Baikonur, Kazakhstan (Reuters) – Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said he could barely contain his excitement a day ahead of blasting off to the International Space Station in a prelude to a more ambitious trip around the moon with Elon Musk’s SpaceX planned in 2023. The 46-year-old fashion magnate and art collector has been training at …
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By Marc Jones and Ross Kerber LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) – Just three months after narrowly avoiding collapse, the world’s most indebted developer China Evergrande Group is teetering on the brink again and investors are still unclear how much or for how long the problems could reverberate. With over $300 billion of liabilities and more than 1,300 …
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By Emma-Victoria Farr LONDON (Reuters) -Liontrust Asset Management is to buy British fund manager Majedie Asset Management for up to 120 million pounds ($159.31 million), the company said on Tuesday. Liontrust will pay an initial 80 million pounds for the firm, plus a deferred payment of up to 40 million pounds. The deal is part …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s Spinny said on Tuesday it had raised $283 million in a funding round led by Abu Dhabi-based ADQ and Tiger Global, giving the used-car retailing platform a valuation of about $1.8 billion. The round includes a primary capital infusion of $250 million and a secondary sale of about $33 million by select …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) -England have omitted Jonny Bairstow from their 12-man squad for the Ashes opener in Brisbane on Wednesday and opted to keep seasoned paceman James Anderson in reserve for the second pink ball test in Adelaide. Mark Wood was named with fellow quicks Stuart Broad and Ollie Robinson but may end up making way …
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(Refiles to fix figure in paragraph 3) MILAN (Reuters) -Telecom Italia (TIM) said on Monday it has picked Goldman Sachs and LionTree to advise Italy’s biggest telcoms group on the takeover approach by U.S. fund giant KKR. KKR made its non-binding offer for TIM, just before a boardroom row forced group CEO Luigi Gubitosi to …
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By Steve Holland, Humeyra Pamuk, Michael Martina and Gabriel Crossley WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. government officials will boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing because of China’s human rights “atrocities”, the White House said on Monday, just weeks after talks aimed at easing tense relations between the two superpowers. The diplomatic boycott, which leaves athletes free …
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By Steve Holland, Humeyra Pamuk, Michael Martina and Gabriel Crossley WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. government officials will boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing because of China’s human rights “atrocities”, the White House said on Monday, just weeks after talks aimed at easing tense relations between the two superpowers. The diplomatic boycott, which leaves athletes free …
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By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s central bank left interest rates at a super-loose 0.1% on Tuesday and stuck with its bond buying plans, resisting pressure to follow its U.S. counterpart in signaling an earlier winding down of stimulus. Wrapping up the last policy meeting of the year, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) Board …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Air New Zealand Ltd has the potential to grow its domestic business by 20%-30% from pre-pandemic levels over the next few years, its chief executive said on Tuesday. “We’ve got a terrific domestic business here in Air New Zealand and we see an opportunity to grow that more,” Air New Zealand Chief Executive …
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