* Olam Agri's offer values Namoi at A$155.2 mln * LDC's offer values Namoi at A$138 mln * Olam, LDC also up stake in Namoi; LDC top investor * Namoi switched backing to Olam's offer * Namoi trading below Olam's per/shr bid, above LDC's (Rewrites throughout with further updates on details and context) By Aaditya GovindRao and Rajasik Mukherjee Sept...

SEATTLE (Reuters) -Boeing's U.S. West Coast factory workers walked off the job early on Friday after overwhelmingly rejecting a contract deal, halting production of the planemaker's strongest-selling jet as it wrestles with severe output delays and heavy debt. The workers' first strike since 2008 comes as the planemaker is under heavy scrutiny from U.S. regulators and customers after a door...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings ( SVNDF ) has been classified as core to national security, according to an updated finance ministry list released on Friday. The new classification comes a week after Seven & i ( SVNDF ) rejected a $38.5 billion buyout offer from Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard ( ANCTF ). Couche-Tard is discussing potentially...

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