Combining health and social care has produced some successful tie-ups.
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And the tie-ups, which tend to be anonymous, are expanding.
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But those opportunities extend beyond big business tie-ups, he explained.
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Among his firms peers, interest in such tie-ups is growing.
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The new tie-ups illustrate the opportunities Amazon sees in India.
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Suzuki is expected, however, to tread carefully with any new tie-ups.
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They declined to disclose details about the tie-ups they were discussing.
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The pairing has survived where several other international tie-ups have failed.
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There were no traffic tie-ups as Barron made his way uptown.
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But it does come in the context of other Franco-Italian tie-ups.
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Jollibee has created new domestic brands and has tie-ups with foreign chains.
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The traffic tie-ups get especially hellish during the morning and evening rushes.
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V late last year signed similar tie-ups with Rio Tinto Ltd (RIO.L)(RIO.AX).
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Such tie-ups are also a low-risk way of trying out new figures.
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Even so, regulators rarely fret about the labour-market effects of corporate tie-ups.
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Car manufacturers have recently announced a raft of investments and tie-ups in China.
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On May 24th both Toyota and Volkswagen announced tie-ups with taxi-hailing apps.
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And according to Lore, shoppers should expect similar tie-ups with other apparel brands.
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An anticipated wave of mergers, acquisitions and tie-ups has already started in Australia.
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Ning hasn't exactly hidden his commercial tie-ups, despite warnings from the swimming authority.
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"Malaysia Airlines needs as many tie-ups as possible to stay alive," he said.
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Agreeing on a suitable valuation is also often a stumbling block in regional tie-ups.
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Cross-alliance deals have become increasingly common as airlines seek financially beneficial bilateral tie-ups.
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This week's defeat may well make the DoJ think twice about obstructing other tie-ups.
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But LDC Chief Executive Ian McIntosh is unconvinced on the merits of wholesale tie-ups.
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The deal is the latest in a series of tie-ups announced by Ocado recently.
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Bankers are expecting more of these types of strategic tie-ups as the year unfolds.
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Telecoms companies are looking to such tie-ups to cut debt and share heavy investments.
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THE aviation industry tends to make a lot of noise about potential mergers and tie-ups.
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Newmont said it has already reviewed and rejected potential tie-ups with Barrick and Randgold Resources.
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The bank is talking to bigger rivals Banco Popolare and UBI Banca about possible tie-ups.
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The plan was for the fund to suck in investment through tie-ups with foreign firms.
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With our brand, our knowledge and our tie ups with the top university, people will come.
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The deal followed Microsoft&aposs other recent cloud tie-ups with companies including SAP and Oracle.
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The company has sought tie-ups with several global oil players to develop Russia's offshore regions.
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Tie-ups with Amazon and Aldi Investors believe that Kohl's is well prepared for the future.
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Such tie-ups highlight how automakers are scrambling to chase scale, manage costs and boost development.
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Amazon has also been exploring other possible tie-ups with brick-and-mortar retailers in the country.
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But a look at their weaker rivals' books has put Icelandair and Emirates off any tie-ups.
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The deal is the latest of several tie-ups, actual or mooted, among banks in the Gulf.
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More companies tapped antitrust authorities to review rival industry tie-ups, putting the brakes on several deals.
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Stokols sees more tie-ups with telecom companies to offer FreedomPop to their low-price subscription base.
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The deal could also drive other media tie-ups, as gaming companies scramble to secure media partners.
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Additional tie-ups, expanded relationships and increased functionality with current vehicles are expected next year and beyond.
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My department sends emergency alerts to New York residents about storms, traffic tie-ups and the like.
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These tie-ups can be a long process and favour the few firms with deep roots in Tokyo.
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But it also has tie-ups with kiranas so that consumers can order daily top-ups from them.
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Matthew Hopkinson director of retail property experts The Local Data Company expects a proliferation of retail tie-ups.
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This is part of a broader trend of pharmacy/health insurer tie-ups, such as CVS buying Aetna.
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There is growing evidence in old-economy America that trustbusters have been lax in blocking tie-ups between firms.
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If the government loses, that could open up the field for more tie-ups between distributors and content providers.
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It's another in a flurry of auto industry and tech tie-ups as companies race for self-driving supremacy.
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But the imperative behind these supplier tie-ups lies elsewhere, in the oodles of profit they make from planemakers.
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If the government loses, that could open up the field for similar tie-ups between distributors and content providers.
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Earlier this month, Gonzalez said Pemex was eyeing hydrogen plant tie-ups for certain refineries, without naming which ones.
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While critical of other large tie-ups, Trump has not publicly taken a stance on the Bayer-Monsanto deal.
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Castagna said BPM wanted "a merger of equals" though it had been discussing only tie-ups with bigger rivals.
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Other potential buyers that Mr. McCausland sought, including ChemChina and Koch Industries, have pursued tie-ups of their own.
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During two months of election campaigning, party leaders repeatedly ruled out any post-election tie-ups with their rivals.
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In the United States, it has tie-ups with high-end cafés like Intelligentsia, Blue Bottle and La Colombe.
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"Everyone's working on it (daigou tie-ups) now, including all the big brands," said Benjamin Sun, director at ThinkChina.
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Asked about tie-ups, Tononi said the bank was "actively and concretely" pursuing options both in Italy and abroad.
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It was not immediately clear whether the ADIC news presaged more mergers or tie-ups for Abu Dhabi funds.
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N. All have raced ahead, forging tie-ups with bloggers and online stars who draw in Asia's smartphone-obsessed youth.
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If regulators have opposed such tie-ups before, why do T-Mobile and Sprint expect a different answer this time?
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Though future tie-ups may not all be as large, oil and gas merger activity is expected to gain momentum.
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The deal highlights the increasing appetite for tie-ups among phone companies seeking to cut debt and share heavy investment.
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"Love Island" was notable, however, for the success of its sponsorships and tie-ups beyond the traditional 22.6 second spot.
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And Thailand's companies are keen on tie-ups in Vietnam, to flee low growth and irascible military rule at home.
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The tough environment for shipping has resulted in tie ups in the ship broking world, as companies hunt for scale.
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However, in the wake of Tuesday's verdict the German luxury carmaker confirmed it would discuss its tie-ups with Sharapova.
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This has sparked deals to buy bricks-and-mortar stores in China, and overseas tie-ups especially in Southeast Asia.
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This has sparked deals to buy bricks-and-mortar stores in China, and overseas tie-ups, especially in Southeast Asia.
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A person familiar with the site's operations said some of its business tie-ups and advertising deals had been hit.
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The deal, one of Europe's largest cross-border tie-ups, is expected to be announced before the market opens on Monday.
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The deal, one of the largest cross-border tie-ups attempted by European firms, had long been expected by industry watchers.
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The investment also came as more tech companies are seeking tie-ups with state-backed firms under Beijing's mixed-ownership reforms.
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But, Lee noted, tie-ups of three or four smaller firms could pool enough wireless spectrum to rival the industry leaders.
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Unlike larger insurers who have distribution tie-ups with banks, Aviva mainly relies on hundreds of agents to sell its products.
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Hjelm expects the number of players to narrow within a year and said that VOI was open to discussing tie-ups.
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Thanks to its fashion tie-ups, Kohl's is another place budget-conscious shoppers can turn to for style at a lower price.
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The tie-ups—especially at midnight, when all of you are trying to get out of the festival at the same time.
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A deal would replicate recent industry tie-ups in which growing trading volumes boosted the value of so-called market structure firms.
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This is the latest in a series of creator exclusive deal tie-ups that both Amazon and Netflix have been announcing lately.
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The timing and complexity of arranging such partnerships means the economic impact of any such tie-ups is likely a ways off.
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Amazon did not comment on whether its new investments would affect any of its existing tie-ups, or its Cloudtail joint venture.
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The company, like some of its digital peers, is looking more seriously at television and had discussed potential tie-ups with NBCUniversal.
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These content tie-ups give the Chinese firm a significant lead over its local rivals NetEase Music and Alibaba's music app Xiami.
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He later said he would invite all three other parliamentary parties to hold coalition talks and said all tie-ups were possible.
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Responding to a question during a company investor day in Toronto about how possible tie-ups of ChemChina and Syngenta AG SYNN.
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As a result, SWFs are turning to Asia and Latin America, often investing through tie-ups with government entities to mitigate risk.
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The company currently has tie-ups with Indian giant M&M and German carmaker BMW for leasing and training programs for drivers.
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The agency's lawsuit was a stark departure from decades of leniency toward similar tie-ups, including Comcast's acquisition of NBCUniversal in 2011.
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Whereas four airlines now control 22011% of the U.S. market, Europe remains fragmented, with governments, unions and bilateral agreements impeding tie-ups.
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Whereas four airlines now control 80% of the U.S. market, Europe remains fragmented, with governments, unions and bilateral agreements impeding tie-ups.
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Whereas four airlines now control 80% of the U.S. market, Europe remains fragmented, with governments, unions and bilateral agreements impeding tie-ups.
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The deal between Barstool and Penn National could also drive other media tie-ups, as gaming companies scramble to secure media partners.
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Mediaset wants to use the new entity to pursue tie-ups in Europe, including a potential merger with German peer ProSiebenSat.1.
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Commonwealth Bank and Westpac have entered into referral tie-ups with separate online lending companies for business loans, mainly targetting small businesses.
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Tie-ups between Qualcomm and NXP, AT&T and Time Warner, and Disney and 21st Century Fox could all face regulatory challenges.
