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Now playing Next Zimbabwe Army takes control in Zimbabwe Africa's longest-serving ruler Robert Mugabe, 93, may have reached the end of the line after the army takes over in Zimbabwe. 15/11/2017
Now playing Next Business 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. 05/05/2017
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Now playing Next Business 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. 04/04/2017
Now playing Next Business 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. 13/03/2017
Now playing Next Business Kraft drops Unilever bid US food giant Kraft has dropped its plan to buy the UK-based Unilever. 20/02/2017
Now playing Next Business 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. 17/01/2017
