarket chain Tesco is to buy food wholesaler Booker taking it into the market to supply the UK's cafes, restaurants and pubs.

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International payments world faces shake-up with Ant's purchase of Moneygram

Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial to buy US money-transfer company MoneyGram in what could be a game-changer for the international payments industry.

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Ford profit down from Mexico plant hit

Ford has reported a quarterly loss partly linked to abandoning a planned factory in Mexico that President Trump criticised.

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Johnson & Johnson pays big for Swiss biotech firm Actelion

US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is to buy biotech company Actelion to access its highly profitable range of medicines for rare diseases.

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RBS prepares to pay for 'painful' sub-prime legacy

Royal Bank of Scotland sets aside 3.1 billion pounds (3.6 billion euros) to settle claims by the US Department of Justice over mis-sold investments.

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BT shares plummet on deepening Italian accounting scandal

UK telecoms firm BT has cut its revenue, earnings and cash flow forecasts due to a worse than thought accounting scandal at its Italian business.

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Weaker pound, pricier fuel to hit easyJet profits

British low-cost airline easyJet warns the weaker pound and pricier fuel will reduce its profits more than expected this year.

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Foxconn may build factory in the US

iPhone maker Foxconn is considering a display-panel plant in the United States, but says it has nothing to do with Trump's "America First" policy.

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Samsung blames faulty batteries for Galaxy Note 7 fires

Faulty batteries have been blamed by South Korean tech giant Samsung for fires that forced the withdrawal of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone.

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HSBC to move 1,000 staff from London to Paris after Brexit

HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, plans to shift around 1,000 workers, who generate around 20 percent of its trading revenue to Paris, post-Brexit.

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British American Tobacco to merge with Reynolds

British American Tobacco takeover of US firm Reynolds will create the world's biggest listed tobacco company, overtaking Philip Morris International.

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Glasses maker Luxottica to merge with lens manufacturer Essilor

Italy's Luxottica and France's Essilor see a merger in their future to create a global eyewear powerhouse worth 46 billion euros.

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Animal rights group buys LVMH shares to pressure it over skins

Peta has become a shareholder of French luxury goods maker LVMH so that it can pressure it to stop selling merchandise made from exotic skins.

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India's SpiceJet orders 100 more aircraft from Boeing

Indian budget airline SpiceJet says it has ordered an additional 100 MAX 737 planes from Boeing, with an option for 50 more.

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Fiat Chrysler and Renault protest innocence over emissions

Fiat Chrysler's Italian shares regained some of their value after they plunged following pollution accusations, Renault faces French probe.

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Amazon is latest US company to announce jobs surge

Online retailer Amazon has revealed plans to hire an additional 100,000 full-time workers in the United States over the next 18 months.

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Airbus bests Boeing in orders

Airbus announces more orders than rival Boeing but fewer deliveries; sales chief John Leahy tells Euronews there is a future for the A380 superjumbo.

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Toyota trumpets US spending plans, Honda says will wait and see on Mexican production

Toyota has been touting its production plans in the United States, joining other carmakers who are keen to avoid being tweeted by Donald Trump.

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Yahoo to change name after internet business sale to Verizon

Yahoo, set to become holding company, will change its name to Altaba as CEO Marissa Mayer leaves slimmed down board.

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ChemChina, Syngenta work to appease EU competition watchdog

ChemChina and the Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngentahave responded to concerns by the EU's competition regulator over their merger.

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Fiat Chrysler US investment plans not linked to Trump carmaker criticism

Fiat Chrysler's plan to invest heavily to modernise two US plants brought congratulatory tweets from Trump even though it's not linked to his pressure

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VW exec arrested in US, British drivers sue over emissions scandal

A Volkswagen executive has reportedly been arrested by the FBI on charges of conspiracy to defraud over the exhaust emissions scandal.

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South Korean Volkswagen executive jailed over emissions-test cheating scandal

A South Korean court has jailed a local Volkswagen executive for 18 months for falsifying documents to get import certificates for vehicles.

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Japan backs Toyota over Trump Mexico tax threat

Japan defends Toyota over Donald Trump's threat to heavily tax vehicles imported into the US that it is planning to build at a new plant in Mexico.

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Note 7 disaster barely dents Samsung's profit

Samsung says its fourth-quarter profit likely leapt 50 percent from a year earlier to its highest level in more than three years.

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Volkswagen must defend investor lawsuit in US - judge rules

A US judge has ruled Volkswagen does have a case to answer in a California court over the company's diesel emissions cheating scandal.