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A Reuters analysis of Weibo shows Prada far behind Coach, Gucci and Louis Vuitton in terms of celebrity tie-ups and endorsements online.
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The goal of EU merger control is to ensure that tie-ups do not weaken competition at the expense of consumers and businesses.
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The deal mirrors Walmart's growing investments and tie-ups in online delivery services across the globe, as it aims to compete with Amazon.
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Daimler adds Via to its list of tie-ups with transportation companies such as Uber, as well as its own Car2Go rental service.
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Sales in Hasbro's partner brands that include tie-ups with Marvel and Disney also fell 37 percent in the three months ended Sept.
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Over the last year, tie-ups have emerged between Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene, Shire and Takeda, Roche and Spark Therapeutics among others.
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At the same time, it held informal talks with a number of peers and investors about possible tie-ups, sources previously told Reuters.
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Osmo has tie-ups with more than 30,000 U.S. elementary classrooms that help it deploy its product to a large number of students.
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"I do not see any tie-ups," Frederic Oudea said in response to a question about the possibility of a merger with UniCredit.
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Moving forward, Madhusudhan said the startup would also explore tie-ups with ERP providers and other ways to extend the reach of Fyle.
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The court has the power to adjudicate disagreements under the terms of the companies' partnership, a common practice in international business tie-ups.
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Fanatics says it plans to do more tie-ups with major retailers in the future, which is part of its broader growth strategy.
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Fiserv In on of the largest fintech tie-ups of 2019, Fiserv acquired First Data for an all-stock deal of $22 billion.
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The film has already raked in at least 400 million rupees, roughly $6 million U.S. dollars, through brand tie-ups, according to media reports.
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At the same time, cable executives see the tie-ups as a way to help fight cord cutting, the dropping of pay TV service.
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News of the tie-ups on Tuesday lifted Line shares to close up 13 percent, adding about $1 billion to the firm's market value.
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The political uncertainty and antitrust concerns mean that firms will think twice about future tie-ups that consolidate industries and move tax dollars offshore.
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Other tests include tie-ups between grocery seller Kroger and self-driving car startup Nuro, as well as DoorDash and General Motors' Cruise Automation.
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Since then, Didi has raised fares in some cities, scaled back elsewhere, and even inked tie-ups with some rivals to staunch the bleed.
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Bollore's long-term ambitions for the former Italian monopoly however remain unclear, fuelling speculation about possible tie-ups with other telecoms or media players.
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Recent major media tie ups, like Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox and AT&T's merger with WarnerMedia, led to layoffs and staff changes.
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Both UBI Banca and Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna (BPER) are considering possible tie-ups with Veneto Banca ahead of its planned initial public offering.
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Fury landed his shots and suddenly Wilder was accepting the tie ups and back to throwing one punch at a time with lengthy intermissions.
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The country has some 680 lenders, many of them small and unprofitable, and the government is pushing them to seek mergers and tie ups.
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The partnerships add to 10 previous tie-ups between automakers and Amazon to include Alexa's voice assistant technology in vehicles, according to the company.
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In those tie-ups, Pemex would have a 50 percent stake, while the joint venture partners would hold the remaining half and be operators.
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Since 2014, Pemex has said it is looking for tie-ups in the Trion and Exploratus fields, which are both in the Perdido area.
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Executives have been working on a number of tie-ups, such as its $5.1 billion deal for biotech firm Tesaro in December, he said.
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Stage three could logically be tie-ups between cable and wireless — one potentially foreshadowed by Verizon and SoftBank's interest in acquiring Charter in 2017.
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Walmart spokeswoman Molly Blakeman confirmed the end of the tie-ups when asked by Reuters, but did not detail the reasons behind the decision.
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The deal would be among the biggest wealth management tie- ups in recent years and would come amid widespread consolidation in the broader industry sector.
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The BMW-Jaguar collaboration follows numerous other alliances, development partnerships and even proposed tie-ups between automakers hoping to share resources, technical acumen and costs.
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At the same time, cable executives see tie-ups with Netflix as a way to help fight cord cutting, the dropping of pay TV service.
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The rationale was that four-to-three tie-ups would lead to higher bills for consumers, thwart the development of network infrastructure and harm innovation.
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Recent tie-ups with foreigners include plans by First Myanmar to invest in a network of hospitals in partnership with Lippo group, an Indonesian conglomerate.
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The company maintains tie-ups with several popular Indian online services and frequently offers cashback to incentivize users to pick Amazon Pay over other solutions.
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The company positioned Ola Money as a super app, expanded its features through acquisition and tie ups with other players and offered discounts and cashbacks.
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Executives at Inditex, who are famously tight-lipped and rarely grant interviews, confirmed the tie-ups but said the projects were at the testing stage.
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But Thevenon said Softbank continues to hunt for ways to accelerate the digital upheaval in the insurance industry, including tie-ups with unspecified reinsurance players.
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Data gathered will include "detailed video views" of things like traffic tie-ups, accidents, fog or other inclement weather and construction slow-downs, according to Reuters.
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To be sure, an online presence won't solve other issues like too many shops, and customers can feel some tie-ups make the brand less aspirational.
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It and similar tie-ups may be the fulfillment of late Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne's 2015 prediction of a new era of auto industry consolidation.
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Other tests include tie-ups between grocery seller Kroger Co and self-driving car startup Nuro, as well as DoorDash and General Motors Co's Cruise Automation.
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At the time the deal was announced, officials from both Ford and VW stressed that it did not preclude them from forming additional tie-ups independently.
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After several blockbuster deals that have been announced since December, analysts said the divestitures required to make those tie-ups possible should continue to fuel activity.
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There are two hunting seasons, and while officials respond to 20 to 30 turkey complaints a year, the biggest problems seem to involve traffic tie-ups.
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The plan marks a major expansion of Kohl's (KSS) relationship with Amazon (AMZN), one that analysts say is among the most creative tie-ups in retail.
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But finding partners is expected to be difficult, as some utilities have ruled out any nuclear tie-ups with Tepco, which is controlled by the government.
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Italy's government has firmly thrown its weight behind the merger, the first to result from banking reform last year that was intended to encourage tie-ups.
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Privately held LDC expects consolidation to happen more locally, with more-focused tie-ups to speed its own shift further along the food chain, McIntosh said.
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One of the auto industry's longest-serving CEOs, Marchionne has advocated tie-ups to share the growing cost burden of developing cleaner, electrified and autonomous vehicles.
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And the threat of US sanctions bites less for Chinese firms, which have fewer tie-ups in the West — so Chinese investment in Iran will continue.
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Founded in 2002, Sonos' speakers and the company's tie-ups with around 100 music streaming providers, including Apple Music and Spotify, attracted audiophiles around the world.
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And — like the banks — Swift has looked to tie-ups with fintech firms as a way to pick up the pace when it comes to innovation.
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Though Skoda and India's Tata Motors scrapped a proposed partnership last August to develop cars for emerging markets, the company remains open to tie-ups, Maier said.
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Equatorial Guinea has offered India equity in oil blocks, the minister said, while Algeria is keen on tie-ups with India for exploration and developing petrochemical projects.
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It also means China's three biggest airlines now have tie-ups with foreign airlines, something Beijing has encouraged as a way to boost the sector's global competitiveness.
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The merger is the first prompted by reforms introduced by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi early last year, aiming to promote such tie-ups and boost bank profitability.
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It's also worth noting a lot of these tie-ups thus far have been in the consumer-packaged-goods space — for things like razors, toothbrushes and deodorant.
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For traditional lenders such as Mizuho, hamstrung by years of low interest rates, tie-ups with tech firms offer an opportunity to attract younger, tech-savvy customers.
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However, reluctance among local shareholders to cede control, given the prestige of owning a bank, plus buoyant local economic conditions in recent years, have prevented tie-ups.
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The other raised the specter of the George Washington Bridge scandal, the scheme to close lanes and create traffic tie ups that embroiled officials in his administration.
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Tokyo Gas, Japan's biggest city gas supplier, is looking at business tie-ups in Southeast Asia, and has already started reselling some LNG at ports in Japan.
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Mizuho, on the other hand, is considering tie-ups with non-financial firms, the head of its banking unit said in an interview with Reuters last month.
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Bunge has declined to comment on ADM's approach, which followed a wave of tie-ups among top seed and crop chemical companies, including Dow Chemical and DuPont.
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Layoffs are common in any merger, and recent tie-ups between media companies like Disney and Fox, and AT&T and WarnerMedia, have led to staff changes.
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"The more short-term political considerations pollute industrial strategies and the more the necessary tie-ups are put off, the more European industry will weaken," he said.
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However, he said Banco BPM would be happy to join a consolidation process in the sector with a preference for tie-ups with rivals of similar size.
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Mediaset's reorganization plan aims to create a new entity - called MediaforEurope - in a bid to pursue pan-European tie-ups to face growing competition in the industry.
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Mediaset's reorganization plan aims to create a new entity - called MediaforEurope - in a bid to pursue pan-European tie-ups to face growing competition in the industry.
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AlixPartners reports the number of automaker partnerships increased 43% from 2017 to 2018 to 203, led by a 122% increase in autonomous vehicles tie-ups to 115.
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Toyota seems to be particularly keen to build scale now by investing in smaller, domestic automakers, rather than forgingcross-border tie-ups like some of its rivals.
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Speculation about a possible merger has continued despite the bank's dismissal in September of reports that it could consider tie-ups with Switzerland's UBS or German peer Commerzbank.
