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TrailStone buys Cargill’s power and gas group: sources

Commodities trader and investor TrailStone Group has purchased Cargill Inc's gas and power trading group, three sources familiar with the deal said this week. The move, first reported by Sparkspread, comes amid a reshuffling in the power and natural gas industry as private equity firms and hedge funds pour into the space, filling a void left by banks and other longtime players. The banks and others have been pulling back over the past several years as natural gas …

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Canon to buy Toshiba Medical for around $6.2 billion: Nikkei

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's Canon Inc is set to buy Toshiba Corp's medical equipment unit for 700 billion yen ($6.2 billion), beating rival Fujifilm Holdings Corp in a hotly contested auction, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday.

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Sharp’s banks set to offer additional aid as part of Foxconn deal: source

By Taro Fuse TOKYO (Reuters) – Sharp Corp's two main banks are set to lower interest rates on billions of dollars in loans and offer other financial support as part of a planned takeover by Taiwan's Foxconn, a source with direct knowledge of the plan said. The core banking units of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc and Mizuho Financial Group Inc have extended the vast majority of Sharp's 510 billion yen ($4.5 billion) in syndicated loans which are…

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China’s ZTE says suppliers need to apply for U.S. export license

By Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE Corp said on Wednesday its suppliers must seek licences to provide materials, in line with newly imposed U.S. restrictions on the company. The news, confirming a Reuters report on Tuesday, comes a day after the U.S. Commerce Department slapped export restrictions on ZTE for alleged Iran sanctions violations, a move that is expected to disrupt its sprawling global supply chain. The U.S. …

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Bezos’ space company aims for passenger flights in 2018

By Irene Klotz KENT, Wash. (Reuters) – Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin expects to begin crewed test flights of its reusable suborbital New Shepard vehicle next year and begin flying paying passengers in 2018, Bezos told reporters on Tuesday. Bezos’ remarks, made during the first ever media tour of the Blue Origin manufacturing facility, marked the first time the billionaire founder of…

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