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Opel’s options
Failure to reach a deal for the German carmaker could trigger mutually assured destruction of GM plants across Europe
Takeda Pharmaceutical
Japan’s biggest drugmaker has blockbusters coming off patent, and faces a shrinking domestic population and curtailed government spending
Oil prices
The fall in oil prices has helped the world economy back to its feet. Government handouts are peanuts by comparison
PC makers
Advice to PC manufacturers is remarkably simple: sell everywhere, as efficiently as possible
Securities clearers
Clearing has been thrust centre stage as a consortium of banks and Icap, the inter-dealer broker, late on Friday made a cash offer for LCH.Clearnet
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