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Both Bayer and BASF had been exploring tie-ups with Monsanto for several months, but valuation concerns have made a deal elusive, people familiar had previously told Reuters.
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Prior tie-ups resulted in the acquisitions of Worldpay and Nets, which both listed on European stock markets, as well as Italy's Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari (ICBPI).
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There is speculation that the finance and insurance industries may witness further tie-ups following the impending merger of National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank.
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Most tie-ups in America's health industry in recent years have been "horizontal", with firms attempting to acquire direct competitors; instead, the CVS-Aetna deal represents vertical integration.
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It already has tie-ups with BPCE, France's second-largest bank, and with three digital banks: Monzo, based in Britain, N26, in Germany, and bunq, in the Netherlands.
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Although it is one of the biggest-ever mergers in the aerospace business, the deal is just the latest in a series of supplier tie-ups this year.
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Sportswear retailers typically have exclusive tie-ups with suppliers such as Nike and Adidas to showcase their latest and limited edition products that usually help attract younger shoppers.
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There is speculation that the finance and insurance industries may witness further tie-ups after the impending merger of National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank.
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Since 2014, Pemex has said it is looking for tie-ups in the Trion and Exploratus fields, which are located in the Perdido area near the U.S. border.
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In the biggest of a series of tie-ups in the sector, Intrum plans to merge with privately-owned Norwegian firm Lindhoff, creating Europe's largest debt collection company.
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Murrieta said the company hopes to seal tie-ups at refineries in Tula, Salina Cruz, and Salamanca, although it would aim to keep stakes of least 50 percent.
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Executives for both banks have played down the idea of a merger, saying that they need to focus on restructuring and improving profitability before any possible tie-ups.
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But regulators around the world have heavily scrutinized the industry and its proposed mergers, often asking whether such tie-ups will lead to higher shipping rates for customers.
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PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is open to tie-ups involving Renault as long as French industrial interests are protected, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday.
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Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti earlier on Thursday said the Swiss bank was looking to boost tie-ups with local players outside of Switzerland to support the business' growth.
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It is now looking to tie-ups with local players to support the business' global growth, using the Japanese venture as a "testing ground" for other possible partnerships.
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This flurry of activity underscores biotechs' potential to quickly develop novel treatments — and we expect to see pharmaceutical companies increasingly pursue tie-ups with biotech firms post-coronavirus.
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In the years since, rumors have swirled about possible tie-ups between Spain's Telefonica and Netherlands' KPN and between France's Orange and Deutsche Telekom, but none have materialized.
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Toyota seems to be particularly keen to build scale now by investing in smaller, domestic automakers, rather than forging cross-border tie-ups like some of its rivals.
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Hollande told reporters he had discussed possible industrial tie-ups between the two countries during talks with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at a bilateral meeting in Venice.
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This results in tie ups in which the feet of both men start sliding around like they've stood on vomit in front of the urinal at a wedding.
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MI) rules out any tie-ups for the moment given uncertain market conditions, CEO Giuseppe Castagna said on Saturday when asked about the bank's interest in rivals Carige (CRGI.
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Governor Gerardo Morales told Reuters that Jujuy and the southern Chinese province of Guizhou have established a "brotherhood" relationship that he is optimistic will lead to more tie-ups.
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"We're able to leverage their (Softbank's) network and scale of operations around the world," Aggarwal said, adding that Ola was also talking to automakers globally about strategic tie-ups.
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It's an interesting partnership because it's another piece of the puzzle in addition to Waymo's existing tie-ups with automakers, including Chrysler, and a pending an agreement with Honda.
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Investors and analysts said a deal would make strategic sense and come at an attractive price, while posing less regulatory risk than previous failed tie-ups in the sector.
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The market saw large tie-ups last year with Constellation Brands' $4 billion investment in Canopy Growth and Altria's $1.8 billion buy-in of a 45% stake in Cronos.
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It is a unique carmaking liaison, neither a full merger nor as loose as the many tie-ups forged to spread the cost of developing pricey pieces of technology.
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Even though planned tie-ups between Pfizer and Allergan, and Halliburton and Baker Hughes, eventually fell apart, large bond financings for companies like Teva are still on the table.
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Aware of the risks of being marginalized, Euronext said this month it was on the lookout for tie-ups of its own as it unveiled a new strategic plan.
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Management changes, including the departure of Chief Executive Jose Antonio Gonzalez Anaya, have slowed decision making, said a consultant who works with private oil companies on Pemex tie ups.
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Founded in 2002, Sonos' speakers and the company's tie-ups with around 100 music streaming providers including Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify and TuneIn have attracted audiophiles around the world.
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It also follows a spate of tie-ups between China and U.S. producers, with Chinese investors increasingly keen to lend their financial muscle to boost their stake in Hollywood.
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Dentons on Monday said it had finalized its tie-ups with Midwestern law firm Bingham Greenebaum Doll and Pittsburgh's Cohen & Grigsby, making the world's largest law firm even larger.
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The broadcaster wants to use the new entity to pursue tie-ups in Europe to take on competition from streaming apps such as Netflix and web giants like Google.
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Intel went big on autonomous driving on Monday, showcasing its first self-driving test car and announcing a number of tie-ups with automakers to take the technology forward.
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Chairman Miro Fiordi added that cutting its bad loan burden would help position the company in any future tie-ups, adding Creval was open to evaluate all strategic options.
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That's why many industry insiders and policy experts view it as a key litmus test for how other major corporate tie-ups will be handled under a Trump presidency.
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Top executives of Tohoku Electric Power and Chubu Electric Power, which operate in regions abutting Tepco's service area, have said they were not considering any nuclear tie-ups with Tepco.
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It's also clear that they're trying to subsidise some of the drivers' costs, by offering petrol discounts from tie-ups with fuel companies, among other items such as car insurance.
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"This technique reduced potential risks to workers, commuters and pedestrians and prevented traffic tie-ups in the area," the university wrote in a release obtained by the Miami New Times.
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Here are a few possible tie-ups analysts are watching: T-Mobile + Sprint: Combining T-Mobile and Sprint would create a stronger competitor to wireless giants AT&T and Verizon.
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Such tie-ups are seen as a way to help Italian lenders improve profitability and better cope with 360 billion euros ($408 billion) of troubled loans from a protracted recession.
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These tie-ups come on the heels of several high-profile health insurer mergers - Aetna with Humana and Cigna with Anthem - scrapped by separate anti-trust rulings earlier this year.
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The bank is looking round for possible tie-ups but there is nothing on the table at the moment, the lender's general manager Nazzareno Gregori told Il Sole 2300 Ore.
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And tie-ups with major films are a staple of Uber's business model in recent years, including promotions run with Batman v Superman, X-Men Apocalypse and Kingsman, among others.
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Baumann added that there had been a dearth of targets in the past because tie-ups in animal health had typically taken place as part of larger deals in healthcare.
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Brazilian peers Ser Educacional SA and Kroton Educacional SA have proposed tie-ups with rival Estacio Participações SA over the past week, adding to expectations of a sector-wide consolidation.
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In corporate news, German lender Commerzbank held its AGM Wednesday, and said it may look for other tie-ups following the collapse of merger talks with domestic rival Deutsche Bank.
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Banca Carige said it would look at naming an investment bank at an upcoming board meeting to study possible tie-ups as part of plans to turn round the bank.
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OPEN TO TIE-UPS High profile investors including Google, Uber and Volkswagen are increasingly getting into scooters as new modes of transport emerge from developments in electric and driverless vehicles.
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Mizushima said he would like to see Toyota offer its powertrain modules to all its rivals, in an industry where more automakers are setting up exclusive tie-ups on parts.
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"They are likely to add more such financial services in future and could even offer micro loans through tie-ups with banks," said Neil Shah of technology research firm Counterpoint.
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PARIS, June 6 (Reuters) - The French government is open to tie-ups involving Renault as long as French industrial interests are protected, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday.
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Massiah has openly courted Banca Popolare di Milano (BPM) as Italian lenders size each other up for mergers following a government reform aimed at encouraging tie-ups in the sector.
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Those deals were made possible by Congress' move last year to ease post-crisis financial rules and by the Fed's more relaxed attitude toward tie-ups under Trump-appointed officials.
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And as Uber and Lyft continue proving that their services can help reduce transportation and care costs, we expect to see both brands secure more provider and insurer tie-ups.
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The partnership, which aims to market Exxon's Mobil 1 motor oil, is one of the first tie-ups between the flagship brand and a major sports other than motor racing.
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Sources with knowledge of the talks told Reuters in June that ProSieben held informal talks with a number of peers about possible tie-ups over the past 12-18 months.
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Waves of exchange tie-ups and attempted takeovers have happened every two or three years since exchanges began to go public in the 1990s, and this year has not disappointed.
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In June Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, an e-commerce behemoth, met with SASAC, a government body which oversees state firms, to discuss tie-ups to promote digital innovation.
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I tried it out in a Chevy Cruze for a day or so, and found that it's better at alerting me to traffic tie-ups and their causes than Google Maps.
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"Our strategy is to invest in infrastructure as part of a broadly organic growth path," he said, adding potential tie-ups there should be assessed but did not offer obvious solutions.
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While the announced tie-ups of the year so far do lag the record levels of 2015, he said, "all deal activity will likely force (corporate) peers to consider similar action."
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The Ottawa-based company's Toronto shares had risen about 17 percent this year through Monday, as investors cheered its tie-ups with Canada's booming cannabis industry and plans for international expansion.
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And though brand tie-ups like this might make you cringe as much as me, you should know that there is some demand for more fun content out of these speakers.
