Tag: the-state-owned
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Shanghai confirms new human case of H7N9 bird flu – Xinhua
Shanghai’s health authority has confirmed a new human case of infection by the H7N9 strain of avian influenza, the state-owned news agency Xinhua said on Friday. The man diagnosed with H7N9 bird flu is being treated in a hospital, Xinhua reported. Shanghai has already reported one human case of H7N9 infection this month.
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Britain avoids M&A collapse as foreign buyers go Brexit bargain hunting
By Pamela Barbaglia and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – Britain avoided a collapse in mergers and acquisitions activity after the shock Brexit vote as foreign companies used sterling's spectacular devaluation against the U.S. dollar to snap up British companies, Thomson Reuters data shows. British M&A totalled $177.5 billion (145 billion pounds) in 2016, down sharply…