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REFILE-Eutelsat, KKR said to place bids for SingTel’s Australia unit

HONG KONG/SYDNEY, June 17 (Reuters) – France’s Eutelsat Communications SA and private equity firm KKR & Co are among the suitors to place first-round bids for Singapore Telecommunications Ltd’s Australian satellite unit, a person with direct knowledge of the matter … Continue reading

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UBS’s French unit put under formal investigation -judicial source

PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) – UBS’s French unit was put under formal investigation on Friday for alleged complicity in suspected illegal business practices in France, a judicial source said.

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Japan Suntory unit listing to be approved for $5 billion IPO: source

(Reuters) – The Tokyo Stock Exchange is set to approve a listing for the food and non-alcoholic beverage unit of Suntory Holdings Ltd as soon as Wednesday, a source with direct knowledge of the process told Reuters.

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Sears losses mount, weighs sale of unit to shore up liquidity

(Reuters) – U.S. retailer Sears Holdings cast bigger doubts on the progress of its turnaround after reporting a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss, hurt by cooler spring weather.

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CEO of SocGen’s Russia unit detained – Interior Ministry

MOSCOW, May 15 (Reuters) – The chief executive of French bank Societe Generale’s Russian unit, Rosbank, has been detained on suspicion of receiving illegal payments, Russia’s Interior Ministry said…

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Sony climbs 14 percent after U.S. fund proposes listing of entertainment unit

TOKYO (Reuters) – Shares of Sony Corp climbed 14 percent on Wednesday in Tokyo trade after hedge fund investor Daniel Loeb on Tuesday called on the electronics company to list its entertainment…

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MUFJ unit in talks to sell services to Morgan Stanley trust clients

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. unit of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc is in talks to acquire the rights to sell trust-banking services to Morgan Stanley’s clients, in the bank’s latest bid to expand its business abroad, a source … Continue reading

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UPDATE 1-Embraer, Finmeccanica unit call off Brazil chopper deal

* Another hit for AgustaWestland after India bribe scandal

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UPDATE 3-CSM to sell bakery unit, focus on more profitable businesses

* Proceeds used to grow, cut debt, return money to investors

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Top China college in focus with ties to army’s cyber-spying unit

SHANGHAI, March 24 (Reuters) – Faculty members at a top Chinese university have collaborated for years on technical research papers with a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) unit accused of being at the heart of China’s alleged cyber-war against Western commercial … Continue reading

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