7-Eleven, Couche-Tard explore sell-offs ahead of potential merger
Tokyo (AFP) - The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven said Monday it had agreed to jointly explore store sell-offs with a ...
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7-Eleven owner seeks to fend off takeover with buyback, US IPO
Tokyo (AFP) - The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven announced on Thursday a raft of new measures to fend off a ...
Japan’s Honda and Nissan scrap merger talks
Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan confirmed on Thursday they had scrapped merger talks that would have ...
Germany’s Commerzbank to cut jobs to fight off UniCredit
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - German lender Commerzbank said Thursday it plans to cut about 3,900 jobs, around 10 percent of ...
Honda-Nissan merger talks ‘basically over’: source
Tokyo (AFP) - Nissan's board is in the process of abandoning merger talks with Honda and could be open to ...
Nissan shares fall as reports say Honda merger talks off
Tokyo (AFP) - Nissan shares plunged on Wednesday as reports said the struggling Japanese carmaker was walking away from merger ...
Honda shares jump on reports it wants Nissan as subsidiary
Tokyo (AFP) - Honda shares surged on Wednesday as Japanese media said the automaker had proposed making its struggling rival ...
UBS profit beats forecast as Credit Suisse merger nears end
Zurich (AFP) - Swiss banking giant UBS said Tuesday that it remained on track to substantially wrap up its mega-merger ...
South Korea appeals court upholds Samsung chief’s fraud acquittal
Seoul (AFP) - Samsung Electronics chief Lee Jae-yong was cleared again Monday of a raft of charges linked to a ...
Italy’s Monte dei Paschi bids 13.3 bn euros for Mediobanca
Rome (AFP) - Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena said Friday that it was launching a bid for its ...
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