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There have been few cross-border mergers within the UAE, a federation of seven semi-autonomous emirates; such tie-ups require the approval of the ruling families of the emirates involved.
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Gazprom has no direct tie-ups with U.S. firms, but it has a web of commercial relationships in Europe, where it supplies around a third of the bloc's natural gas needs.
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The state-owned company announced this month that it was looking to float some of its service businesses and enter tie-ups with global investors as part of its 2030 strategy.
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Carmakers around the world are looking to tie-ups to cope with rising competition, the rise of electrification and the threat of a trade war between the United States and China.
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Besides tie-ups with streaming platforms to strengthen entertainment tools, Vivo plans to provide other solutions to customers, including credit to those who do not have a bank account, Gebara said.
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It makes sense that Uber has pegged these spaces to forge partnerships since its rival Lyft's health business has remained focused on tie-ups with insurers to get members to appointments.
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Robbins isn't ready to announce anything, but when asked on Monday if we can assume more such tie-ups are in the works, he offered a two-word reply: "That's fair."
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And health tech firms that can slide in with easy-to-integrate solutions that help docs seamlessly and cost-effectively address SDOH are likely to be successful in forging tie-ups.
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To stand out from the crowd, the platform is investing heavily in technology, including for digital store services it is trialling with France's Chanel, one of Farfetch's big name tie-ups.
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Toyota, Japan's top automaker, seems to be particularly keen to build scale now by investing in smaller, domestic automakers, rather than forging cross-border tie-ups like some of its rivals.
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The healthcare sector has seen an unprecedented wave of deals since early 2014, from large drugmakers buying up smaller rivals, to consolidation among makers of generic medicines and tie-ups between insurers.
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In China, where ByteDance claims to have tie-ups with more than 800 labels, it has been aggressively expanding efforts to find music talents and urge them to make their own tracks.
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For JD.com, the Google deal shows its determination to build a set of global alliances as it seeks to counter Alibaba, which has been more focused on forging domestic retail tie-ups.
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The collapse of the mega-merger between Fiat-Chrysler and Renault was the latest piece of bad news for lawyers, advisers and other middlemen who make their living brokering corporate tie-ups.
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But the same proportion - 45 percent - thought Clinton would have a positive impact on mergers and acquisitions, making her the candidate viewed to have the highest positive impact on corporate tie-ups.
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That's thanks to recent tie-ups between local social media platforms and digital content distributor network Yoola to bring selected content, primarily from the United States and Russia, into the Chinese market.
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U.S. studios such as Warner Bros, Walt Disney Co, Dreamworks, Lionsgate and STX Entertainment have all made tie-ups with Chinese firms to fund productions or help boost their presence in China.
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It is one of several proposed tie-ups in the cable and pay-TV markets recently as industry players look to consolidate while facing new threats from the on-demand video market.
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Layoffs are common in any merger, and recent media tie-ups between companies like AT&T and WarnerMedia, and Disney and 21st Century Fox, have led to major reorganizations and staff changes.
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And they&aposve brought digital advice as well as human-driven wealth management into the spotlight as another business line facing similar cost pressures that could boost the need for tie-ups.
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Firms like Bosch, a major automotive supplier, have become prominent in the global race to develop autonomous vehicle technology, supplanting traditional top-down manufacturing relationships with a complex web of tie-ups.
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The big tech firms' initiatives could prime both brands for greater involvement in the healthcare R&D space post-coronavirus and put them in pole position to secure future pharma tie-ups.
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The creation of MFE would be a first step in pursuing tie-ups with other European broadcasters in order to tackle growing competition in the industry from streaming rivals such as Netflix.
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Though Codecademy already sells classes in volume packs, Sims suggests that a big push in 2020 will involve tie-ups with companies that want to provide what it teaches as a perk.
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"Like most of these tie-ups, this is an agreement that investment bankers might love but internet users don't need," said Matt Wood, a policy director at consumer interest group Free Press.
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But the scale of the new trade has alerted retail brands to potential new sales via daigou tie-ups that might otherwise be beyond the reach of mid-tier consumer goods makers.
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Cramer said both tie-ups will allow the companies to "take control of their own destiny," but he bets the AbbVie-Allergan deal turns out to be the best of the two.
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Such promotions, besides tie-ups with food-delivery services Doordash and Postmates, helped "digital sales" rise nearly 1.1.37 percent in the December quarter, compared with about 48 percent in the previous quarter.
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VW did not elaborate further on its plans with Didi, which would be the latest in a rush of tie-ups between automakers and technology firms seeking to profit from new ride services.
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This investment includes a lot of new strategic tie-ups for Turo, which allows individual vehicle owners and small rental fleet operators to offer their cars up for short-term rentals by others.
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As is often the case during state visits, many of the deals were packaged as "non-binding" agreements, gave scant details or rolled over existing tie-ups, helping pump up the headline figure.
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Both Bayer and BASF have been exploring tie-ups with Monsanto for several months, but valuation concerns have made a deal elusive, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
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The deeper integration with Messenger's platform, which will also include PayPal's first customer service bot for handling customer questions and requests for help, follows a series of tie-ups between the two companies.
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Sources that have worked on the two German-Spanish tie-ups said that Nordex and smaller German peer Senvion were particularly exposed to become takeover targets themselves, pointing to their relatively small size.
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Faced with this changing landscape, ProSieben has held informal talks with a number of peers about possible tie-ups over the past 12-18 months, according to sources with knowledge of the talks.
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RUSH FOR TIE-UPS GM Cruise and Waymo are often described as leading the pack of technology and auto companies competing to create self-driving cars and integrate them into ride services fleets.
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But AT&T is expected to bide its time as its deal may face pushback from US regulators who have been taking a tougher stance on tie-ups deemed to be anti-competitive.
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"We are going to see more cooperation going forward...Tie ups make sense because a lot of Chinese companies are also becoming interested in film financing as a form of investment," he said.
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The move will come close on the heels of a string of tie-ups between online taxi services and automakers, keen to cash in on the rising demand and popularity of these services.
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SIENA, Italy, April 11 (Reuters) - State-controlled Italian lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena always keeps in mind the potential for tie-ups with other banks, Chief Executive Marco Morelli said on Thursday.
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Some also contend the urgency of companies to grow via big tie-ups is driving prices to exaggerated levels, in particular for companies like Panalpina, whose profit margins trail those of its rivals.
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The buzz around China's healthcare industry has helped it outstrip hotspots like India to become the most active region in Asia for pharmaceutical tie-ups, said Wei Zheng, healthcare analyst at BMI Research.
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DE) this week fueled merger talk in Europe's crisis-hit power sector, saying it was weighing options including tie-ups with rivals and possibly selling part of its stake in its Innogy (IGY.
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In the absence of new policies well into the year, however, mergers have been gaining traction, particularly among companies eager to grow by acquisition and expecting little regulatory resistance to their tie-ups.
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Interstate 95 and Route 46 create a loop around Leonia, and therein lies a problem: Tie-ups send some motorists off the highway in search of local access to the world's busiest crossing.
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We think this will cause insurers to move on their efforts to tackle loneliness — and payer tie-ups with startups combating isolation could spur uptake of their solutions now and post-coronavirus pandemic.
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As value-based care (VBC) pressures providers to dole out top-notch care, we could see analytics companies like Jvion step forward with more SDOH-specific products and reap success via tie-ups.
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RUSH FOR TIE-UPS GM Cruise and Waymo are often described as leading the pack of technology and auto companies competing to create self-driving cars and integrate them into ride services fleets.
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Mahindra joins the ranks of Volkswagen, Toyota Motor Corp and General Motors, which have all inked tie-ups with ride-sharing firms to guard against a shift in consumer choice away from vehicle ownership.
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Rivaldi also pointed to the combination of the U.K. bank Lloyds with compatriot insurer Scottish Widows as an example of the rising appeal of tie-ups for companies within these financial services sub-sectors.
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The Apollo program (if that name seems familiar, it's because it's actually named after the U.S. mission to the moon) also includes five of China's top universities, and local government tie-ups as well.
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So far, auto stocks have led the rally because of prospects for tie-ups with foreign firms; Iran Khodro, which announced a 50/113 venture to build cars with Peugeot, has rocketed 52 percent.
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Bayer's move to combine its crop chemicals business, the world's second largest after Syngenta, with Monsanto's industry leading seeds business, is the latest in a series of major tie-ups in the agrochemicals sector.
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That move came as Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic signed a provisional agreement to create a single global joint venture between the three carriers, combining two existing transatlantic tie-ups.
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MILAN, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Banca Carige said it would look at naming an investment bank at an upcoming board meeting to study possible tie-ups as part of plans to turn round the bank.
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The sources also said Samsung was developing financing products independently of current tie-ups with financial firms - a move which could help it offer customers a smoother sales process and even lift profit margins.
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The EU approach to mergers, especially "horizontal" tie-ups between competitors in the same industry, is also a lot like America's method (though research suggests that merger control has been far more lax there).
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The company has forecast that Legoland's performance would bounce back in the 2018-19 fiscal year on the back of marketing and promotional tie-ups with "Lego Movie 2", due for release in February.
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Analysts and investors have said that tie-ups between cable companies and wireless carriers increasingly make sense as the distinction between broadband and wireless connectivity blurs, and consumers demand seamless connections for their devices.
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If the merger goes ahead, it would be the latest of several recent tie-ups to create bigger and stronger lenders in an over-banked region where some central banks have called for consolidation.
