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June 22 2017 - 5:31AM
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Berkshire Hathaway Takes Big Stake in Troubled Canadian Lender
Berkshire said it has agreed to indirectly acquire a 38.39%
stake in Canadian mortgage lender Home Capital Group Inc. as part
of a rescue package.
Foxconn in Talks With U.S. States Over New Plant
Foxconn Technology Group is looking at several U.S. states as
potential sites for its investment plans and wants to announce the
first match as early as July.
Aviation Industry Seeks to Strengthen Cybersecurity Defenses
Escalating concerns about cyberthreats are prompting the
aviation industry to devise an unlikely new safeguard: real-time
warnings to pilots about potential hacking attempts.
China Property Titan Knocks Back Speculation After Bonds, Shares Drop
Dalian Wanda Group, owned by billionaire Wang Jianlin, dismissed
online speculation that lenders had issued a notice to unload bonds
tied to the real estate conglomerate, which apparently sparked a
drop in its units' stock and bond prices.
Beijing Is Investigating Some of China's Top Overseas Deal Makers
China's banking regulator has ordered the country's commercial
banks to investigate loans made to a group of companies that have
aggressively invested overseas in recent years.
How Uber Backers Orchestrated Kalanick's Ouster as CEO
Travis Kalanick's decision to step down as Uber's CEO was the
culmination of weeks of maneuvering by some of the firm's biggest
investors to force out the co-founder of the nearly $70 billion
company.
Virgin Mobile to Become iPhone-Only Carrier
Virgin Mobile, the phone carrier founded by mogul Richard
Branson, will become the world's first iPhone-only carrier.
Oracle's Cloud Business Lifts Profit
Oracle Corp. said Wednesday its quarterly profit rose 15% from a
year earlier to $3.23 billion.
Mississippi Regulators Seek to End Southern Co. 'Clean-Coal' Plant
State officials want Southern Co.'s Kemper facility, which has
already taken $7.5 billion and seven years to finish, to run using
natural gas going forward, and don't want to pass on additional
costs to electricity customers.
Citi Raids UBS for New M&A Head for EMEA
Citigroup has hired a senior investment banker from UBS Group to
head up mergers and acquisitions for the U.S. bank's Europe, Middle
East and Africa operations.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 22, 2017 05:16 ET (09:16 GMT)
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