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Uber vs Suva in Swiss driver employee ruling

A Swiss insurance agency has ruled one of Uber's drivers is an employee so it has to pay social security contributions; Uber said it will appeal.

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Maersk and Alibaba link up

The world's largest container shipping line Maersk has teamed up with the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to cut out freight forwarders.

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Peso slumps as Ford cancels Mexico plant

Mexico's peso hit a new record low after Ford said it won't build a huge car-making plant in the country following criticism by president-elect Trump.

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Shipbuilder STX France's future hangs in the balance

Italian shipyard Fincantieri has been approved as the preferred bidder for cruise-ship builder STX France, but politics could yet scupper the deal.

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Volkswagen chased for emissions scandal compensation in Germany

A German consumer rights group has filed a test case against Volkswagen over the emissions cheating scandal trying to get compensation for owners.

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Airbus seals deal to sell 100 aircraft to Iran

Airbus has signed a firm agreement on the sale of 100 aircraft to Iran Air, almost a year after international sanctions on Iran were lifted.

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Mobile phone wars: Nokia sues Apple over patents

A case of sour grapes vs.

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China Mobile reveals 4G customer base has reached 510 million

China Mobile has won the prize for the most fourth-generation network customers in 2016 with almost 510 million 4G users.

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Uber still losing billions though revenues increase

The ride-hailing firm Uber continues to hemorrhage money, reportedly losing more than $800 million between July and September.

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Monte dei Paschi share offer is last ditch attempt to avoid bailout

Shares in Monte dei Paschi suffered further steep falls on Monday as it tried to raise five billion euros by year-end to avoid a state bailout.

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Ukraine's largest bank, Privatbank, nationalised

Privatbank, Ukraine's largest private bank, is being nationalised to protect the country's financial system.

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Apple and Dublin detail challenges to EU's Irish tax deal ruling

Apple launches legal challenge to a 13 billion euro tax bill from the European Union as Ireland accuses European Commission of exceeding its powers.

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Murdoch empire makes Sky deal

Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox is buying European pay-TV firm Sky in a deal that unites a media empire across two continents.

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Facebook moves to stamp out fake news stories on its site

Facebook is to do more to prevent fake news stories from spreading on the social media website by making it easier for users to report them.

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Nintendo hopes for Pokeman success repeat with Super Mario on mobile

Nintendo is making a big push into gaming on mobile devices, trying to build on Pokemon GO's success by launching Super Mario Run on iPhones.

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Amazon makes drone delivery history

Internet retailer Amazon has made its first drone delivery in Europe and the first ever directly to a customer. It took place in Cambridge, England.

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Fininvest and Vivendi face off over Italian broadcaster Mediaset

Mediaset's top shareholder Fininvest and Vivendi have both raised their stakes in the Italian broadcaster leading to talk of a hostile takeover bid.

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UniCredit moves to overcome Italian banking woes with 13 bln euro share sale

Italy's largest bank, UniCredit, is to raise 13 billion euros in a share issue to shore up its balance sheet. It will also cut 14,000 jobs.

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Battle of the ads - searching for a Christmas cracker

Scrambling for end-of-year holiday shoppers big brands are rolling out more expensive and inventive ad campaigns with the focus on internet clicks.

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Russia sells stake in oil giant Rosneft

Qatar and commodities trader Glencore have bought a stake in Russia's giant oil firm Rosneft.

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EU takes members to task over Volkswagen scandal

The EU has begun legal action against seven member states for failing to police emissions cheating by car-makers after the Volkswagen scandal.

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Russia sells share in country's largest oil company

Russia has sold a share of oil giant Rosneft for 10.

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Britain fines Pfizer record 98-million euros for huge drug price hike

Britain’s competition watchdog has fined Pfizer a record 98 million euros for radically raising the cost of an epilepsy drug.

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Amazon A Go Go real-time queue free shopping coming soon

The latest salvo in Amazon's quest for retail domination.

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Italy readies state bailout for Monte dei Paschi - sources

The world’s oldest operating bank Monte dei Paschi needs to raise five billion euros by the end of this month.

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Nestle claims designer sugar cuts content by 40%, taste unchanged

Foods behemoth Nestle has says its hollowed out sugar molecule can cut sugar content in products by 40%, promises sales by 2018.

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Samsung reportedly considering splitting company in two

Samsung's management board meets on Tuesday, reportedly to consider splitting company in two

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Alitalia under fresh pressure to axe 2,000 jobs

Italy’s flag carrier, Alitalia may be forced to cut up to 2,000 jobs as it continues efforts to stem losses.

