Holcim sells Indian business for more than six billion Swiss francs
ZUG – The Swiss building materials group Holcim is selling its Indian business. The holdings in Ambuja Cement and ACC will go to the Adani Group for cash totaling 6.4 billion Swiss francs, as Holcim announced on Sunday.
Industry colleague from Abu Dhabi becomes the largest Vodafone shareholder
ABU DHABI – The British telecom group Vodafone gets a new major shareholder. Emirates Telecommunications Group Company (e&), based in the United Arab Emirates, announced over the weekend that it had acquired a 9.8 percent stake for US$4.4 billion. This makes the buyer the UK’s largest shareholder in one fell swoop. According to calculations by the Bloomberg news agency, the purchase price should have been around 130 British pence, a premium of 10 percent to Friday’s closing price.
Saudi Aramco with record profit thanks to oil price rally
RIYADH – Saudi oil company Saudi Aramco (Aramco (Saudi Aramco)) has started the year by posting its biggest profit since its IPO. The bottom line is that this increased by 82 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period last year to 39.5 billion US dollars, the company announced at the weekend. Like other industry representatives, Aramco is also benefiting from the record high oil prices against the background of the Ukraine war.
Musk: Twitter lawyers accuse me of breach of confidentiality
AUSTIN – Tech billionaire Elon Musk got in trouble with the online service’s lawyers with his tweets about the planned takeover of Twitter (Twitter). They accused him of breaking a confidentiality agreement, Musk wrote on Sunday night. From the point of view of the legal department, he had revealed too much about Twitter’s procedure for determining automated tweeting accounts.
Emotional farewells for Haaland and Zorc – guesswork about Moukoko
DORTMUND – The last time you looked at the roaring south grandstand of the Dortmund stadium (BVB (Borussia Dortmund)), Erling Haaland got a little sentimental. “The yellow wall is really incredible and something you should have seen at least once in your life,” enthused the outgoing BVB goalkeeper via Instagram after his team’s happy 2-1 (0-1) win over Hertha BSC. The great emotions at his farewell from the Revierstadt and the farewell to the club legends Michael Zorc and Marcel Schmelzer warmed his heart.
Dortmund’s Bellingham clarifies his future question: ‘Will be here’
DORTMUND – Jude Bellingham sees his future with Bundesliga soccer club Borussia Dortmund (BVB (Borussia Dortmund)). “I will be here next season and I will be ready,” announced the 18-year-old midfielder. Despite his young age, the Englishman is a leading BVB player whose contract runs until June 30, 2025. Nevertheless, Bellingham has recently been repeatedly associated with transfer rumors in the media. At least next season he will stay with Borussia and has big goals.
Quiet farewell: Deutsche Bank supervisory board chairman Achleitner leaves
FRANKFURT – After ten years in office, it’s over: Paul Achleitner is resigning from his position as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank. The Austrian, who is now 65, will chair the general meeting of the Frankfurt Dax group (DAX 40) for the last time this Thursday (May 19), which will again be held online.
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems wants parts of the insolvent MV shipyards
KIEL – The submarine and naval ship manufacturer thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) wants to take over parts of the insolvent MV shipyards in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. “We are interested in the Wismar location,” said TKMS CEO Oliver Burkhard of the “Welt am Sonntag”. The shipyard would be suitable for any form of additional orders, be it submarines or surface vessels. The decision lies with the insolvency administrator and the creditors’ committee.
Truck holding company Traton is demanding more speed from the state for e-charging stations
BERLIN – The VW (Volkswagen (VW) vz) commercial vehicle holding company TRATON is calling on politicians to “push ahead with the expansion of the necessary charging infrastructure in order to make electromobility a success, even for heavy trucks”. Traton board member Bernd Osterloh said on Friday at an event with Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) in Berlin: “The state has a special role to play, since many of the required areas along the motorways cannot be converted for the construction of truck charging points without state intervention can become.”
ROUNDUP 3: Bahn announces the start of sales for a 9-euro ticket – dispute over money
BERLIN – Consumers can buy the so-called 9-euro monthly ticket from Deutsche Bahn from May 23 – provided the Bundestag and Bundesrat approve the project this week. The ticket is then available via the DB Navigator app and all other digital rail channels, as the group announced on Sunday. “It will also be available at around 5,500 Deutsche Bahn ticket machines and in over 400 DB travel centers in train stations,” it said.
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