Microsoft to buy Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5 billion
STOCKHOLM/SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp has agreed to acquire the Stockholm-based developer of the wildly popular Minecraft video game for $2.5 billion, as it tries to lure a new and mostly young audience into its mobile world.
Exclusive: Nissan faces battery plant cuts as electric car hopes fade
PARIS (Reuters) – Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn is preparing to cut battery manufacturing, people familiar with the matter said, in a new reversal on electric cars that has re-opened deep divisions with alliance partner Renault .
Portugal looks for speedy sale after Novo Banco reshuffle
LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho stood by government policy toward the remains of failed Banco Espirito Santo (BES) on Monday, saying a quick sale of its successor Novo Banco was necessary to avoid further risks.
Autos weigh on U.S. factory output; outlook still upbeat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. manufacturing output fell for the first time in seven months in August, but the underlying trend remained consistent with a steadily expanding factory sector.
Danaher to buy Nobel Biocare for $2.2 billion
ZURICH (Reuters) – U.S. healthcare group Danaher Corp is to buy Nobel Biocare Holding AG for an agreed $2.2 billion to become the world’s biggest player in a dental implants market benefiting from growing demand for cosmetic dentistry.
Alibaba worried about Facebook IPO as considered Nasdaq versus NYSE
(Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd could have sold nearly $2 billion worth of stock without lifting a finger. All it had to do was list its shares on Nasdaq.
Air France pilots’ strike halts flights and hits shares
PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Pilots at Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM began a one-week strike at the French arm of the business over plans to cut costs, halting more than half of its flights on Monday and sending the group’s shares down more than 3…
Exclusive: Two Apple medical trials shed light on how HealthKit will work
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Two prominent U.S. hospitals are preparing to launch trials with diabetics and chronic disease patients using Apple Inc’s HealthKit, offering a glimpse of how the iPhone maker’s ambitious take on healthcare will work in practi…
Ackman’s Pershing Square plans $2 billion Amsterdam fund listing
AMSTERDAM/LONDON (Reuters) – Pershing Square Holdings, a fund managed by activist investor Bill Ackman, hopes to raise $2 billion from a listing on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange, the company said in a statement on Monday.
Ackman’s Pershing Square plans $2 billion Amsterdam fund listing
AMSTERDAM/LONDON (Reuters) – Pershing Square Holdings, a fund managed by activist investor Bill Ackman, hopes to raise $2 billion from a listing on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange, the company said in a statement on Monday.
