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Iran's Zagros Airlines commits to buying 28 Airbus aircraft

Iran's Zagros Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to buy 28 new Airbus (AIR.PA) planes, comprising 20 A320neo jets and eight A330neo aircraft, Airbus said in a statement.

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Foxconn to continue to pursue Toshiba chip unit acquisition: Sharp CEO

Taiwan's Foxconn will continue to pursue an acquisition of Toshiba Corp's chip business, a day after the troubled conglomerate chose a rival suitor as the preferred bidder, the head of Foxconn's Japanese unit said.

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China's Dalian Wanda Group denies 'rumors' of bond sales

China's Dalian Wanda Group Co denied as "malicious speculation" that some Chinese banks had ordered the sale of its bonds, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

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Boeing's Conner bows out with $1.2 billion air show deal

Boeing (BA.N) Vice Chairman Ray Conner on Wednesday sealed his last air show deal before retiring, signing off with the conversion of ten orders to the new 737 MAX 10 model for Donghai Airlines in China, where near-record traffic growth is powering aviation.

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Chinese bicycle-sharing startup Mobike expands into Japan

Chinese bicycle-sharing startup Mobike has set up a subsidiary in Fukuoka city in northern Japan and plans to begin service later this year, it said on Thursday.

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France music festival goes on despite Brussels attack

France's annual music festival, where groups play on street corners and in cafes nationwide, will go ahead despite several attacks on police in past weeks and Tuesday evening's terrorist incident in Brussels, the French government spokesman said.

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Facebook gets Indonesia nod for local unit

Social networking giant Facebook Inc has received an in-principle approval to set up a domestic unit in Indonesia and the government is now processing the details, the country's investment chief said on Wednesday.

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Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing says retirement won't stop him working

Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing said on Wednesday he has not decided when to retire and will stay as group senior advisor after he steps down as the chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings (0001.HK).

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Global growth risks easing, but new ones emerging: ECB

Risks to global growth appeared to have diminished, with markets so far taking policy tightening from the U.S. Federal Reserve in their stride, the European Central Bank said on Wednesday in a regular economic bulletin.

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New Indonesia law to allow jailing of militant returnees

Indonesia is set to approve a law allowing authorities to jail for up to 15 years citizens coming home after joining militant groups abroad, lawmakers said on Wednesday.

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Moon says hopes for DPRK talks by year's end

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he hopes to draw the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to the negotiating table over its nuclear program by the end of the year and pushed off any talk about a potential preemptive strike, according to a CBS interview that aired on Tuesday.

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Toshiba is told to fix chip spat with Western Digital

A Japanese government-led consortium has told Toshiba Corp it needs to resolve its legal dispute with Western Digital Corp before it will invest in the firm's chip unit, sources briefed on the matter said.

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Nestle buys stake in U.S. ready meals group Freshly

Nestle (NESN.S) has acquired a minority stake in U.S. healthy ready meals group Freshly, as the Swiss food giant seeks to hone its distribution network in a rapidly changing U.S. market.

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Boeing lifts 20-year industry demand forecast to $6 trillion

Boeing revised up its rolling 20-year industry forecast for passenger and freight planes by 4 percent on Tuesday, though signs at the world's biggest air show suggest a cooling of demand at the moment after years of red-hot growth.

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Samsung Electronics plans Galaxy Note 8 launch event for August: source

Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) plans to hold a launch event in New York City for its next Galaxy Note smartphone in the second half of August, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Belgian troops shoot 'terrorist' bomber in Brussels station

Belgian troops shot a suspected "terrorist" bomber in Brussels Central Station on Tuesday but there were no other casualties and the situation was brought under control after people were evacuated, officials said.

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Boeing to test self-flying planes

With self-driving cars well on their way to becoming a reality, aerospace company Boeing is looking ahead to the next stage of autonomous vehicles – self-piloting planes.