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China says no tough rules for foreign bank card firms

China will not impose tough licensing restrictions on overseas bank card providers seeking to enter the country's $7 trillion card payment market, a senior central bank official said on Tuesday. “We will actively and cautiously open up China's card payment market according to laws and regulations, and encourage fair competition,” Fan said. Foreign card companies, including Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc , have been lobbying for more than a decade for direct access to China's fast-growing cards market, which is projected to become the world'…

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GE, Alstom land $5.6 billion deals to supply Indian railway

General Electric and Alstom have won contracts worth a combined $5.6 billion to supply India's railways with new locomotives, as the vast but dilapidated state-owned network looks to foreign companies to help it modernise. France's Alstom has been picked to…

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Luxury brands suing Alibaba say mediation looks futile after Ma comments

SHANGHAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Luxury brands suing Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holding Ltd have asked a U.S. judge to be relieved of the obligation to mediate, which they say looks futile after Alibaba founder Jack Ma was quoted in a magazine as saying he would rather lose the case than settle. Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and other brands…

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D.R. Horton’s profit surges as home sales jump

U.S. homebuilder sentiment hit decade highs in July, August and September as traffic from potential buyers gained ground, according to data from the National Association of Home Builders. Shares of D.R. Horton, which sells homes under the D.R. Horton, America's Builder, Express Homes and Emerald Homes brands, rose 2.5

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Jaguar Land Rover plans to cut costs by 4.5 billion pounds: Sunday Times

(Reuters) – British luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has launched a secret project to cut costs of 4.5 billion pounds ($6.8 billion) and build 1 million cars per year by the end of the decade, the Sunday

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Snapchat’s daily video views triple to 6 billion: report

The number of videos viewed each day on Snapchat has tripled since May to 6 billion as the messaging app closes the gap with social media giant Facebook Inc, according to a report in the Financial Times that cites people close to the company. The Financial Times said that Snapchat confirmed the 6 billion figure but had declined to comment …

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Dubai Airshow opens amid drop in new jetliner orders

After three years of record jetliner orders, planemakers are bracing for a slowdown in new commitments at the Dubai Airshow which opens on Sunday under the shadow of recently falling oil prices and conflicts in the Middle East. Barring traditional show surprises, delegates attending the biennial Nov 8-12 event predicted a drop in major commercial order announcements as Gulf airlines take stock after expansion. “A lot of airlines have bought aircraft to capture the same growth,” said Ben Moores, senior analyst at

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VW engineers admitted rigging CO2 emissions: Bild

Several Volkswagen engineers have admitted manipulating carbon dioxide emissions data because goals set by former Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn were difficult to achieve, Bild am Sonntag reported. The paper said VW engineers tampered with tire pressure and mixed diesel with their motor oil to make them use less fuel, a deception that began in 2013 and carried

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Fed rate hike ‘makes sense’, says U.S. central banker

Now that the United States is closing in on full employment and inflation is likely to rise to target levels, the “next step” should be to start gradually increasing rates, a top U.S. central banker said on Saturday. “I do think it…

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Germany says testing diesel cars of foreign automakers

Germany is subjecting diesel vehicles including those from foreign manufacturers to strict checks, its transport minister said, following Volkswagen's latest disclosure that it gave false data on CO2 emissions. In a deepening scandal, Volkswagen on Tuesday said it had understated the fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions of about 800,000 vehicles sold in Europe. VW in September admitted that it had cheated on diesel emissions tests in the United States.

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