Walmart may launch IPO for Flipkart in as early as four years
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Walmart Inc (WMT.N) said on Saturday in a filing with a U.S. regulator that it may take India’s Flipkart public in as early as four years, detailing…
China’s multi-story hog hotels elevate industrial farms to new levels
YAJI MOUNTAIN, China (Reuters) – On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the sows a thousand head per floor in high-rise “hog hotels”. Guangxi Yangxiang’s high-rise pig…
Insight: China’s multi-story hog hotels elevate industrial farms to new levels
YAJI MOUNTAIN, China (Reuters) – On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the sows a thousand head per floor in high-rise “hog hotels”. Guangxi Yangxiang’s high-rise pig…
U.S. East Coast refiners look to Texas crude for discounted oil
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. East Coast refiners are shipping more shale oil from the Gulf Coast thanks to heavy discounts for West Texas crude and are also looking to…
Walmart to buy controlling stake in India’s Flipkart for $16 bln
MUMBAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart Inc (WMT.N) will pay $16 billion for a roughly 77 percent stake in Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart, the U.S. retailer’s largest-ever deal, in an attempt…
Exclusive: Hudson’s Bay seeks to revive Lord & Taylor’s fortunes
(Reuters) – Hudson’s Bay Co (HBC.TO) is working with investment bankers and consultants to identify deals and new measures to turn around its Lord & Taylor department store chain, once…
Nestle to pay Starbucks $7.15 billion in global coffee alliance
LONDON/ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss-based food giant Nestle will pay Starbucks $7.15 billion in cash for the rights to sell the U.S. coffee chain’s products around the world, tying a premium…
Take Five: World markets themes for the week ahead
LONDON (Reuters) – Following are five big themes likely to dominate the thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them. A police…
A U.S. recession ahead? Fed policymakers say not to worry
CHICAGO/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – As the gap between short- and long-term borrowing costs hovers near its lowest in more than 10 years, speculation has risen over whether the so-called yield…
‘Boiled frog syndrome’: Germany’s China problem
SCHROBENHAUSEN, Germany (Reuters) – Bauer, a big producer of construction equipment, is better placed than many German companies that invested heavily in China over the past few decades. Thomas Bauer,…