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...In 2002, Li invested in BYD, then a little-known maker of electric batteries....
...With delays to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, analysts say the European gas market is only a cold snap or supply disruption away from another price spike....
...Smart reads Apple’s new regime Wall Street and Silicon Valley feared the death of Steve Jobs would foreshadow the end of innovation at Apple....
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...Job moves Pacific Gas and Electric chief executive Bill Johnson will retire at the end of June after just over a year with the troubled utility....
...A few premium publishers — The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Financial Times — amassed more than 1m digital subscribers each....
...Many head straight for the crowded street food stalls lined up in front of the factory for after-work noodles and drinks....
...The dividend stream would be useful for paying down debt and making more acquisitions....
...Back in the 2008 financial crisis, MUFG, like its Japanese rival Nomura, saw a chance to profit from the woes of Wall Street....
...In Sydney the S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.8 per cent on rallies in the information technology, financials and energy segments....
...The reporting of Tencent’s stake comes after Tesla turned to Wall Street in search of a $1bn cash injection as it seeks a bigger financial cushion for the forthcoming launch of its mass-market Model 3 later...
...It has shut down one of its main engineering sites, making about 40 staff redundant, and put the V-Charge on ice....
...Tesla and Apple were not the only technology companies to underwhelm Wall Street this week....
...That figure is higher than even the most aggressive Wall Street banks in the pre-financial crisis days. But EDF Trading has faced challenges in recent times....
...Golden stucco-clad houses stretch for street after identical street, interspersed with gated communities with names such as Spanish Oaks and Rancho Bel Air....
...Over the past year, low interest rates have boosted the value of companies such as regulated utilities that have steady regulated income streams....
...Joe Tsai, executive vice-chairman of Alibaba and right hand man to founder Jack Ma, told the Financial Times in November that financial services and healthcare were “very large industries where technology...
...(NYT $, WaPo) Russia abandons South Stream President Vladimir Putin has threatened tocancel the South Stream gas pipeline unless the EU drops its opposition to the project....
...Utility company PG&E weakened after it said that it expected to be charged criminally in connection with a 2010 natural gas pipeline accident....
...(Financial Times) The French government said it would oppose General Electric’s $13.5bn offer for Alstom’s energy business, saying that it wanted the US conglomerate to suggest a different and more equitable...
..., the US industrial and financial services group, is expected to reveal a modest decline in earnings for the third quarter when it reports on Friday....
...(Financial Times) Caterpillar gives gloomy guidance after earnings beat: “Caterpillar Inc. said it is going ahead with opening new U.S. assembly plants despite a glut of unsold construction and mining machinery...
...Shares in General Electric , the US industrial group, rose 0.8 per cent to $22.71 for the week....
...The reverberations were felt up and down the streets of downtown Houston when Enron collapsed 10 years ago, shattering confidence in the energy trading market on which the company had been built....
...Even Warren Buffett put $232m into BYD, a Chinese electric car company....
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