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...Soriot’s, contrary to popular belief at the time, was quite good: Astra had interesting biologics and oncology prospects....
...Martin Rees, Britain’s astronomer royal, compares Mr Musk to a “21st century Isambard Kingdom Brunel”, the legendary engineer whose ingenious designs for railways and steamships revolutionised transport...
...That sense of esprit de corps, enhanced by a shared threat, was to loom large again many decades later when Mr Soriot, 60, now a picture of good-humoured suavity, found himself in the fight of his life against...
...The company’s Ellesmere Port plant produces Vauxhall Astra cars, but winning the next iteration of the model could pave the way for UK-centred production of other vehicles in the range, such as the Peugeot...
...The Astra decision will be partly influenced by PSA’s need to stem losses at Opel, which trades under the Vauxhall brand in the UK....
...It followed a string of sexual abuse scandals at Mitsubishi, the US Army and the US branch of Astra, the pharmaceuticals company that is now part of AstraZeneca....
...Related stories • Ride-hailing app Grab to launch autonomous taxis before 2022 • Indonesia’s Astra buys $150m stake in Go-Jek • China’s car-sharing market draws in big auto players • Grab to expand driver...
...Last week, Dayton Power & Light, a subsidiary of AES Corp, announced it planned to shut two coal-fired plants in Ohio next year....
...Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp., the world's No 3 contract chipmaker, also saw its profit fall....
...Withings’ Aura is an intelligent bedside clock, designed to look a bit like an old steamship funnel, which connects to a long pad placed under the mattress to measure sleep patterns....
...(step-by-step, courageously) Mr Bezos signed off his announcement, or to echo the RAF’s motto - Per Amazon Ad Astra (through Amazon to the stars)....
...Astra International, which produces and distributes Toyota and Daihatsu vehicles in Indonesia through a web of partnerships, has blamed intensifying competition for a 21 per cent year-on-year fall in net...
...Last year Aviva launched a joint venture in Indonesia with the conglomerate Astra....
...Toyota and Daihatsu vehicles are produced and distributed through a complex series of partnerships with Astra International, which is majority owned by Hong Kong trading house Jardines....
Pfizer gains after saying rejected offer for Astra will be its last
...A typical office worker in Jakarta might drive to work on an Astra-owned toll road in an Astra-manufactured Toyota Avanza, financed and insured by Astra....
...From a UK perspective, the Pfizer approach to Astra is ironic in view of the political furore over companies such as Google and Starbucks not paying enough UK corporation tax....
...That was the price for General Motors, Vauxhall’s US parent, to commit itself to bringing a new model Astra to the town on the banks of the Mersey from 2015....
...Some of the largest are family-run, listed conglomerates, including Astra International and Salim Group; YTL Corporation, a Malaysian utilities-to-hotels group that also owns Wessex Water in the UK; and...
...He cites the Astra and Salim groups in Indonesia; Charoen Pokphand, the Thai agribusiness; San Miguel of the Philippines and YTL Corporation in Malaysia....
...“He made me the president of Canada Steamship Lines when I was 33,” Mr Martin, 75, said on Wednesday....
...Its application for receivership follows the bankruptcy last year of Sanko Steamship, while another Japanese competitor, Daiichi, received emergency financing from a large shareholder in October....
...GM has announced that Gliwice will be one of only two plants for the next Astra. The Russian automotive sector is different....
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