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Cloud nine as Ctrip buys Skyscanner for $1.75bn

Skyscanner sold to Ctrip for $1.75bn

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Facebook to boost UK staff at London HQ

The British government has hailed Facebook’s decision to expand its UK operations as “proof that business is confident” in the economy.

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Volkswagen slashes 30,000 jobs to save billions

Volkswagen has unveiled plans to cut 30,000 jobs to help achieve 3.7 billion euros in annual savings by 2020.

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Microsoft moves to address competition issues on LinkedIn takeover

Microsoft has offered concessions to EU antitrust regulators over its bid for social network LinkedIn.

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Weaker pound hits easyJet's profit

Low-cost airline easyJet blames Brexit vote related fall in sterling for lower profits and will seek Air Operator Certificate in another EU country.

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Toyota picks up the tab for rusty pickups

Rustproofing issues with Tacoma, Tundra and Sequoia vehicles are to cost Toyota $3.4 billion in settling a US federal class action law suit.

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Samsung recalls millions of dangerous washing machines

After the problems with its Note 7 smartphones, Samsung is having to recall about 2.8 million top-loading washing machines in the US.

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Takata looks at bankruptcy protection for its US unit - report

Troubled airbag maker Takata is reportedly considering filing for bankruptcy protection for its US division.

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BMW profits hit by shift to demand for smaller cars

BMW says the fact that it sold more smaller vehicles and fewer in the US hit its quarterly operating profit.

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BP hit worse than Shell by low oil prices

BP's latest quarterly earnings were almost halved while Shell announced its highest profit in five quarters thanks to the purchase of rival BG Group.

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Uber loses UK driver employment case

Uber should no longer treat its drivers as self-employed, a British employment tribunal has ruled, dealing a major blow to its business model.

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Samsung Electronics vows to regain trust as Note 7 costs slam profits

Samsung pledges to work hard to earn back the public's trust after the Galaxy Note 7 disaster which lowered its third-quarter mobile earnings by 96%.

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Toyota: millions more airbag recalls

Toyota is having to recall 5.8 million cars around the world over potentially faulty air bag inflators made by Japanese company Takata.

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Vodafone fined over customer failings

Britain's telecoms regulator has fined Vodafone a record amount for what it called "serious and sustained" failings in its dealings with customers.

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Volkswagen: emissions scandal settlement agreed in the US

A US judge has approved the latest Volkswagen settlement arising from its diesel emissions cheating scandal.

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Apple profits fall for the first time in 15 years

Apple's annual earnings have dropped for the first time in 15 years as it posted a third successive quarter of declining iPhone sales.

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India's Tata says bye-bye to Mistry, but why?

Ratan Tata returns to head India's biggest conglomerate as Cyrus Mistry - his replacement just four years ago - is removed with no reason given.

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AT&T says Time-Warner merger doesn't raise competition issues

AT&T thinks its proposed mega-merger with media and entertainment group Time Warner can be tweeked so would not be blocked by competition regulators.

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Microsoft to raise prices over Brexit vote linked pound slump

Microsoft is to sharply increase the prices for some of its enterprise software and cloud storage in Britain after the value of the pound plunged.

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Philips latest earnings are healthy, sees volatility in Europe

Dutch healthcare technology and services company Philips has reported a 14 percent rise in quarterly earnings.

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Samsung launches future discount offer for Galaxy Note 7 owners

Samsung steps up efforts to retain South Korean customers after the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco by offering discounts on the future 8 series handset.

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US telecoms giant AT&T agrees to buy Time Warner for $85bn

US telecoms giant AT&T says it has agreed to buy the Time Warner media and entertainment group for more than $85bn.

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AT&T close to buying Time Warner but Apple may step in

The biggest merger of the year may be announced on Sunday as AT&T seek to snap up Time Warner, but Apple is monitoring the situation and may step in.

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Bombardier to cut more jobs in Canada and Germany

Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier says it is cutting another 7,500 jobs - 10 percent of its workforce - over the next two years.

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Smoking consolidation: British American Tobacco bids for Reynolds American

A huge cigarette merger is in the offing as British American Tobacco aims to roll up the 58 percent of Reynolds American that it does not already own.

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Daimler: Cars outperform trucks

Daimler's latest quarterly results showed improvement in sales of Mercedes cars, but falling demand for its trucks.

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