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...Even Toyota, one of the world’s most financially robust carmakers, is exploring a new credit line with banks to boost its balance sheet. Protecting jobs is another top priority....
...Lentz joins from Thompson & Knight. Latham & Watkins has hired Meghan Cocci as a partner in the law firm’s corporate department....
...Those responding included Adidas, Microsoft, Nestlé, Rolls-Royce, J Sainsbury and Toyota....
...Lyft was valued at $15bn in its latest funding round led by Fidelity in June, while Uber’s investment from Toyota earlier this month valued it at $76bn*....
...Lyft has hired the IPO adviser Class V, which was founded by Lise Buyer, one of the key architects of Google’s 2004 Dutch auction. But Uber will not be far behind....
...On May 3, 2018, the Company and its subsidiary Tesla Motors Netherlands B.V. entered into the Ninth Amendment (the “Ninth Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement....
...Thompson, a Briton who also chairs UK private equity group 3i, will take up the position in March, when Jan du Plessis steps down....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on November 27. ©2017 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
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...Meanwhile, Japan’s Keidanren, the powerful business group whose membership includes Toyota, Hitachi and other large Japanese investors in the UK, is preparing a communiqué taking issue with Mrs May’s “no...
...Toyota was down 3.1 per cent to ¥4,994 and Nissan Motor was down 3.8 per cent to ¥907.5....
...It has shut down one of its main engineering sites, making about 40 staff redundant, and put the V-Charge on ice....
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...The rebuffing of the bid made life harder for Aerojet, Mr Thompson added....
...It came shortly after Lexus, Toyota’s luxury brand, announced plans to return to European and US racing in an effort to refresh its staid image....
...Japan’s earnings season picks up with Toyota, SoftBank, Nintendo and Toshiba all reporting full-year results this week....
...Gains are contingent on wins from automakers including Volkswagen and Toyota, Mr Shanker said, which will fuel global growth....
...But not everyone sees the dilution of the yen effect as a huge blow for Japan Inc....
...Nissan and Toyota want vehicles with self-driving technology to start rolling off their mass production lines by the end of the decade....
...ULA has stockpiled two years’ worth of RD180s for launches – and could switch more launches from the Atlas V to its more old-fashioned but wholly US-sourced Delta rockets....
...It has also moved production out of Japan at a faster pace than peers such as Toyota, which is expected to report a record Y955bn first-half net profit on Wednesday....
...Now, like its rivals Toyota and Nissan, it is looking to shift more production away from its home country to escape the soaring yen....
...CA Inc climbed 9.6 per cent to $25.02 as the software developer easily beat analyst expectations....
...Additional reporting by Jennifer Thompson in Paris...
...Honda is also expected to introduce a redesigned CR-V late next year....
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