Kuka nears deal with Chinese bidder: source

BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German robotics maker Kuka is on the brink of agreeing to an investor agreement with Chinese bidder Midea that includes a long-term commitment to existing headquarters, factories and jobs, a source close to the negotiations said. Kuka needs to decide in the coming week whether it wants to recommend the acceptance of Midea's 4.5 billion euro ($4.99 billion) bid, the biggest German industrial technology company to be targeted by a Chinese buyer in a wave of recent deals. …

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TransCanada formally seeks NAFTA damages in Keystone XL rejection

TransCanada Corp is formally requesting arbitration over U.S. President Barack Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, seeking $15 billion in damages, the company said in legal papers dated Friday. TransCanada submitted a notice for an arbitration claim in January and had then tried to negotiate with the U.S. government to “reach an amicable settlement,” the company said in files posted on the pipeline's website. TransCanada said it then filed its formal arbitration request under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) provisions, seeking to…

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SolarCity recuses two more board members from voting on Tesla offer

Two additional SolarCity Corp board members with ties to Elon Musk are recusing themselves from making decisions regarding Tesla Motors Inc's offer to buy the solar power company, in a bid to alleviate corporate governance concerns surrounding a potential deal. The new …

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Intel considers sale of cyber security business: FT

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chipmaker Intel Corp is considering the sale of its cyber security business, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. According to the report, the company has been talking to its bankers about options for the Intel Security unit, which was previously known as McAfee. Intel bought McAfee for $7.7 billion in 2011. A spokesperson for Intel could not be immediately reached for

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Investor George Soros calls for reconstruction of EU after ‘Brexit’ vote

(Reuters) – Billionaire investor George Soros on Saturday called for thorough reconstruction of the European Union in order to save it, even though he warned that Britain's vote to leave the bloc makes “disintegration of the EU practically irreversible.” Soros, who warned of financial meltdown if Britain voted to leave the EU before Thursday&#…

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Brexit a knockout punch to Fed’s interest rate divergence mantra

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union may tie the U.S. Federal Reserve to near zero interest rates for far longer than expected, according to new research indicating the U.S. central bank is now tightly bound to international economic conditions. Over the past 18 months the Fed has blinked more than once, and refrained from…

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Citigroup resolves ‘technical issue’ that left accounts frozen

(Reuters) – Citigroup Inc said on Friday it resolved a technical issue that had left customers unable to access their accounts remotely. Customers had taken to social media to complain about the outage, which affected several U.S. states, including New York, Pennsylvania and California, according to Bloomberg. “We experienced a brief technical issue that

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Top U.S. regulators say financial system functioning in ‘orderly manner’

U.S. financial regulators on Friday said the country's financial system is functioning in an “orderly manner” after Britain voted to leave the European Union and sent markets around the globe reeling. The Financial Stability Oversight Council – which includes the heads of the U.S. Treasury, Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Reserve – “noted that the U.S. financial system continues to function in an orderly manner, and that the Council will continue to monitor ongoing developments

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Ratings agency Moody’s says Britain at risk of credit downgrade

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Ratings agency Moody's said Britain's creditworthiness was now at greater risk after voting to leave the European Union, as the country would face substantial challenges to successfully negotiate its exit from the bloc. Moody's assigned a negative outlook to its 'Aa1' rating for British government debt after a Thursday referendum showed that a clear majority of Britons wanted to leave the EU, prompting Prime Minister David Cameron to announce he would resign. Britain's finance ministry and …

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Sterling pares losses after hitting 31-year low on Brexit

By Sam Forgione NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sterling edged off lows against the U.S. dollar on Friday, recovering slightly from a 10 percent plunge to its weakest in 31 years following Britain's vote to leave the European Union, on reassuring

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