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...(FT) Dockwork ers v robots Dockworkers in Los Angeles are making a last stand against the automation of lucrative port jobs....
...Smart reads David v Goliath Large consumer goods companies are starting to feel the impact of their smaller, more innovative rivals....
...Bombarded Day two of the Bombardier v Boeing tariff scandal and attention has turned on the British government’s motivation to fight back against proposed US action against the Canadian company....
...AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner and Bayer’s purchase of Monsanto) that are still pending approval from the competition watchdog....
...(BBC) Video of the day Google v Apple, round 2 As Google again draws level with Apple as the world’s largest company, John Authers looks at the historic performance of companies once they have become the...
...Shares in Monsanto closed up 3 per cent at $109.28, but still well below the $122 a share offer....
...Recently, their targets have included a growing number of Chinese companies....
...Plus: Monsanto reports earnings, and Babcock International and AMEC issue trading and sales updates....
...●With all four divisions of Babcock International doing well and a bid pipeline of £14bn, analysts are feeling rather optimistic about the engineering support services company’s prospects, writes Carola...
...In the west, glass-fibre-reinforced plastics, developed by Monsanto to protect radar equipment on US military aircraft, were re-worked into moulded furniture designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman...
...Financial companies that depended on cheap credit to buy infrastructure and other assets also fell sharply. Babcock & Brown fell by 17.2 per cent to A$1.95....
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