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Walmart to pay $16 bln for control of India's Flipkart, shares slide 09 May 2018 - 11:20 pm
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon (L) and Flipkart co-founder and CEO Binny Bansal shaking hands at an event in Bangalore on May 9, 2018, as a deal was announced for Walmart to buy a stake in Flipkart. AFP photo / Walmart
Audi targets $1.2 billion profit boost from car-data services 09 May 2018 - 11:20 pm
German carmaker Audi CEO Rupert Stadler (R) and Herbert Diess, chairman of the Audi supervisory board and CEO of carmaker Volkswagen (VW), shake hands prior to the Audi AG general meeting in Ingolstadt, southern Germany, on May 9, 2018. AFP / Christof Sta
Cracks in British nuclear reactor ring power alarm bells 09 May 2018 - 07:15 pm
The Hunterston nuclear power station in West Kilbride, Scotland May 15, 2013. Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett
SoftBank CEO confirms Walmart to buy control of India's Flipkart 09 May 2018 - 12:21 pm
File photo: The logo of India's e-commerce firm Flipkart is seen on the company's office in Bengaluru, India April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa/File Photo
Japan's Takeda clinches $62 bln deal to buy drugmaker Shire 08 May 2018 - 11:30 am
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Japanese Takeda Pharmaceutical Co is seen at an office building in Glattbrugg near Zurich March 7, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Migrant workers sent $256 billion home to Asia-Pacific last year: UN 07 May 2018 - 09:02 pm
A man holds various English Pound notes as he waits in line to exchange it for Euros notes outside a money exchange office in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar June 24 2016 AFP
Algeria to open farming concessions to foreigners 07 May 2018 - 07:45 pm
Cows are seen in a farm in Tipaza, Algeria April 21, 2018. Picture taken April 21, 2018. Reuters/Ramzi Boudina
Air France shares nosedive after CEO bails 07 May 2018 - 07:23 pm
Jean-Marc Janaillac, Chief Executive Officer of Air France-KLM Group, attends a news conference in Paris, France, May 4, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
Nestle takes over sales of Starbucks in the grocery aisle 07 May 2018 - 07:21 pm
Nestle's Nescafe coffee products sit on the shelf at a CVS Pharmacy store, May 7, 2018 in New York City.  Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP
News agencies hail 'major step' by EU to make net giants pay for news 07 May 2018 - 07:01 pm
Representative image: Staff work in a control during a news program at NTV studios in Nairobi on February 6, 2018. (AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba)
Air France shares nosedive after CEO bails 07 May 2018 - 02:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Jean-Marc Janaillac, Chief Executive Officer of Air France-KLM Group, attends a news conference in Paris, France, May 4, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
Volkswagen board eyes damage claims against former CEO Winterkorn 07 May 2018 - 12:46 am
In this file photo taken on March 13, 2014 (FILES) Martin Winterkorn, then CEO of German carmaker Volkswagen (VW), attends the company's annual press conference in Berlin.  AFP / Johannes Eisele
Cement sales surge to 39m tonnes in Pakistan 07 May 2018 - 12:46 am
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Spain's Bilbao fights to lead European wind power sector 07 May 2018 - 12:38 am
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Corner the market: Shanghai's streetside stock pundits 07 May 2018 - 12:34 am
This picture taken on March 25, 2018 shows Shen Yuxi (R), who peddles stock analysis software, next to the screen of his computer showing financial data at Shanghai's open-air investment bazaar.  AFP / Johannes Eisele
Property boom in China border town as world warms to North Korea 07 May 2018 - 12:30 am
This January 9, 2018 photo shows the North Korean town of Sinuiju (R) opposite Dandong (L) in China's northeast Liaoning province. The dramatic diplomatic thaw on the Korean peninsula is sparking an unexpected economic windfall on the Chinese border, wher
French government urges Air France to pursue reforms as strikes bite 07 May 2018 - 12:20 am
Jean-Marc Janaillac, Chief Executive Officer of Air France-KLM Group, attends a news conference in Paris, France, May 4, 2018. Reuters/Charles Platiau
Germany's Allianz to stop insuring coal businesses 04 May 2018 - 11:58 pm
This file photo taken on May 03, 2017 shows Oliver Baete, CEO of German insurer Allianz SE, posing prior the company's annual general meeting in Munich, southern Germany.  AFP / Christof Stache