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China developer Vanke buys Shenzhen Metro unit for $6.9 billion

China Vanke, the mainland's biggest property company by sales, said it will acquire a unit of Shenzhen Metro Group for 45.6 billion yuan ($6.9 billion) via a new share issue, making the state-owned subway operator its largest shareholder. The final purchase price came at the lower end of the 40 billion yuan to 60 billion yuan guidance under a preliminary accord in March as Vanke's management fought to retain control of the company in a battle with its…

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Greece could lift capital controls by year-end: bank association head

Greece could lift most or all capital controls imposed at the height of the euro zone crisis by the end of the year, the head of the country's banking association said on Saturday. More than 50 billion euros left banks from November 2014 to July last year…

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Explosion reported at Kia plant in Mexico, at least three injured

An explosion struck a Kia Motors factory in northern Mexico on Saturday, injuring at least three workers after an accumulation of gas ignited, a local emergency services official told Reuters. Luis Felipe Puente, the national director of emergency services, confirmed that some workers at

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Volkswagen group to phase out more than 40 car models: report

Volkswagen will stop producing more than 40 car models in the coming years as part of a new strategy by Europe's biggest automaker, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Saturday. Volkswagen (VW) said on Thursday it would invest billions of euros in electric cars, ride-hailing and automated driving to become a world leader in green transport by 2025 as it

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Exiled tycoon Mallya: India wrong to sequester some assets in graft case

Exiled tycoon Vijay Mallya said on Sunday that Indian authorities trying to recover about $1.4 billion from his collapsed Kingfisher Airlines had no legal grounds for sequestering certain assets in a money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) tweeted on Saturday that it had “attached” properties worth 14.11 billion Indian rupees ($210.78 million) in the case involving a loan from state-owned IDBI Bank

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China’s yuan trade system to open branches in London, New York

China's state-owned currency marketplace said on Sunday it was preparing to open branches in London and New York as part of efforts to promote the yuan's global status. The China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), a subsidiary of China's central bank, said in a statement that by expanding its network offshore, it aims to serve more overseas institutions and become a “main trading platform and pricing center” for the yuan globally. China has been gradually loosening its capital controls to allow …

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Siemens CEO says not interested in robot maker Kuka

Siemens has no interest in becoming a white knight for German robot maker Kuka , which is the target of a 4.5 billion euro ($5.06 billion) takeover bid by Chinese home appliance maker Midea , Siemens' chief executive said. “If we had been interested, we would have acted on it some time ago,” Joe Kaeser told German broadcaster ntv in an interview. Midea's bid has fanned a furious debate over Chinese takeovers in Europe, with politicians such as German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel calling for tougher restrictions.

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Bourbon maker Brown-Forman shares seen expensive

Shares of Brown-Forman , which makes Jack Daniel's and other liquors, are seen as pricey as the world's top bourbon seller faces slowing growth in an increasingly crowded field, Barron's said in its latest online edition. Brown-Forman's stock had delivered annual gain of 12.5 percent in the past decade including dividend, outpacing the Standard & Poor's 500 index by

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Data analysis from Paris raid on Google will take months, possibly years: prosecutor

By Chine Labbé PARIS (Reuters) – Analysis of data seized by investigators in last week's raid of Google's Paris headquarters could possibly take years, French financial prosecutor Eliane Houlette said on Sunday. Dozens of French police raided Google's offices on Tuesday, escalating an investigation over suspected tax evasion. “We have collected a lot of computer data,” Houlette said in an interview with Europe 1 radio, TV channel iTele and newspaper Le Monde, adding that 96 people took part in the raid.

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Dollar dips from two-week high, stocks in the red

“And that is precisely what we are seeing today.” Financials were among the biggest losers in Europe, their 1.5 percent fall led by a 10 percent plunge in Austrian bank Raiffeisen Bank International after it said it will look into a possible merger with

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