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Giovanni Ferrero Scoops Up WK Kellogg

[ad_1] Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and Giovanni Ferrero knows it. Scion and executive chairman of Ferrero Group, the company behind favorites like Nutella, Kinder, and Ferrero Rocher, Ferrero announced plans in July to acquire WK Kellogg, maker of Frosted Flakes and Froot Loops, in a …

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Japan: Prime Minister’s Waning Power Jolts Stability

[ad_1] Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s grip on power weakened further after his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and coalition partner Komeito lost their majority in Japan’s upper house elections on July 20. The vote marks a historic shift: For the first time since 1955, the LDP does not control either house …

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Seven & i Acquisition Falls Through

[ad_1] The proposed $47 billion acquisition of Japan’s Seven & i Holdings by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) would have been the largest foreign takeover in Japanese history. Instead, after nearly a year of overtures, negotiations, and political maneuvering, ACT withdrew its offer in mid-July, citing a persistent lack of engagement …

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AI Transforms The Finance Function

[ad_1] AI tools are driving efficiency and strategic gains—and fundamentally reshaping finance professionals’ roles. Artificial intelligence promises to ignite a revolution in the corporate finance function, enhancing efficiency, forecasting, and decision-making. As adoption accelerates, CFOs envision expanding their role from stewards of cost to drivers of longterm value as they …

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Standard Bank: Reimagining Transaction Banking in Africa

[ad_1] In Africa, companies across sectors and markets have an acute need for frictionless payments. Ongoing challenges in moving goods, managing import cycles and distributing products with certainty have made effective Payments, Working Capital and Trade Finance solutions a priority. Businesses need speed, flexibility, visibility and control of their payment …

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Full List of Africa’s Under 40 CEOs Award Recipients Emerges

Organisers of the annual Africa’s Under 40 CEOs Awards & Summit have released the list of 2025 award recipients who were conferred with the prestigious honour in Sandton Johannesburg South Africa 🇿🇦 Saturday 28th June 2025. Mayorkings Agency Group, which holds the award ceremony annually said Africa’s Under 40 CEOs …

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