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China's third - largest carrier China Telecom is preparing a possible bid for a contract to build and run a new mobile broadband network in Mexico and is seeking local partners to join it in a consortium, three people with knowledge of the matter said.

Amazon hired banks last week to arrange a series of fixed - income investor calls, a person with knowledge of the matter said at the time.

One Chinese official with direct knowledge of the matter says it could also have been part of a global fraud.

Japan will urge its G20 counterparts at a meeting next week to beef up efforts to prevent cryptocurrencies from being used for money laundering, a government official with direct knowledge of the matter said.

• JAB Holding Co is looking to sell Bally International AG, a Switzerland - based luxury shoe brand which could fetch at least 600 million euros ($ 707 million), people with knowledge of the matter said.

CNPC's Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corp is preparing to bid for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for Far East LNG's supporting facilities, such as storage tanks, pipelines and utilities, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Constellation Brands, the owner of Corona and Svedka Vodka, has made an approach to acquire Jack Daniel's owner Brown - Forman, people with knowledge of the matter said.

SAO PAULO / RIO DE JANEIRO, May 3 Brazil's CPFL Energia SA is eyeing distribution assets being sold off by state - run utility Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA, three sources with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

The asking price is $ 100 million to $ 300 million, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Slim planned to hold on to the expanded equity stake after exercising the warrants, rather than sell the shares for an immediate profit, a person with knowledge of the matter said last year.

A person with knowledge of the matter said earlier this year it will be about $ 5 billion.

HONG KONG, April 12 U.S. private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC is in talks to invest in a fundraising round for China's Ant Financial Services Group that is expected to be worth at least $ 8 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said.

HONG KONG (Reuters)- China's SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd, the world's largest maker of non-military drones, is in talks with investors for at least $ 500 million in funding ahead of a planned stock market debut, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The Wall Street Journal reported that ««China and the U.S. have quietly started negotiating to improve U.S. access to Chinese markets, after a week filled with harsh words from both sides over Washington's threat to use tariffs to address trade imbalances,» people with knowledge of the matter said.»

Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google briefed its Brazilian advertisers last year on Amazon's forays into markets such as India and Mexico to help them prepare, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

Levy has also been working on plans to reduce costs at SFR, although disagreements with the phone unit's executives on how to go about reducing spending have slowed the process, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The company has been approached by funds looking to buy a stake, people with knowledge of the matter said.

HONG KONG (Reuters)- Private equity firm Carlyle Group is planning a sale of South Korean security systems company ADT Caps in what could be the country's biggest M&A deal in two years, sources with knowledge of the matter said.

TOKYO (Reuters)- The Japanese affiliate of Ernst & Young LLC has launched an in - house investigation into its audit of Toshiba Corp in the wake of the electronics maker's $ 1.2 billion accounting scandal, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

BEIJING Guo Shuqing, head of China's new regulator for the banking and insurance sectors, can be expected to also be installed soon in the role of Communist Party chief of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday.

The Japanese owner of Uniqlo is in talks about a potential acquisition of J. Crew Group Inc., the U.S. retailer owned by TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners LP, two people with knowledge of the matter said Feb. 28.

J. Crew's talks with Fast Retailing are at an early stage and other potential bidders have also expressed an interest in the company, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

Brazilian state - controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA has chosen French company Engie SA to enter exclusive talks to sell its gas pipeline network Transportadora Associada de Gás, three people with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

The executive, who co-founded Dish more than 30 years ago, contacted Deutsche Telekom AG last year, expressing an interest in buying its T - Mobile US Inc. unit after a deal to merge T - Mobile with Sprint Corp. fell apart, people with knowledge of the matter said at the time.

Alibaba, which has been valued at as much as $ 200 billion by analysts, plans to go public in 2014, people with knowledge of the matter said in October.

Brazilian state - controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA has chosen to enter exclusive talks with France's Engie SA for the sale of Petrobras» gas pipeline network Transportadora Associada de Gás, five people with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

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Two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said last week that Takeda had sounded out its major creditors for loans to fund a potential Shire bid.

The Minmetals group was the sole Chinese bidder left after a consortium led by Aluminum Corp. of China abandoned its offer for Las Bambas in November, people with knowledge of the matter said then.

MUMBAI / BENGALURU (Reuters)- Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart's board is yet to finalize a deal to sell a stake to Walmart Inc, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday, adding that a deal could just be days away.

BEIJING (Reuters)- China has asked the United States to amend a seven - year ban on American companies selling components and software to Chinese telecom equipment firm ZTE Corp, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.

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«Details of the specific charges against Silver were unclear on Wednesday night, but one of the people with knowledge of the matter said they stemmed from payments Mr. Silver received from a small law firm that specializes in seeking reductions of New York City real estate taxes,» the Times reported.

Prosecutors from Mr. Bharara's office have also joined an unrelated examination by the state attorney general of a series of transactions that have also raised questions about the conduct of officials in the de Blasio administration, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

Mr. Smith, a 56 - year - old Democrat, and Mr. Halloran, a Queens Republican, were among about a half dozen people facing charges in the federal corruption case, the people with knowledge of the matter said.

A state ethics panel investigating Mayor Bill de Blasio's political nonprofit organization has served a sweeping subpoena on City Hall seeking communications among the mayor, his aides, the nonprofit, its donors and consulting firms that worked for it, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The senator was not identified in the court documents, but a person with knowledge of the matter said the senator was John L. Sampson, a Brooklyn Democrat and former Senate leader who has long been under investigation.

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Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest online retailer, is in talks to buy Saraiva SA Livreiros Editores, a Brazilian bookseller, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said yesterday.

Cyanogen Inc. is close to an agreement on a new $ 110 million round of financing, people with knowledge of the matter said, as the startup seeks to get its version of Android software into more smartphones.

One week after it told the country that it had sold $ 100,000 worth of ads to a Russian troll farm during the 2016 election, Facebook is still not sure whether pro-Kremlin groups may have made other ad buys intended to influence American politics that it simply hasn't discovered yet, sources with knowledge of the matter said.

The regulator also subpoenaed firms and individuals behind coin offerings it believes might be breaking the law, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said earlier this year.

Apple Inc., which has seen stagnating iPad sales, will delay the start of manufacturing for a larger - screened version of the tablet, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Stitch Fix Inc., the online personal - styling service backed by Benchmark, is considering an initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's planned deal with US carrier AT&T Inc to sell its smartphones in the United States has collapsed at the eleventh hour, people with knowledge of the matter said, in a blow to the Chinese firm's global ambitions.

Apple launched its very first OLED iPhone in September, and people with knowledge of the matter said earlier this year the company was preparing the full transition to OLED in 2018 when all its models were supposed to abandon LCD.

Japan will urge its G20 counterparts at a meeting next week to beef up efforts in order to prevent cryptocurrencies from being used for money laundering, a government official with direct knowledge of the matter said.

The device could see daylight as soon as this year, and people with knowledge of the matter said it could run Windows 10 on ARM with a multi-form factor approach that includes tablet and laptop.

Uber's leadership on Sunday voted to appoint one Dara Khosrowshahi as its new Chief Executive Officer, a source with knowledge of the matter said, suggesting that the San Francisco, California - based company will soon make its decision official.

Electric vehicle maker Faraday Future is planning to raise $ 1 billion as it seeks to protect itself from the financial woes of its main backer, China's LeEco, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.