News Highlights: Top Company News of the Day
12 December 2017 - 4:30PM
Dow Jones News
Mall Operator Westfield Agrees to Takeover Bid Valued at $16 Billion
Westfield, the Australian operator of marquee malls from
California to New York's World Trade Center, agreed to a $15.7
billion takeover offer from European shopping-center giant
Unibail-Rodamco.
Nintendo Looks for Help to Raise Its Smartphone Game
Nintendo is looking to expand tie-ups with software developers
to strengthen its smartphone game lineup after an early alliance
aimed at cracking the fast-growing mobile market fell behind
schedule, people familiar with the matter said.
GE Probed Who Knew About Spare Jet for Immelt
General Electric recently conducted an internal review into the
flying of a spare business jet to accompany former CEO Jeff Immelt,
as it seeks to understand an unusual practice that went on for
years and surprised investors when they learned of it in
October.
Saudi Aramco Ramps Up Spending to Over $40 Billion a Year
Saudi Arabian Oil Co. unveiled a plan to invest more than $40
billion a year in projects over the next decade, a significant
expansion for the world's largest energy company ahead of its
expected public listing.
Edgewell Personal Care CFO Leaves
Edgewell Personal Care, maker of Schick razors and Diaper
Genies, said Chief Financial Officer Sandy Sheldon is leaving the
company.
Cuomo Points to Tech Companies After New York Bombing Attempt
The immigrant who tried to set off a bomb strapped to his body
in one of New York City's busiest transit hubs Monday morning
downloaded information from the internet on how to build such a
device, according to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Atos Makes $5 Billion Offer to Buy Gemalto
French IT services firm Atos is making an unsolicited bid to buy
smart-card maker Gemalto-part of a wave of deals in the payment
space as rivals join forces to cut costs.
Net Neutrality: A Case Study With JetBlue and Amazon
On a JetBlue flight, you might notice something that looks like
a net neutrality boogeyman: prioritization of Amazon videos over
other services on the airline's in-flight Wi-Fi network. It's not a
violation of net neutrality but it helps explain why some fear
lifting such rules will harm the internet and others aren't worried
at all.
Bet on UniCredit for Europe's Banking Recovery
The threat of higher capital charges isn't over for European
banks, but UniCredit, Italy's biggest lender, can take this in its
stride.
Amazon Opens a Second Cloud-Computing Center in China
Amazon.com opened a second cloud-computing data-center complex
in China on Tuesday, underlining the importance of the market to
its cloud-computing unit, Amazon Web Services.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 12, 2017 11:15 ET (16:15 GMT)
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