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Bloomberg

BAT Agrees to Pay $49.4 Billion to Buy Out Reynolds American
Bloomberg
British American Tobacco Plc raised the cash portion of its bid for full control of Reynolds American Inc., offering about $49.4 billion in a deal that would create the world's largest publicly traded tobacco company and unify brands such as Lucky
BAT Reaches Agreement to Buy Reynolds for $49.8 BillionTheStreet.com
BAT to pay $49 bln for full control of ReynoldsMarketWatch
British American Tobacco takes control of Reynolds for $49bnBBC News
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The Fiscal Times

Hyundai highlights US spending plan before Trump inaugurated
Washington Post
SEOUL, South Korea — Hyundai Motor Group said Tuesday it will significantly increase its investment in the U.S. while Donald Trump is president and is considering building a new U.S. factory, in an unusual disclosure of its mid-term investment plan in
Hyundai-Kia Plan $3.1 Billion U.S. Investment, Mull New PlantBloomberg
Hyundai to invest $3.1 billion in US plantsMarketWatch
Hyundai Motor says "may consider" expanding US factory, but only if necessaryYonhap News
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ZDNet

​Baidu appoints former Microsoft, Yahoo executive as group president and COO
ZDNet
Baidu has announced the appointment of Dr Qi Lu as its group president and chief operating officer, who will be responsible for the organisation's products, technology, sales, marketing, and operations, effective immediately. Lu joins the search engine
Former Microsoft executive and noted AI expert Qi Lu joins Baidu as COOTechCrunch
Baidu names former Microsoft exec as COO in artificial intelligence pushCNBC
Microsoft Veteran Will Help Run Chinese Search Giant BaiduBloomberg
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