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Mexico reverses some cuts, hospitals to see dire shortages

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By BLOOMBERG
MEXICO CITY • Mexico’s federal government has partially reversed budget cuts of about US$130 million (RM546 million) for its healthcare ...

Germany’s First Sensor receives offer from TE Connectivity

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By BLOOMBERG
NEW YORK • First Sensor AG said it received an offer from TE Connectivity Ltd. “First Sensor has received a legally non-binding expression ...

An RM8.8m drug for deadly childhood disease approved by FDA

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The US FDA approves Novartis’ Zolgensma, a gene therapy targeting children under 2 years old who have a severe illness called SMA
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Universal said to eye industry bidder as buyout firms balk

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By BLOOMBERG
LOS ANGELES • Vivendi SA is targeting strategic buyers for a stake in Universal Music Group (UMG) as some private equity (PE) investors ...

German output picks up in May as euro-area remains subdued

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By BLOOMBERG
FRANKFURT • Germany’s private sector saw overall output improve for a second month in May, despite a slowdown in services and a workforce ...

Meituan losses narrow as it fends off Alibaba

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By BLOOMBERG
HONG KONG • Meituan Dianping posted a narrower than anticipated loss after the Chinese Internet services giant managed to keep Alibaba ...

IndiGo declines most in year

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By BLOOMBERG
NEW DELHI • IndiGo, India’s biggest airline, fell the most in a year amid reports its billionaire founders have hired law firms after ...

Temasek’s Vertex raises RM957m for SE Asia fund

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By BLOOMBERG
SINGAPORE • Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd raised US$230 million (RM956.8 million) in the first close of its fourth South-East Asian fund to ...

Jet-powered flying taxi unveiled after 1st flight

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By BLOOMBERG
LONDON • The world’s first all-electric vertical takeoff and landing passenger jet has been unveiled after completing its first flight. ...

Home of the future will withstand whatever wild weather comes

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The Breezy Point design by Brooklyn-based Azaroff keeps Hurricane Sandy’s devastation in mind, from the bottom up
NEW YORK • Breezy Point is beautiful ...

Sonos partners Soundtrack Your Brand for business streaming

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STOCKHOLM • A Spotify-backed music streaming company will be exposed to hundreds of thousands of potential new customers through a tie-up with US speaker ...

High-tech supremacy at stake in US-China trade war

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BEIJING  • A race for global supremacy in the tech sector is at the centre of the fraught trade war negotiations between the US and China.
The US ...