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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks strain for record high on tantalising trade hopes

World shares made another push for an elusive record high on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington and Beijing were in the final throes of inking an initial trade deal. Sterling continued to edge lower as pre-election opinion polls showed some narrowing of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives lead over opposition parties, even though he remains favourite to gain an overall majority. …read more […]

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Russia's Yandex gets green light from Putin over new governance structure

Russian internet giant Yandex was given the green light to pursue planned changes to its governance structure, after President Vladimir Putin signed a law late on Tuesday concerning the management of Russian offshore companies. Yandex, which provides a raft of online services including taxi-hailing and the main Russian-language search engine, proposed a corporate governance revamp last week to assuage Kremlin fears over potential foreign influence. The new structure will include a public interest foundation (PIF) run by a board of 11 Russian nationals with the power to block a single entity accumulating a 10% or more stake in …read more […]

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Abu Dhabi sovereign fund weighs investment of at least $1 billion in Aramco IPO: sources

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is weighing an investment of at least $1 billion in the initial public offering (IPO) of Saudi Aramco, which is relying mainly on Saudi Arabian and Gulf investors to raise up to $25.6 billion, five sources familiar with the matter said.

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Abu Dhabi sovereign fund weighs investment of at least $1 billion in Aramco IPO: sources

DUBAI/ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is weighing an investment of at least $1 billion in the initial public offering (IPO) of Saudi Aramco, which is relying mainly on Saudi Arabian and Gulf investors to raise up to $25.6 billion, five sources familiar with the matter said. A final decision on the amount has yet to be taken and would need approval from ADIA’s board of directors, one of the sources said. ADIA, estimated to have assets of nearly $700 billion, is chaired by the president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed …read more […]

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Exclusive: China’s ByteDance moves to ringfence its TikTok app amid U.S. probe – sources

ByteDance has stepped up efforts to separate its social media app TikTok from much of its Chinese operations, amid a U.S. national security panel’s inquiry into the safety of the personal data it handles, people familiar with the matter said.

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UPDATE 1-BAT says U.S vaping slowdown will lead to slower growth in e-cig business

British American Tobacco, the world’s no. 2 tobacco company by revenue, said on Wednesday a slowdown in the U.S. vaping market would result in slower growth in revenue from its “new categories” business that sells vaping products. The safety of vaping has been in the spotlight, with U.S. health officials reporting more than 2,000 cases of vaping-related lung illness and 47 deaths linked to its use in the country, leading to tighter regulatory scrutiny and individual state bans. This has led to a drop in demand for the devices, pushing the company to forecast revenue growth in its …read more […]