Honda and Nissan Scrap $50 Billion Merger Plan

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  Honda-Nissan multi-billion dollar merger collapses

  The Japanese car making giants aimed to combine their businesses to compete against Chinese rivals.
  
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• Honda rules out hostile bid for Nissan after merger talks collapse

  Nissan had bristled at proposal to turn it into a Honda subsidiary
  
  Financial Times - 1h

• It's official: Honda-Nissan merger talks are off

  Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan confirmed they've scrapped merger talks announced in December​, ending a potential combination that would have created the world's third-largest automaker.
  
  CBS News - 2h

• Honda and Nissan end merger talks, say they will continue to 'collaborate'

  The companies first announced merger talks last December to create the world's third-largest automaker by vehicle sales.
  
  CNBC - 2h

• Japanese automakers Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi say they are ending their talks on a business integration

  Japanese automakers Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi say they are ending their talks on a business integration
  
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  Dominion Energy Will Spend $50 Billion to Increase Capacity

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  Nissan and Honda end $60bn merger talks

  Both Japanese carmakers say they will continue to cooperate on electric vehicle technology. Japan’s Nissan and Honda have said that their boards have voted to end talks over a merger that would ...
  
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• Trump's plan to scrap the penny spikes interest for coin collectors

  Collectors said the value of certain pennies could rise if the U.S. Treasury stopped manufacturing the coin.
  
  CBS News - 12h

• EU says AI race 'far from over' as bloc pledges 50-billion-euro investment boost

  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday that the race for AI leadership had not yet been won by China or the U.S.
  
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