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However, as is often the case during state visits, many of the deals were packaged as "non-binding" agreements, gave scant details or rolled over existing tie-ups, helping pump up the headline figure.
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Softbank has also been in discussions with big insurers about partnerships or other tie-ups that could see them supply underwriting and regulatory know-how to the new-model insurance companies in its portfolio.
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The Milan-based broadcaster wants to use the new company, dubbed MediaforUEorpe (MFE), to pursue pan-European tie-ups to take on increasing competition in the industry and stalling growth in its domestic market.
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PD leader Matteo Renzi has said he will resign but has also sought to lay down his party's future path - saying it would move into opposition and shun any tie-ups with either party.
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PARIS (Reuters) - ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said that while consolidation within the euro zone's banking sector was desirable, it was up to individual banks to decide on which tie-ups to pursue.
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Now with oil prices at their highest since July 2015, hedge funds are seizing the moment and trying to convince companies to sell assets or consider tie-ups to squeeze more value from their investments.
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The tech tie-ups come two months after AstraZeneca created a new drug development joint venture with a state-backed private equity fund in China, designed to help get new drugs to market more quickly.
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Paytm and Uber rival Ola in India have both launched cards in partnership with banks, while cross-border payment companies like TransferWise, Monzo and others have tie-ups with Visa and Mastercard to enable spending.
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ONE-STOP SHOP Bayer's move to combine its crop chemicals business, the world's second-largest after Syngenta AG, with Monsanto's industry-leading seeds business, is the latest in a series of major agrochemicals tie-ups.
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Speaking to a foreign media event, Profumo said he expected Europe's fragmented defense industry to consolidate, with tie-ups emerging in specific business areas as companies embark on joint projects and strive to cut costs.
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Global container shipping is suffering a severe downturn as a combination of weak consumer demand and overcapacity have forced shipping lines to slash costs and try to build scale, including via tie-ups with rivals.
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LONDON (Reuters) - "Overbanking" in Europe should first be tackled at the local level, making it easier to reap cost savings and pave the way for cross-border tie-ups, the European Union's banking watchdog said.
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And his two previous tie-ups with incumbents were followed by heavy losses for New Zealand First, notes Matthew Hooton, a political analyst, so it may be "in his interest to side with someone new".
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More direct tie-ups with mines would diversify smelters' sources of supply, as well as potentially giving them more sway in annual supply negotiations with large global miners such as BHP and Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
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Walmart has been adding items to its website through acquisitions like that of Moosejaw, tie-ups with other retailers like Lord & Taylor and making the terms of its agreements with third-party sellers more flexible.
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Analysts and investors have said tie-ups between cable companies and wireless carriers make more sense now that the distinction between broadband and wireless connectivity has blurred and consumers want seamless connections for their devices.
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"This news is not unexpected, given that both companies have been actively exploring tie-ups with others to yield cost savings and other synergistic benefits," said David Leggett, automotive editor at data analytics firm GlobalData.
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The consortium also aims to expand its reach with tie-ups with private players and governments and expand the reach of the model even in remote geographies where the availability of histopathologists is a challenge.
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Quintiles and IMS Health to Combine in 'Merger of Equals' | The merger, the latest in a wave of health care tie-ups, would create a company worth $17.6 billion, with combined revenue of $7.2 billion.
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The all-share deal is one of Europe's largest cross-border tie-ups and brings together Luxottica, the world's top spectacles maker with brands such as Ray-Ban and Oakley, with leading lens manufacturer Essilor.
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The spate of deals since the end of last year include tie-ups with Ascend Money in Thailand, Kakao Pay in South Korea and Mynt in the Philippines, following earlier investment in Indian firm PayTM.
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But its deals with the PP and Vox drew criticism from Paris, with Macron's government warning the party, its Spanish center-right ally in the European Parliament, of possible "consequences" if pursued the tie-ups.
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Despite some recent high-profile tie-ups, such as the creation of Banco BPM, or Intesa Sanpaolo's purchase of two troubled Veneto-based lenders in 2017, Italian banks still have plenty of scope to consolidate.
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And on top of the brokerage space, they've brought digital advice and human-driven wealth management into the spotlight as another business line facing similar cost pressures that could boost the need for tie-ups.
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An uptick in investor appetite for primary care entrants could send a vote of confidence to payers, and we could see more tie-ups among large insurers and startups operating in the entrenched primary care space.
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Other cross-border suitors for Commerzbank were then mooted, including the likes of Dutch bank ING and Italy's UniCredit, as the German government sought tie-ups for the lender in which it holds a 15.5% stake.
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Earlier in the day, Japan's Nikkei business daily reported the firm was looking at capital and business tie-ups, and seeking aid from investment funds including government-led technology venture Innovation Network Corp of Japan (INCJ).
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And it's also had a slew of recent initiatives and tie-ups with fashion influencers — beyond Charnas — to show it's trying to establish the site as a place to shop for more than just the basics.
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The jab, the tie ups, the movement, the body work, and the power punches all worked off each other perfectly to see Jacobs put on just about the best performance against Golovkin anyone had ever seen.
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Under pressure to cut corporate bad debts of more than $120 billion, lenders including SBI have been trying to forge tie-ups between distressed cement, steel and power companies and those that are in better shape.
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The reorganisation by Italy's top commercial broadcaster aims to create a new holding company, called MediaforEurope, to pursue pan-European tie-ups and meet rising competition in the industry as growth stalls in Mediaset's domestic market.
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U.S. studios such as Warner Bros, Walt Disney Co, Dreamworks, Lionsgate and STX Entertainment have all made tie-ups with Chinese firms to fund productions or help boost their presence in China's fast-growing film market.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is looking to float some of its services businesses and enter tie-ups with global investors to help it create new revenue streams and secure more market access.
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Cade's acting superintendent Diogo Thomson de Andrade said in an interview that the recession has reduced the interest of some foreign bidders for debt-laden local companies, leaving more to consider tie-ups with domestic competitors.
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The chief executive of the French bank, Frederic Queda, when asked in an interview with Il Sole 24 Ore about the possibility of a tie-up with UniCredit, said he did not foresee any tie-ups.
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Schmitz fuelled M&A speculation in mid-March when he said RWE was considering several strategic options, including tie-ups with rivals and the sale of a stake in Innogy, in which RWE owns 76.8 percent.
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With the development of autonomous vehicles, that sort of information becomes even more important, enabling a car to learn about road conditions from other vehicles and safely navigate around accidents, tie-ups, potholes and flash floods.
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"If your truck is becoming less full because volumes are declining, you should have other beverages to fill that spot," said Bernstein's Dibadj, who has predicted beer and soft drink tie-ups for the same reason.
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This could increase demand for telehealth services among hospitals and health systems, which we expect to see increasingly pursue tie-ups with telehealth vendors to address the surge in coronavirus patients who can be treated virtually.
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U.S. rivals Ford and General Motors have also invested further in mobility technology through tie-ups this year with Amazon and IBM respectively to develop sophisticated on-demand and artificial intelligence-based services in their cars.
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We've seen other DTC genetic testing firms move away from the DTC space and pursue tie-ups to secure future revenue — and we're skeptical that Nebula's DTC-focused strategy will be viable in the long-run.
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And we think payers would view potential tie-ups with startups working to combat cognitive decline favorably, considering the potential to reduce the $350,174 in approximate lifetime costs of care for an individual living with dementia.
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Such tie-ups help Citigroup bankers improve relationships with large-cap clients while also building connections with privately held companies that may one day go public, said Elinor Hoover, Citigroups co-head of consumer investment banking.
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The DGH has also proposed the state-owned companies form technical tie-ups with private firms, offering to give them an assured rate of return if the output increases beyond a certain level, the five sources said.
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In Singapore it working with carrier Singtel and StarHub's fiber TV service, in the Philippines it has joined forces with Globe Telecom, and there are likely other tie-ups in the pipeline to help its distribution efforts.
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Levinsohn said there are tech and media companies sitting on mountains of cash, like Apple, that could make "immense and exciting" tie-ups with Twitter, which he calls a great brand with "tremendous" global and cultural impact.
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Fnatic's Calandrelli said he is in talks with "one of the biggest" group of rappers in his country on collaborating with them, and has previously done tie-ups with record labels like Virgin EMI and Atlantic Records.
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In the first bout, Whittaker used tie ups to prevent Romero from striking effectively on the ground and used double underhooks and grapevines to transition to butterfly guard and commence a stand up or a sweep attempt.
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In Japan, shares of Toshiba were up 2.0.73 percent after reports of potential tie-ups with Sharp, facilitated by a Japanese state-backed fund, as Toshiba continues its ongoing restructuring process, following an accounting scandal in 2015.
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Tie-ups with big entertainment titles are essential for toy companies to keep up sales as they bring in new customers already loyal to the franchise, said James Zahn, senior editor at trade magazine "The Toy Book".
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The reorganization plan by Italy's top commercial broadcaster aims to create the new entity - called MediaforEurope - to pursue pan-European tie-ups to take on increasing competition in the industry and stalling growth in its domestic market.
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The reorganization plan by Italy's top commercial broadcaster aims to create the new entity - called MediaforEurope - to pursue pan-European tie-ups to take on increasing competition in the industry and stalling growth in its domestic market.
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Asked whether such overseas tie-ups were more difficult with rising protectionist sentiment, Muilenburg said Boeing would not let up on its global expansion which, if done strategically, would increase jobs in the United States and abroad.
