E.coli outbreak which contaminated nationwide Chipotle restaurants last year will be declared over. However, CDC has not been able to find the source of the outbreak.
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Abbott to acquire Alere for $5.8 billion
Abbott said that it has signed a definitive deal to acquire Alere for a net value of $5.8 billion in cash. Abbott expects the acquisition to be immediately accretive to its earnings per share upon completion.
Mass arrest in China over Ponzi scheme; investors lose almost $7.6 billion
21 people were arrested by the Chinese police on account of a huge online financial scam. The P2P online lender Ezubao had almost pulled off the biggest scam in wealth management product industry, with almost 900,000 investors losing around $7.6 billion (50 billion yuan).
Lexumo Received a $4.89 Million Seed Funding From Three Investors
Accomplice and two other investors provide seed funding to Lexumo. The company provides a unique platform to continuously check the security of every open source code available in the world.
China factories output drops more than forecast
China's benchmark Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to lowest in the three-and-a-half years. PMI was at 49.4 for January as against average forecast of 49.6. The PMI was 49.7 in December 2015. The disappointed China factory output data pulled oil prices lower.
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Michigan's legislature approved to give $28 million on Thursday in funding to aid the residents of Flint with recovery efforts. This approval came just over a week after the funding proposed by Michigan governor.
China shares plunged Tuesday at 6.4%. The Shanghai index closed below 2,800 for the first time since December 2014. The condition has worried the investors for the capital outflow from China. Other Asian markets dropped as oil prices decreased.
UK mortgage approvals grew to a four-month high in December, signifying that the housing market is ready to harvest heavy gains in 2016.
Rolls has defeated joint venturing General Electric and Pratt & Whitney while being awarded a £6.1billion deal with Emirates during April last year. Now the British car manufacturer again succeeds in snatching another deal worth $2.7billion with airline company Norwegian. The recent achievement is believed to accelerate Rolls CEO’s ongoing overhauling efforts aiming to establish transparency and cost cut of $200 million a year by 2017.
US Dollar has been witnessed to gain some value against yen in both Tokyo and Japan on Monday. The appreciation of dollar has taken place due to BoJ’s surprise move for slashing the interest rate to (-) 0.1%. Even BoJ Governor has hinted further rate slashing events, if situation demands. But economists have referred the attempt as an attraction drawing stance aiming to prevent yen from rising to boost up the sluggish economic growth.
Brazil, the world's number one coffee grower and exporter, has been hit by El Nino from last year, affecting the coffee crops and harvests. The weather has affected prices expectations and investors moves, as demand rise and supply declines. Coffee bean prices rise has been seen in Brazil.
Russian's Gazprom planned to meet investors in New York and London this week. The company plan to increase its gas supplies to European countries.
Since her 2013 inauguration, president Park Geun-hye tried to enhance startups company and investing $3 billion. Now country starts to see the payoff of its initiative. One last hurdle is to change the people's mindset on entrepreneurship.
The product will hit the stores in early February, just in time for Valentine's Day. Kit Kat Sake is expected to be a worldwide sensation just like Nestle Japan's Kit Kat Green Tea. Kit Kat bars are particularly popular in Japan because the brand sounded like the Japanese for 'you will surely win'.
