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Mining giant BHP offered to buy Anglo American, a longtime rival with a market capitalization of about $35 billion, in a potential megadeal that could reshape the global mining industry. Anglo American said Thursday it had received a proposal from BHP made up of an all-share offer for the company, contingent upon Anglo American’s demerger of shareholdings ...
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The Bank of Japan kept interest rates around zero on Friday and highlighted a growing conviction that inflation was on track to durably hit 2 per cent in coming years, signalling its readiness to hike borrowing costs later this year. The central bank also stuck to its guidance made in March to keep buying government bonds around the current pace, dashing ...