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Looking to sell: Trivium Packaging’s owners are exploring a sale of the company for more than $3.5 billion.
Thumbs up: Italy approved Telecom Italia’s €22 billion grid sale to KKR.
Island visitors: Japan had 25 million tourists visiting in 2023.
Going to court: Apple will face a US antitrust lawsuit as early as March 2024 for imposed software and hardware limitations on iPhones and iPads against rivals.
Saving fish: 54% of the populations of some tuna species increased from 2010 to 2019 at Hawaii’s protected marine sanctuary.
Deadly drag: Bottom trawling’s disturbance of CO2 that are secluded in the seabed sediments results in as much as 370 million metric tons of the greenhouse gas being released into the atmosphere every year.
Western collaboration: European Union’s executive team is supporting a 90% net reduction of greenhouse gases by 2040.
Global EV: Thailand’s electric vehicle market could go up in 2024 as Chinese manufacturers prepare to roll out their first locally manufactured models.
Another acquisition: Japan’s Sekisui House agrees to buy MDC for $4.9 billion.
Expanding reach: Commerzbank acquires asset manager Aquila for growth.
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