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Past tie-ups between banks and insurers have often foundered, including Allianz's 24-billion euro takeover of Dresdner Bank in 2001, and regulators have in recent years opposed mega-deals that make banks too big to fail.
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Schmitz fuelled M&A speculation two weeks ago when he said RWE was considering several strategic options, including tie-ups with rivals and the sale of a stake in energy group Innogy , in which RWE owns 76.8 percent.
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The partnership is the latest in a growing array of tie-ups between domestic taxi firms and tech companies, who see Japan as a potentially lucrative market but are prevented from offering ride-sharing services by stringent rules.
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Seeking academic-private tie-ups is not at all unusual in AI development — Microsoft, Google and others, including Uber, have made commitments to academic institutions in order to help secure talent and pipeline for students with related expertise.
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Lyft's new partnership with Taco Bell seems like a weird cross-marketing campaign at first glance, but it could become a model for future tie-ups to come, and a new revenue opportunity for ride-hailing in general.
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At the same time, industry officials say, the government must be mindful that offering up potentially lucrative tie-ups to international oil majors might favor the nationalist platform of election front-runner, opposition contender Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
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While continuing its massive monetary stimulus, the BOJ will examine whether the decline in profits at regional banks may undermine financial intermediation, Kuroda added, urging regional banks to step up efforts to reduce costs and extend tie-ups.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese fund CMC Capital Partners (CMC), which has tie-ups from soccer club Manchester City to Warner Bros, has partnered with top Hollywood talent management firm Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the two firms said on Tuesday.
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The proposed road would be a one-lane, one-way bypass for buses, ambulances and other public vehicles to avoid traffic tie-ups approaching Qalandiya, a busy and often violent checkpoint where traffic can back up for hours.
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Second-ranked Siam Commercial Bank PCL, which has tie-ups with Line Corp and Alphabet Inc's Google, on Thursday said it aims to have 10 million digital users by the end of 2018 from 7 million at present.
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Wall Street has cast Verizon as a potential merger candidate amid a flurry of dealmaking and consolidation in the industry, including tie-ups at Time Warner and Disney and off-and-on talks between Sprint and T-Mobile.
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Mediaset shareholders are due to meet on Friday to vote on governance tweaks to a Dutch holding company into which the Italian broadcaster aims to fold its Italian and Spanish businesses to pursue tie-ups with European peers.
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Nevertheless, it aims to reach 2 billion consumers globally with its payments network in coming years, backed by investments and strategic partnerships with Southeast Asian payment firms as well as tie-ups in South Korea, Japan and India.
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Robert Falck, the CEO of Swedish start-up Einride, said the company was in partnership talks with major suppliers to help scale production and deliver orders, and the firm did not rule out future tie-ups with large truckmakers.
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Mediaset wants to use the new holding company to pursue tie-ups with other European peers, in a bid to create a pan-European TV champion to tackle growing competition in the industry from streaming rivals such as Netflix.
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Krueger said Chinese plans to remove caps on foreign ownership of local ventures, currently limited to 50 percent, should not impact its tie-ups in the country, but said that discussions with its partners in the market were ongoing.
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PARIS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Second-hand fashion, once confined to thrift stores, is outstripping sales growth in the primary luxury goods sector, helping market leader The RealReal expand its business and prompting international labels to look at tie-ups.
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Governments and automakers around the world, with an eye on huge expected demand for electric cars, are looking to seal tie-ups for the light metal, including in the so-called "lithium triangle" centered on Chile, Bolivia and Argentina.
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After Daimler and other truckmakers were accused in 2011 of price fixing and subsequently fined, the German company at least in part pulled out of the industry tie-ups that are now the subject of inquiries, Sueddeutsche Zeitung said.
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The Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors boards will decide on the roughly 200 billion yen capital and business tie-ups on Thursday, making Nissan Mitsubishi's biggest shareholder with a stake over 30 percent, said the sources, one from each carmaker.
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Feagin, who had worked at Goldman Sachs Group Inc for more than two decades before joining Ant in 2016, declined to say whether Ant would raise its offer for MoneyGram, and added it was open to alternative tie-ups.
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The size of those deals also has fallen — just five announced corporate tie-ups so far this year topped $203 billion in value, versus 10 deals worth more than $10 billion in the same period last year, Peterson said.
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Air-bag maker Daicel, which already supplies Takata, said on Saturday that had not been approached about any new tie-ups after Japanese media reported that Takata may form a joint venture with Daicel to produce air-bag components.
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Just like on the mainland, Alibaba Cloud's Hong Kong service is cheaper than its international rivals; it also delivers lower latency to mainland users than AWS, Lin observes, thanks to its tie-ups with China's top three network providers.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Longchamp, one of France's leading handbag makers, is increasing its presence in China and the United States to boost its sales, its CEO said, betting on celebrity tie-ups and its online platforms to revive sluggish growth.
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Italy's biggest commercial broadcaster is seeking to merge its domestic and Spanish businesses into a Dutch entity dubbed MediaforEurope to pursue pan-European tie-ups and tackle increasing competition in the industry and stalling growth in its home turf.
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Pearce said he saw scope for further consolidation because of the high proportion of airlines that had failed to perform in an industry that remains highly fragmented because of regulations making cross-border tie-ups difficult to carry out.
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FLYING THE FLAG Fifteen years after the airlines merged, the shaky foundations of one of the industry's landmark mergers highlight the difficulty of carrying out cross-border tie-ups in an industry riven with national pride, politics and protectionism.
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The global agricultural sector is scrambling to consolidate, with Monsanto and DuPont also pursuing separate tie-ups, as a global downturn in grain prices and a strong dollar have reduced U.S. farm incomes and prompted producers to cut spending.
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The Perdido drilling plan shows Pemex has not entirely closed the door on new deepwater projects or to tie-ups with private companies needed to extract hard-to-reach oil, according to Porres and others familiar with the project.
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Anil Stocker, co-founder and chief executive of MarketInvoice, said the new capital would be used to boost its business in the U.K. and help it forge more partnerships with banks — with a particular focus on cross-border tie-ups.
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However, those tie-ups are now fraught with reputational risk as the Saudi brand strains under the weight of allegations that the kingdom — and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman himself — orchestrated the assassination of journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi.
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Since becoming Gap's chief executive in 2015, Art Peck has reinvigorated the Old Navy brand, its biggest revenue contributor, through celebrity tie-ups, social media campaigns and better styles – dresses, pants, mid-tops and shorts did well in the latest quarter.
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Other big tie-ups in the works are state-owned China National Chemical (ChemChina), which has agreed to buy Swiss seeds and pesticide maker Syngenta for about $43 billion, as well as Bayer's new $62 billion unsolicited bid for Monsanto.
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STOCKHOLM, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Ericsson sees more tie-ups between telecom operators and media companies after AT&T Inc's planned acquisition of Time Warner Inc, offering some hope for the no-growth telecom equipment gear maker, its media chief told Reuters.
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But proposed tie-ups between major competitors have failed several times in the past because of resistance from government authorities who either had antitrust concerns or did not want a foreign company running what was often seen as a national symbol.
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Wal-Mart Stores will invest $50 million in Chinese online grocery and delivery firm New Dada, the U.S. retailer said on Friday, extending its tie-ups with local online players to help boost sales in the world's second-largest economy.
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Shares in the two lenders had rallied on Friday as investors bet shareholders would approve the merger, which is set to be the first prompted by reforms the government introduced early last year to promote tie-ups and boost bank profitability.
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The merger of SABMiller and InBev, initiated in 2015, also reveals how these industry tie-ups might change the trend toward small, personalized food (craft beer in this case), when conglomerates or holding companies control so much of the supply chain.
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LIMA (Reuters) - Sweden is turning its gaze towards Peru and other South American countries for lithium tie-ups amid a global race to lock in supply of the "white gold" metal that is key for the batteries that power electric vehicles.
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OSLO (Reuters) - Demand for offshore rig rental globally is starting to recover from its worst ever downturn, led by oil firms' growing demand for harsh-environment exploration and triggering multi-billion dollar tie-ups among drillers hoping to profit, executives said.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Auctions later this year to pick joint venture partners for Mexican state oil company Pemex will proceed, an official at the national oil regulator said on Thursday, despite President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's resistance to the tie-ups.
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The fall in European deals contributed to a 24.9 percent drop in global deals in the first quarter, as concerns about a global economic slowdown and fears of a no-deal Brexit in Europe deter companies from pursuing big tie-ups.
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The deal is the latest in a series of tie-ups between Hollywood and China, with Chinese investors keen to boost their presence in the United States and Hollywood studios increasingly chasing a bigger share of the fast-growing China market.
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Bucking the weakness, Toshiba Corp rose 3 percent after the Nikkei business daily reported that a state-backed fund will help the firm rebuild its home electronics division and other operations by facilitating tie-ups with Sharp Corp and others.
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Prosecutors, who indicted Ms. Kelly and two other Christie allies in the lane closings, have said the tie-ups were retaliation against the Fort Lee mayor, Mark Sokolich, a Democrat, for declining to endorse Mr. Christie for re-election in 2013.
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Louis Dreyfus Co is not looking to sell its Brazilian juice operations, but it is open to partnerships in the area, including possible tie-ups with local bottlers, Murilo Parada, chief executive for the Brazil unit, told Reuters on Monday.
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With a view to grabbing a bigger share of the business, the banks are investing more in technology, entering into tie-ups with fintechs, and doing in-house data mining to understand consumer trends and cash flows in the digital economy.
