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Schindler: major contract in Istanbul airport

The company Lucerne Schindler elevators and escalators has got a very important job: equip the world’s largest airport, under construction in Turkey, in Istanbul, in operation since 2018.

"We are proud and excited to bring our innovative technology in this partnership with the new airport in Istanbul", he commented the director of the Schindler Group, Thomas Oetterli, in a statement today. They will install 306 elevators, 159 mobile and 183 moving walkways. The amount of the contract was not disclosed.

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Rumours: deals for Yahoo around 2-3 billion dollars

Nears the deadline to bid for internet assets of Yahoo, but the expectations of the technology giant of Silicon Valley may be disappointed According to rumors reported by the Wall Street Journal, potential investors, Verizon Communications in the lead, would not offer more than $ 2-3 billion, while the company believes that the fork is from 4000 to 8000 million. Analysts believe that the assets actually worth between 4 and 5 billion.

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Bayer: confirmation presentation offered to Monsanto for merger

Bayer confirms the rumor about the latest rumor on the acquisition of Monsanto. As it said in a statement from the German giant meetings have taken place between the two big players.

"The proposed combination would strengthen Bayer with leading positions in the areas of core business and choirs would be born a leader in the food business."

If the merger were to go through, it would create the largest producer of seeds and chemical products for the agricultural industry in the world, with annual sales that could exceed $ 67 billion.

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Mitsubishi, the president resigns for emissions scandal

The scandal over the falsification test for anti-smog emissions in Japan has led to the resignation of the president of Mitsubishi Motors. A statement from the Nissan announced that Tetsuro Aikawa will leave the company with effect from June 24, for "the problems caused to customers and shareholders." The scandal had prompted the earlier group to accept entry-saving in its capital of Nissan countryman, who will become the largest shareholder.

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Russian society is developing alternative system to Android and iOS

The Russian company Open Mobile Platform is developing an alternative operating system to Android and iOS, which are currently installed in 90% of the smartphones of the Russian population. In this way Putin intends to break the duopoly of Apple and Google and protect information about their citizens.

The Russian company, founded only a month ago, would be at work in the creation of an operating system based on Linux and derived from Sailfish OS, designed for large enterprises and for those who care about the privacy and security. Initially this OS should only be made available in the Russian language to meet the local demand and regulatory requirements, and then try to expand into the rest of the world.

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Japan: economic activity remains stagnant

The conditions of the Japanese economy even worse, as indicated by leading indicators, summary indicator of the state of the Japanese economy.

According to the preliminary estimate by the Cabinet Office, the figure for March is expected to be 98.4 points down 0.5% compared to 98.9 points in February. The figure, revised up from the previous estimate of 96.8, was higher than market expectations were for 96.4.

In the same period, the coincident index is estimated to rise to 111.2 points from 110.7, confirming an improvement of the current conditions, while the deferred index (lagging index) is expected to fall to 112 from 113.8 and indicates a deterioration in the outlook for the next 12 months.

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Toyota: record net profit last fiscal year

Toyota has announced a record net profit for the full fiscal year ended March 31 rising by 6.4% to 2.31 trillion yen (18.7 billion euro). The first group global car, however, said he expected a for the first time in 5 years net profit down 35% in fiscal 2016, due to currency volatility.

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