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BYD electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles as China expands into the European automotive market

BYD Just Took Germany’s Plug-In Hybrid Crown, and Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes Have No Easy Answer

One in seven plug-in hybrid vehicles registered in Germany in May was a BYD, with registrations of the Chinese carmaker's models up 232 percent year on year, the Atto 2 DM-i alone

June 13, 2026

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Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing trading floor as HKEX captures 25 billion dollars in tech IPOs in the first five months of 2026

Hong Kong Has Quietly Become the World’s Number One Tech Listing Venue, and HKEX’s Bonnie Chan Has the Pipeline to Keep It There

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing chief executive Bonnie Chan Yi-ting confirmed this week that the city is now the top global IPO venue, with 10 specialist technology firms raising $25 billion in

June 13, 2026

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Japanese pharmaceutical sector transformation as Takeda cuts 4500 jobs in CEO Christophe Weber's last big move before Julie Kim takes over

Takeda Will Cut 4,500 Jobs in Its Last Big Move Before Christophe Weber Hands Over to Julie Kim

Takeda Pharmaceutical, Japan's largest drug company, will cut about 4,500 jobs in fiscal 2026 under a transformation program that targets 170 billion yen of restructuring expenses, 100 billion yen of in-year savings

June 13, 2026

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Chinese biotech laboratory as Innovent Biologics RemeGen and CSPC sign 60 billion dollar overseas licensing deals

Chinese Drug Makers Are Doing $60 Billion of Outbound Licensing Deals With Western Pharma This Year, and the US Biosecure Act Has Not Slowed Them

Chinese biotechnology firms signed 53 outbound innovative-drug licensing deals in the first quarter of 2026 alone, with combined deal values exceeding $60 billion and $3.3 billion in upfront cash, and Chinese-origin assets

June 13, 2026

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Hong Kong residential property recovery as developers Sino Land Sun Hung Kai and CK Asset regain pricing power

Hong Kong Developers Just Started Charging 10 to 36 Percent More for New Flats, and the Property Cycle Has Quietly Turned

Sino Land's La Mirabelle launch in Tseung Kwan O is selling at HK$15,500-16,000 per square foot, more than 10 percent above the equivalent Grand Seasons project of January 2025, and is the

June 13, 2026

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China regulators and PBOC officials as the post-2021 enforcement framework shifts toward procedural defence of market order

China’s Regulators Step Out of Their 2021 Crouch and Tell Big Tech the Crackdown Is Over but the Enforcement Is Not

Chinese regulators are stepping up public enforcement against the country's tech and finance giants for the first time since the 2021 Big Tech crackdown, but framing the renewed activity as a more

June 13, 2026

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Peabo Bryson R&B singer who performed Beauty and the Beast and A Whole New World

Peabo Bryson, the Voice Behind ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘A Whole New World,’ Dies at 75

Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy-winning R&B singer whose distinctive tenor gave Disney two of its most enduring romantic anthems, died on June 2, 2026. He was 75. His death came three days

June 13, 2026

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Food ingredients industry restructuring as Ingredion buys Tate Lyle to build a 9.9 billion sweetener and texturiser group

Ingredion Will Pay $3.6 Billion for Britain’s Tate & Lyle, Stitching Together a $9.9 Billion Sweetener Giant Built for the Ozempic Diet

Ingredion, the Chicago-headquartered specialty food-ingredients group, has agreed to buy Britain's Tate & Lyle for £2.7 billion, equivalent to $3.6 billion, creating a $9.9 billion combined business pointed directly at the sugar-replacement

June 13, 2026

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The United States celebrate during their 4-1 World Cup opening win over Paraguay at SoFi Stadium

United States Rout Paraguay 4-1 to Open Their Home World Cup as Balogun Strikes Twice

The United States opened their home World Cup with a 4-1 rout of Paraguay at SoFi Stadium. Folarin Balogun scored twice in a record-breaking night capped by Giovanni Reyna's stoppage-time goal.

June 13, 2026

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Scary Movie 2026 cast in promotional still from Paramount Pictures

Scary Movie Returns After 25 Years and Breaks Its Own Franchise Record With a $55 Million Opening. Nostalgia Did a Victory Lap.

Scary Movie did something very few comedy franchises ever manage: it came back. The sixth installment in Paramount’s spoof series opened to a franchise-record $55 million domestically this weekend, making it the

June 13, 2026

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BYD Just Took Germany’s Plug-In Hybrid Crown, and Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes Have No Easy Answer

Hong Kong Has Quietly Become the World’s Number One Tech Listing Venue, and HKEX’s Bonnie Chan Has the Pipeline to Keep It There

Takeda Will Cut 4,500 Jobs in Its Last Big Move Before Christophe Weber Hands Over to Julie Kim

Chinese Drug Makers Are Doing $60 Billion of Outbound Licensing Deals With Western Pharma This Year, and the US Biosecure Act Has Not Slowed Them

Hong Kong Developers Just Started Charging 10 to 36 Percent More for New Flats, and the Property Cycle Has Quietly Turned

China’s Regulators Step Out of Their 2021 Crouch and Tell Big Tech the Crackdown Is Over but the Enforcement Is Not

Peabo Bryson, the Voice Behind ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘A Whole New World,’ Dies at 75

Ingredion Will Pay $3.6 Billion for Britain’s Tate & Lyle, Stitching Together a $9.9 Billion Sweetener Giant Built for the Ozempic Diet

United States Rout Paraguay 4-1 to Open Their Home World Cup as Balogun Strikes Twice

Scary Movie Returns After 25 Years and Breaks Its Own Franchise Record With a $55 Million Opening. Nostalgia Did a Victory Lap.

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