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Indonesia to announce Freeport acquisition structure – source

Indonesia is set to announce later on Thursday the details of a deal to acquire a majority stake in the local unit of U.S. copper miner Freeport McMoRan Inc, a source with knowledge of the matter said. The announcement is expected to include the share price, share holding and structure of the deal, which would give Indonesia’s state mining company, PT Inalum, a majority holding in Grasberg, the world’s second biggest copper mine. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati is scheduled to sign a heads of agreement with PT Freeport Indonesia at …read more […]

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Broadcom will acquire CA Technologies for $18.9 billion, just 4 months after Trump blocked its acquisition of Qualcomm (AVGO, CA)

The deal was first reported earlier on Wednesday by the Wall Street Journal, and later confirmed by CA Technologies in a press release. News of this deal comes just four months after President Trump blocked Broadcom from acquiring Qualcomm in a $103 billion hostile takeover on the grounds on national security. Broadcom, which was based in Singapore, has made moves in recent months to increase its presence in the US. …read more […]

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Execution blocked after company objects to use of its drug

A Nevada judge effectively blocked the execution of a two-time killer Wednesday after a pharmaceutical company objected to the use of one of its drugs to put someone to death. Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez disallowed the drug in a ruling that came less than nine hours before Scott Raymond Dozier, 47, was to be executed by injection with a three-chemical combination never before tried in the U.S. State prison officials later called off the 8 p.m. execution, and a judge issued an order indefinitely postponing it. …read more […]