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South Korea has agreed with the leaders of African countries to forge deeper trade and business cooperation.
An independent board formed by MultiChoice recommended an all-cash mandatory offer made by France’s Canal+.
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Ford’s Silverton plant has produced its millionth Ranger bakkie since production began at the site 24 years ago.
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The EU is investigating X over suspected breaches of obligations, its first probe under the Digital Services Act.
Adobe on Monday shelved its $20-billion cash-and-stock deal for cloud-based designer platform Figma.
IBM is buying Software AG’s enterprise technology platforms for €2.1-billion to bolster its AI and hybrid cloud offerings.
Tencent is relying on one-time bitter rival ByteDance to promote its most important videogame release in years.
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