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FirstFT: 7-Eleven proprietor poised to reject Couche-Tard takeover bid
The Tycoon Herald > Economy > FirstFT: 7-Eleven proprietor poised to reject Couche-Tard takeover bid
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FirstFT: 7-Eleven proprietor poised to reject Couche-Tard takeover bid

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By Tycoon Herald 7 Min Read Published September 5, 2024
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Good morning. At the moment we’re protecting:

  • The AstraZeneca staff below investigation in China

  • China’s new again doorways into western markets

  • Why India struggles at sport

We begin, nonetheless, with information on the overseas takeover bid for 7-Eleven’s Japanese proprietor.

The board of Seven & i Holdings is poised to reject the opening supply from Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard, and its pursuit of Japan’s biggest-ever buyout by a overseas firm.

Based on three individuals near the Japanese firm, a particular committee arrange by Seven & i to look at Couche-Tard’s bid final month will describe the supply as inadequate and lift issues that the deal would set off competitors investigations from regulators.

In a response to Couche-Tard that the identical individuals stated may very well be despatched as quickly as at this time, the Japanese firm will depart open the chance for the Canadian group to return with a better supply, and maintain the method operating on a pleasant foundation for now.

Learn extra concerning the Seven & i board’s opposition to the takeover method.

Right here’s what else I’m conserving tabs on at this time and over the weekend:

  • Essential US jobs report: At stake in at this time’s knowledge, buyers imagine, is the possible dimension of the Federal Reserve’s first rate of interest reduce later this month. It is going to even be carefully watched after July’s report undershot expectations, triggering a brutal market sell-off around the globe.

  • Summit: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida begins a two-day go to to Seoul, the place he’ll meet South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

How nicely did you retain up with the information this week? Take our quiz.

5 extra prime tales

1. AstraZeneca stated a “small number” of its staff are below investigation by police in China. The UK drugmaker’s assertion got here after a report that 5 present and former staff had been detained over potential infringement of knowledge privateness legal guidelines and the distribution of a liver most cancers drug that had not been accepted within the nation.

2. China’s greatest banks are making ready to problem lots of of billions of {dollars} in loss-absorbing bonds designed to keep away from the expensive authorities bailouts that swept Europe and the US within the aftermath of the 2008 monetary disaster. However score companies nonetheless anticipate Beijing to assist the nascent market in occasions of disaster.

3. President Emmanuel Macron has named the EU’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s subsequent prime minister. Barnier is a veteran of France’s conservative Les Républicains, a celebration Macron has wooed to discover a candidate with a shot at commanding majority assist within the Nationwide Meeting. Right here’s how French political actors reacted to Barnier’s appointment.

4. Unique: Russia has been compelled to begin storing gasoline from Vladimir Putin’s Arctic LNG 2 venture, in an indication that western sanctions are deterring patrons. Based on ship-tracking knowledge and satellite tv for pc photographs, three vessels have shipped liquefied pure gasoline from the venture, which is below US sanctions, because it began loading operations final month.

5. Donald Trump has unveiled a sweeping plan to decrease costs and reduce crimson tape and stated he would appoint the world’s richest man Elon Musk to assist him. The Republican candidate sought to attract a distinction with Kamala Harris’s financial imaginative and prescient in a speech to an viewers of Wall Road executives.

What are the implications of the US election for Asia? Be a part of us on September 26 for a webinar inspecting the potential financial and political penalties, with an emphasis on how the competition will form monetary markets and world commerce. Register free of charge right here.

The Huge Learn

FirstFT: 7-Eleven proprietor poised to reject Couche-Tard takeover bid
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Chinese language corporations are establishing store in international locations comparable to Singapore, Vietnam and Eire, hoping to avoid protectionist measures imposed by western powers towards China-based corporations. However as extra Chinese language exports are rerouted by means of these jurisdictions, officers within the US and Europe are rising more and more involved about the emergence of again doorways into their markets.

We’re additionally studying . . . 

Chart of the day

Rory Inexperienced, chief China economist at TS Lombard, discovered that GDP defined about 90 per cent of the variation in medal counts on the Paris Olympics. However India, the world’s fifth-largest financial system, received simply six medals this 12 months. Why is it so unhealthy at sport? Tej Parikh explains.

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Take a break from the information

Family mess is an unavoidable truth of life — so why conceal it from company? Oliver Burkeman is embracing “scruffy hospitality”, an idea that might be priceless sufficient if all it conveyed was permission to place rather less effort into conserving a pristine dwelling. However there’s extra to it.

A messy living room with books and cushions strewn about
Family mess is an unavoidable truth of life — so why conceal it? © Degimages/inventory.adobe.com

Further contributions from Melody Abike Adebisi and Tee Zhuo

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