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Non-life's 'combined ratio' improved (2016: 107%, 103: 123%) as management focused on reducing the claims ratio - mainly in the motor segment - by revisiting its pricing and underwriting strategy, as well as moving away from unprofitable tie-ups with financial institutions.
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The announced joint venture between America's largest automaker and the South Korean chemical giant adds to a growing list of tie-ups for the auto industry as companies attempt to share in the monumental costs of electric and autonomous vehicles.
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David Cicilline of the House antitrust subcommittee, would bar tie-ups including a company with over $40 billion in annual revenue or two companies each with at least $15 billion in annual revenue, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Louis Dreyfus Co is not looking to sell its Brazilian juice operations, but it is open to partnerships in the area, including possible tie-ups with local bottlers, Murilo Parada, chief executive for the Brazil unit, told Reuters on Monday.
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In addition to the Innovation Network Corp of Japan (INCJ), a government-led technology venture which extended the panel maker a lifeline last year, it has also approached other investment funds and is looking at capital and business tie-ups, the newspaper said.
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TORONTO/WINNIPEG (Reuters) - Metal and mineral explorers battered by a protracted price slump are still out of favor with investors, however the recent uptick in bullion prices and a few tie-ups with larger miners are offering juniors a glimmer of hope.
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While the gradual rollout of 2000G services globally is a boon to telecoms gear makers, tie-ups by mobile operators in China, the world's biggest smartphone market, to build the network together threaten to cut the size of the overall 21G infrastructure spending.
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While the gradual rollout of 2000G services globally is a boon to telecoms gear makers, tie-ups by mobile operators in China, the world's biggest smartphone market, to build the network together threaten to cut the size of the overall 5G infrastructure spending.
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"The potential for major-league traffic tie-ups in the Atlanta Braves' new neighborhood has long weighed on the minds of wary commuters and officials tasked with addressing it," wrote Jennifer Brett in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the morning after the bridge collapse.
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To regain lost ground in Japan, Rakuten has recently announced tie-ups with Walmart, an American retailer with which it will launch an online grocery site, and Bic Camera, an electronics giant, which will list its wares on the Rakuten Ichiba site.
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Long term, there's even more for carrier partners to worry about – Amazon has been very public about its efforts to create a drone-based delivery fleet, and it's also reportedly looking into driverless car tech via tie-ups with Fiat Chrysler and others.
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Under broad economic reforms announced last week, which aim to free Saudi Arabia of its dependence on oil exports, the kingdom is seeking a big increase in foreign investment and tie-ups with foreign companies in non-oil industries including the technology sector.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc will invest $50 million in Chinese online grocery and delivery firm New Dada, the U.S. retailer said on Friday, extending its tie-ups with local online players to help boost sales in the world's second-largest economy.
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AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, July 7 (Reuters) - French telecoms firms Orange is open to discussing potential tie-ups with other operators in its home market but is not likely to be the instigator of consolidation in the sector, financial chief Ramon Fernandez said.
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The merger - which a source said had received a preliminary green light from the European Central Bank (ECB) - could prompt more tie-ups in a fragmented industry, buttressing profits and capital levels at a time when negative interest rates are hitting revenues.
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The sport is still new to China, and the NFL is pushing tie-ups with more than a dozen platforms on regular television and online to reach viewers, even at rush hour, NFL China managing director Richard Young told Reuters in recent interviews.
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The investment will be used to grow Space Ape and most likely to see some strategic tie-ups between the two gaming companies, in a way that straight VCs might not have been able to offer the smaller gaming startup at this stage.
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Much will depend on future tie-ups, but Kurz and the FPO found common cause in a hard line on immigration in the wake of Europe's migration crisis, slashing social benefits for new arrivals and implementing an agenda heavy on law and order.
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Le Maire had earlier said the French government was open to tie-ups involving Renault as long as French industrial interests were protected, and would consider any Renault deal with Fiat Chrysler that respected the French firm's alliance with its Japanese partner Nissan.
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According to the WSJ, Apple has "used a $3.33 billion budget to buy dozens of original TV shows in hopes it can land a breakout hit," and plans to announce tie-ups to offer $9.99 subscriptions for channels like HBO and Showtime.
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As the ride-hailing titans continue proving the value of their services in reducing transportation costs, we expect to see insurers also pursue tie-ups with the likes of Uber and Lyft in an effort to ensure greater appointment adherence among their members.
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Pursuing this strategy would not only accelerate efforts toward potential treatments or a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, but also prime both brands for future tie-ups with pharmaceutical companies looking to speed up drug discovery and limit development costs of their own.
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The typical household in Houston has two cars, and Mayor Sylvester Turner urged residents to "hunker down" as Hurricane Harvey made landfall, hoping to avoid a replay of the tie-ups and crashes that killed about 100 people fleeing Hurricane Rita in 2005.
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India also introduced legislation in 2019 that barred online retail giants such as Amazon and Flipkart, an Indian firm owned by Walmart, from entering into exclusive tie-ups with sellers and offering products through vendors in which they have a direct financial interest.
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Those tie-ups include formal links with chefs such as Mr. Blumenthal and Wolfgang Puck and a property program on the Spanish island of Tenerife in the Canaries that offers catering in your new home by one of Spain's most decorated chefs.
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Vodafone was in talks last year with John Malone's Liberty about asset swaps or other tie-ups in Europe, which potentially would have enabled allow both to offer a richer package of TV, broadband and mobile in countries like Britain and Germany.
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"Samsung appears to be moving in the right strategic direction," IBK Securities analyst Lee Seung-woo said in a report, noting that tie-ups or acquisitions could help Samsung scale up quickly in an industry where it will struggle to grow on its own.
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Hasbro has been cashing in on tie-ups with movie studios such as Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Co to boost sales of toys linked to big movie franchises as the company recovers from the bankruptcy of toy retailer Toys "R" Us last year.
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Volkswagen AG said on Thursday it was in talks with China's Didi Chuxing to set up a high-end car hailing service venture in China, the latest in a rush of tie-ups between automakers and technology firms seeking to profit from new ride services.
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Unigroup Guoxin Co Ltd, the Tsinghua Unigroup entity involved in the Taiwanese deals, said Wednesday the deal with ChipMOS was terminated, after warning last week that the tie-ups it struck with ChipMOS and Powertech could fall through due to prolonged regulatory review in Taiwan.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Banks losing fees from a string of mega-mergers scuttled by U.S. antitrust rulings are still eager to extend loans to investment-grade companies seeking big tie-ups, in the hope they will ultimately profit by winning business down the road.
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The move into public transport also shifts Uber deeper into the territory of rival urban navigator app, Citymapper, which has been dabbling in tie-ups to push shared rides via its own app for a few years — and thus seeking to more directly squeeze Uber.
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Mitsubishi UFJ's investment, being made through its core banking unit, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd (BTMU), is the latest in a string of cross-border tie-ups that Japanese financial firms are seeking to tap fast-growing Asian markets as domestic growth remains weak.
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And while some of the major insurers contend that these kinds of tie-ups are aimed at lowering costs for consumers and controlling health care costs over all, there is little evidence so far that consumers will benefit if more consolidation leads to less competition.
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NEW YORK/LONDON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - A rise in large mergers and acquisitions (M&A) helped offset a plunge in cross-border deals in 2019, and many dealmakers say they expect subsiding geopolitical risk emboldening companies to pursue more tie-ups across regions in 2020.
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LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) sank 24.4 percent in the first quarter of 22020, as concerns about an economic slowdown and fears of a no-deal Brexit in Europe spooked chief executives and corporate boardrooms from pursuing big tie-ups.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - We Doctor Group, a Tencent Holdings-backed online healthcare services firm, said it is in talks with Hong Kong and Southeast Asian hospital chains and medical groups about tie-ups to cater to growing demand from mainland Chinese for international-standard services.
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Le Maire on Thursday had said the French government was open to tie-ups involving Renault as long as French industrial interests were protected, and would consider any Renault deal with Fiat Chrysler that respected the French firm's alliance with its Japanese partner Nissan.
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Abu Dhabi has in the past used tie-ups in other industries to support the local economy and create larger firms which can compete more effectively; it merged Aldar Properties with Sorouh Real Estate in 2013, and Dubai Aluminium and Emirates Aluminium in the same year.
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Koike decided not to run for a lower house seat needed to make her eligible for the premiership and has declined to say whom her party would support for the post, leaving the door open to a variety of possible tie-ups including with Abe's LDP.
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The pitching process for the ADNOC deal is under way after the unlisted group announced this week that it is looking to float some of its services businesses and enter tie-ups with global investors to help it create new revenue streams and secure more market access.
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Instead, the unidentified person sent information about the alleged crime to a woman who created and runs a Facebook page called Fighting Crime News and Who's Wanted, an online outlet whose updates range from wanted posters to promotions of local elections and warnings about traffic tie-ups.
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LONDON/NEW YORK, March 23.34 (Reuters) - Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) sank 24.4 percent in the first quarter of 22020, as concerns about an economic slowdown and fears of a no-deal Brexit in Europe spooked chief executives and corporate boardrooms from pursuing big tie-ups.
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Bank tie-ups continued into the early 6.63s leading up to and during the financial crisis, but they morphed from deals aimed at cost cutting or geographical expansion into mergers of necessity as the troubled sector scrambled to pool resources and shore up distressed balance sheets.
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The sport is still new to the country, and the NFL is pushing tie-ups with more than a dozen platforms on regular television and online to help reach viewers, even at rush hour, Richard Young, managing director for NFL China, told Reuters in recent interviews.
