By Kane Wu and Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) – State-owned China Mobile Ltd is exploring a buyout of Hong Kong’s leading telecoms company HKBN Ltd, four people with knowledge of the matter[...]
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April 18, 2023
Average price of new Tokyo apartment passes 100 million yen for first time
TOKYO (Reuters) – The average sales price for newly-built apartment units in Japan’s metropolitan Tokyo area jumped to 143.6 million yen ($1.07 million) in March, topping the 100 million y[...]
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Adani Group debt increases 21% over past year – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – Adani Group’s debt pile rose almost 21% over the past year and the proportion held by global banks rose to nearly a third, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. Around 29% of the[...]
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Italy to allow ChatGPT to return if OpenAI takes ‘useful steps’
ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s data protection watchdog is ready to allow the return of the ChatGPT chatbot at the end of April if its maker OpenAI takes “useful steps” to address the agenc[...]
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Nissan unveils new EV for China as it aims to up game in no. 1 auto market
By Josh Horwitz and Daniel Leussink SHANGHAI/TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Nissan Motor on Tuesday unveiled a new electric sport-utility vehicle (SUV) at the Shanghai auto show as it pledged its comm[...]
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TotalEnergies’ variable cost margin for European refineries jumps in the first quarter
(Reuters) – French energy company TotalEnergies’ variable cost margin for European refineries jumped to $87.8 dollar per tonne in the first quarter, the company said in a preliminary relea[...]
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UBS makes changes to buyback programme following Credit Suisse takeover
ZURICH (Reuters) -UBS on Tuesday said it was making changes to its $6 billion share buyback programme following its takeover of Credit Suisse. UBS said it will use some of the shares for the takeover[...]
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Nissan aims for 80% of model line-up to be electric by 2030 – exec
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Japanese automaker Nissan Motor aims to have seven electric vehicle (EV) models by 2026 and 80% of its line-up to be electric by 2030, chief operating officer Ashwani Gupta[...]
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Northvolt and Scania unveil battery for heavy trucks
STOCKHOLM(Reuters) – Truck-maker Scania and battery producer Northvolt on Tuesday said they had developed an electric battery with a lifetime equivalent to that of a truck. The Swedish companies[...]
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