Australia’s Ramsay Health Care has delivered a shot in the arm to Spire Healthcare. Its all-cash bid values the group at £2bn. The UK private hospital operator has lurched from crisis to crisis since a bid from its largest shareholder Mediclinic failed in 2017. Ramsay’s offer carries a decent premium. But with Spire shares still…
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Sony plans to splurge on strategic investments. Efforts by the Japanese electronics group to expand its gaming and entertainment services are grabbing media attention. But the group should consider allocating a bigger chunk of resources to a less glamorous business: chip making. For the moment, a $9.2bn semiconductor plant to improve Japanese security of supply…
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India has asked social media firms to provide specific details about whether they have complied with its new IT rules “as soon as possible” and “preferably today” even as the new regulations are being challenged by WhatsApp. In a letter to “significant social media intermediaries” — which New Delhi defines as social media firms with over…
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Stablecoins will strengthen the US Dollar as a reserve currency! Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. With the Fed not doing anything soon, whilst China builds and tests it’s CBDC, many commentators have predicted the fast approaching decline of the US Dollar. But wait, most of the…
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Until the end of last year, Asia led the world in its fight against Covid-19. Some countries, such as China, suppressed the virus close to zero; others, such as Taiwan, never let it get started in the first place. Where coronavirus did get a foothold, from Japan to Vietnam and India, most Asian countries managed…
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A proxy fight at the energy supermajor ExxonMobil is set to reach a climax on Wednesday, when shareholders cast votes on company leadership and strategy that will also be a verdict on the future of the oil industry. The balloting follows months of pressure from Engine No 1, an upstart activist hedge fund that wants…
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Nurses greeted patients at the front of the clinic to take their temperature and asked if they had been exposed. There was a hand-washing station. Patients were safely distanced in the waiting room. Hand sanitizer and masks were readily available. Sanford Health’s clinics in Ghana looked and operated like those in the U.S. But the…
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The UK pharmaceuticals and healthcare sector was buzzing with merger activity on Wednesday as two £1bn deals were agreed by company executives. Ramsay Health Care swooped for Spire Healthcare that would create the UK’s largest private hospital group, while private equity’s Carlyle snapped up London-listed inhaler specialist Vectura. Shares of Vectura jumped 32 per cent…
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