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By Kane Wu TOKYO (Reuters) – Carlyle, Warburg Pincus and a host of global investment firms plan to beef up headcount in Japan as deals here surge, but the country’s relatively low number of buyouts for much of the past two decades has made it tough to find people with…
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – An official with Azerbaijan’s Presidency of next week’s United Nations COP29 climate summit appeared to offer to facilitate talks about new fossil fuel deals ahead of the conference, according to a video secretly recorded by an advocacy group. In an investigation first reported by…
By Dawn Chmielewski and Harshita Mary Varghese (Reuters) – Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ:) CEO David Zaslav anticipates a friendlier environment for deal-making under the incoming Trump administration, opening the door to industry consolidation, he said on Thursday. “That would provide real positive and accelerated impact on this industry that’s needed,”…
A regional expert believes Russia will supply Iran with Su-35 fighter jets.Advanced air defenses and anti-ship cruise missiles may also be on the table.These would bolster Iran’s power in the region at a critical moment. Russia is considering deepening its military support for Iran and its regional militia allies with…
By Richa Naidu and Chandini Monnappa LONDON (Reuters) – Unilever (LON:) is working on sustainability deals with its top 10 retail customers, including Walmart (NYSE:), aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions and minimising waste in its supply chain, the consumer giant’s CEO said on Monday. Unilever, which makes Dove soap,…
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:) is turbo-charging its output across three continents with no plans to join a buyout frenzy sweeping the mining industry, a strategy that analysts say positions the company well to capitalize on the clean energy transition’s rising demand for the red metal. Used widely…
Apartment prices were slightly cheaper in September than in August as interest rates fell. Rent may continue to slide during the quieter months for moving. Here are 14 cities where apartments are affordable and getting cheaper. Rent inched lower in September as the unofficial moving season starts to wind down,…
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan is renegotiating contracts with independent power producers to rein in “unsustainable” electricity tariffs, the head of the power ministry said, as households and businesses buckle under soaring energy costs. Rising power tariffs have stirred social unrest and shuttered industries…
Influencer-marketing and digital-talent firms are getting scooped up like crazy this year, even as other creator-economy companies have failed to live up to their valuations.Some deals have involved buyers with big pockets. French ad holding company Publicis Groupe, which has a market cap of around $27 billion, announced it acquired…
By Joanna Plucinska and Jon Nazca LONDON/MALAGA, Spain (Reuters) – Sun seekers are turning to package holidays in Europe as soaring hotel and flight prices revive demand for the all-inclusive deals that had fallen from favour, bolstering the balance sheets of some travel companies. The combination of a cost-of-living crisis…
