Lafarge (LAFP.PA) boss Bruno Lafont wants someone with experience of the cement industry to be chief executive in the French group's planned tie-up with Swiss peer Holcim (HOLN.VX), daily newspaper Le Monde said.
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Mortal Kombat X Update: Check Out Final & Complete List of Fighting Characters, Update on Moves List; Creator Says X Has Better Netcode
Mortal Kombat X final and complete list of fighting characters are now available to check out, plus updated moves list of some characters. Creator Ed Boon says X has better netcodes over previous titles. More details here.
Battlefield Hardline Patch 1: Unnecessary Update for Some Weapons, Less Effective ‘The American Dream’ Couch, Bug Fixes, Game Changes, & More
Battlefield Hardline Patch 1 has been revealed with buig fixes and game changes. However, fan comments say the update for some weapons is unnecessary while the couch has been made less effective. More Details here.
Tekken 7’s New Character Josie Rizal Gets Flak; Creator Threatens to Axe the Character ‘If Something Happens’
Amid the criticisms Tekken 7's new character Josie Rizal has drawn after it was revealed by Bandai Namco, creator Katsuhiro Hara threatens to axe the Filipina character from the title. More details here.
NBA2K16 Update: What Fans Want, Potential Player to Grace the Cover, Full body Scan, And More
NBA2K16 is slated for an October 2015 release and cover pinch-hitters include LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Dwayne Wade, Anthony Davis, Ricky Rubio, James Harden, and Russell Westbrook, plus what fans want in the next title.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras plan to discuss economic ties and the European Union's sanctions against Moscow when they meet for talks next week, a Kremlin spokesman said on Friday.
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) will spend about 150 billion yen ($1.3 billion) to build two new car plants in Mexico and China, two people familiar with plans said, ending a three-year freeze imposed after unchecked growth lumbered the world's biggest auto maker with too many idle production lines.
China's top regulator has ruled that more than half of the 54 mitigation projects that recently sought to register for carbon credits are ineligible, it said on Friday, amid worries that a glut of permits is undermining its pilot carbon markets.
China has prepared a draft law for charities to register directly with the government, making it easier for them to raise funds and gain tax exemptions, while allaying public concern over the way they are run, following some high-profile scandals.
China plans to cut red tape and reduce costs for Chinese firms looking to spread their reach overseas to help boost growth and stave off a wider economic slowdown, according to a statement from the ruling State Council.
Hourly workers represented by the United Steelworkers union (USW) at Marathon Petroleum Corp's Catlettsburg, Kentucky, refinery voted on Friday to approve a new contract, ending a two-month work stoppage, a company spokesman said.
Mozilla Corp, creator of the popular Firefox web browser, said on Thursday it would follow Google Inc and no longer recognize new certificates of trust issued by a Chinese Internet agency.
Investors worldwide poured $8.5 billion into fixed-income funds in the week ended April 1, marking the first three months of this year as the biggest first quarter for fixed-income inflows since 2001, data from a Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research report showed on Friday.
Some top shareholders of IBM, disappointed by 11 straight quarters of falling revenues, are seeking help from activist investors to shake up the company, but have been turned down by both Bill Ackman's Pershing Square and Jeffrey Ubben's ValueAct, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