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Banco BPM dropped 1.3 percent as Italy's third biggest lender said it could be interested in tie-ups with banks close to its home turf in the north of the country, comments that appeared to play down a possible deal with Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
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Some investors have said they see sense in tie-ups between the two companies through cooperations on loyalty programs, after Accor dropped plans to buy a minority stake in AirFrance-KLM last July, at a time when the airline was hit by boardroom and staff unrest.
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Bancassurance deals — which allow an insurance company to sell its products to a bank's clients — could also play a role in potential tie-ups, which are expected to involve UBI and rivals Banco BPM and BPER Banca as well as state-owned Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
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The EIU analyst said aside from military and defense tie-ups, two other areas of developing Russia-China relations are finance, where currency swaps help Russia avoid using the U.S. dollar; and nuclear energy, where Russian state-owned nuclear firms are to build power plants in China.
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Juan Carlos Zepeda, head of the oil regulator known as CNH which oversees the auction, also saw the number of equity tie-ups among oil companies as a positive sign, expressing optimism that "a bit more than the international benchmark of 30 percent" could be assigned.
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The tie-ups, which were first announced last month, give Amazon added distribution for its growing portfolio of consumer gadgets as well as a free return option for its customers that don't want to deal with the hassle of packing and shipping orders they don't want.
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Between the lines: The slowdown is the result of the U.S.-China trade war, and while much of it can be attributed to growing business uncertainty, the U.S. government also has stepped in to actively prevent large-scale tie-ups on multiple occasions, often citing national security concerns.
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This has included tie-ups with Visa and MasterCard, both here in the U.S. and abroad; as well as deals with financial institutions like Wells Fargo and Discover, financial services technology providers like FIS and First Data, and technology companies like Apple, Facebook, Google and Samsung, notes PayPal.
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Corporate mergers of highly rated names were front loaded to the first half of 2018, while a wave of jumbo leveraged buyouts took over the second half of the year, as companies sought growth through strategic tie-ups and private equity sponsors aggressively looked to deploy cash stockpiles.
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Abu Dhabi, the richest of the seven emirates that form the UAE, has ridden out the last few years of low oil prices relatively comfortably, but it has been seeking to save money and make many of its assets more efficient by streamlining them or arranging tie-ups.
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Bennahmias said JD.com had been lobbying Swiss watchmakers to forge tie-ups with the platform, but he did not rule out the possibility of working with Alibaba, the country's largest e-commerce firm led by entrepreneur Jack Ma. "I am waiting for Jack Ma to give me a call," he said.
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Transformative tie-ups of telecommunications and media companies, including megadeals such as the sale of most of the assets from Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox Inc to Disney, and the combination of Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc, have been boosting worldwide merger and acquisition activity to new highs.
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When preparing for the Mayweather-McGregor debacle, we mentioned that too few boxers today know where to place their heads during tie-ups in order to begin freeing their hands, and too many refs are content to break fighters as soon as the clinch takes place, effectively killing the infight.
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Singapore has been pretty keen on courting Silicon Valley types Kershing Goh, regional director for the Americas at the Singapore Tourism Board, told Mashable: "Through tie-ups with unconventional West Coast brands which share like-minded consumer audiences, we hope to present the authentic voice of Singapore through our artists," she said.
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The bank's asset management arm Eurizon is hoping to find an industrial partner that will take by year-end a stake of between 10-20 percent in the company and will help facilitate future tie-ups with other unlisted players in Europe, Il Sole 24 Ore said, citing the unit's CEO Tommaso Corcos.
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Waiting for the first real snow of winter is an annual exercise in anticipation and dread, with the accompanying hallmarks invariably falling into place: breathless headlines, familiar checkout line chatter, readying the shovels and snowblowers, restocking the cocoa, bracing for traffic tie-ups and rail delays — or perhaps doing nothing at all.
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"The macro-economic uncertainty and the situation in the banking sector are such that make us exclude any further tie-ups for the moment, even though we believe there is still space for further consolidation in the sector in future," Castagna told Il Messaggero daily in an interview, in comments confirmed by a spokeswoman.
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Tie-ups between traditional retailers and these up-and-comers make sense for a number of reasons, including the fact that the collaboration can help young brands decide if they should open their own standalone stores as a next step, according to Jake Mendel, of Silicon Valley Bank's Early Stage Practice in New York.
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Stronger US Presence The combination of Ahold and Delhaize in the US is beneficial from a credit perspective in a retail market characterised by consumers' shift to online sales and fierce competition leading to deflation and consolidation, as seen in the tie-ups between Safeway and Albertsons, and Roundy's and the Kroger Company (BBB/Stable).
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Rumours have been circulating in recent months that as part of an efficiency drive more banking tie-ups might happen in the wake of Abu Dhabi's two largest banking heavyweights, National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank pushing ahead with their own merger, expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2017.
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This first handful of apps has been built by Toymail (and are free), but the startup previously told us it plans to launch paid app content in future — so presumably some third party branded apps will be on way in future, opening up an additional app-based revenue stream for the hardware startup via relevant commercial tie-ups.
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His old foe, Larry Holmes had shown Tyson to be easily frustrated and flummoxed in the periods in which he applied the old Ali style clinch, holding the back of Tyson's head with one hand and his triceps with the other, but Spinks was not Holmes or Ali, he was largely ineffectual with his tie ups.
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In Dubai, the index is up 2.6 percent since the start of the week and may continue to find support from finance and insurance shares, which have been volatile since the start of the year on speculation the industry may see further tie-ups after the impending merger of National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank.
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But the tech giant still has to vie for research tie-ups with firms like AliveCor, which also boasts an FDA-cleared EKG device without the bells and whistles of the Apple Watch — and researchers may not want to pay up for the Watch or complicate participation for users by requiring them to navigate a higher-tech solution.
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Breaking into the heavily entrenched, $262 billion US primary care market can be a difficult proposition for startups given consumers' familiarity with traditional players — but if they're able to prove their solutions can clamp down on healthcare spending as Iora has done, we could see greater market disruption through an increasing number of tie-ups between primary care startups and large payers.
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News this month that Cigna Corp's U$52bn acquisition of pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co, and retail pharmacy CVS Health Corp's US$69bn acquisition of health insurer Aetna Inc are on track to be completed is encouraging for large tie-ups, bankers said, after a few huge deals were scuttled this year by antitrust or national security concerns.
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The broadcaster wants to use the new entity to pursue tie-ups in Europe to take on competition from streaming apps such as Netflix and web giants like Google But Vivendi, which is Mediaset's second largest shareholder with a 29% stake, is fighting the project in court, saying the governance structure of the new entity would strengthen Berlusconi's grip on the company.
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The following are key dates in the tense trade standoff between the world's two largest economies: Early to mid-May: U.S. Senate Banking Committee and House of Representatives Financial Services Committee are expected to finalize their versions of legislation to strengthen national security reviews of foreign acquisitions and tie-ups with U.S. companies and make it harder for Chinese firms to acquire sensitive technologies.
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Many mornings, it's common for the lock screen of my iPhone and the right-hand side of my Mac's screen to be jammed with notifications about "news" I don't care about, messages whose relevance has come and gone overnight, tips on birthdays of people I'm not close to, reminders of meetings I'm not attending, and warnings of traffic tie-ups on roads I don't use.
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Many mornings, it's common for the lock screen of my iPhone and the right-hand side of my Mac's screen to be jammed with notifications about "news" I don't care about, messages whose relevance has come and gone overnight, tips on birthdays of people I'm not close to, reminders of meetings I'm not attending and warnings of traffic tie-ups on roads I don't use.
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The following are key dates in the tense trade standoff between the world's two largest economies: Early to mid-May: U.S. Senate Banking Committee and House of Representatives Financial Services Committee are expected to finalize their versions of legislation to strengthen national security reviews of foreign acquisitions and tie-ups with U.S. companies and make it harder for Chinese firms to acquire sensitive technologies.
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Of course, much of the attention in recent years has centered on publicly traded tech companies and their tie-ups with PE. Though we generally assume that publicly traded tech companies will remain publicly traded, a spate of headline-grabbing deals last year proved that supposition wrong, including the visual analytics company Qlik Technologies' sale to Thomas Bravo, and the marketing software company Marketo's sale to Vista Equity Partners.
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The recent Insulet tie-ups are concrete next steps for both Dexom and Abbott in developing a viable artificial pancreas — and if either can launch their integrated system to a wide audience, they'd quickly become attractive partners for insurers: A viable artificial pancreas could significantly reduce the $237 billion the US spends on diabetes care annually — which insurers would likely find appealing as they work to slash their portion of spending on members with diabetes.
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Last month, chipmaker Qualcomm Inc dropped its US$44bn bid to buy NXP Semiconductors after failing to secure approval from China, with the deal embroiled in a trade standoff between China and the U.S. Then in other scuttled tie-ups, Tribune Media ended its US$3.9bn deal to be bought by Sinclair Broadcast Group in early August after regulators objected to the combination, while drug store chain Rite Aid and US grocer Albertsons also agreed to end their US$24bn merger after opposition from advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services.
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Last month, chipmaker Qualcomm Inc dropped its US$44bn bid to buy NXP Semiconductors after failing to secure approval from China, with the deal embroiled in a trade standoff between China and the U.S. Then in other scuttled tie-ups, Tribune Media ended its US$3.9bn deal to be bought by Sinclair Broadcast Group in early August after regulators objected to the combination, while drug store chain Rite Aid and US grocer Albertsons also agreed to end their US$24bn merger after opposition from advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services.
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