PARIS/SEOUL (Reuters) -Renault's electric vehicle unit Ampere said on Monday it would include lithium iron phosphate (LFP) technology in its plans to mass produce EVs, teaming up with LG Energy Solution (LGES) and CATL to build a supply chain in Europe. Western automakers are under pressure to expand their range of chemical battery technologies to meet the needs of all...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Private equity firm Blackstone is to sell Japanese drugmaker Alinamin Pharmaceutical to North Asian buyout fund MBK Partners for 350 billion yen ($2.17 billion) the Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday. Blackstone acquired Alinamin in 2021 after which Alinamin set up a unit in Taiwan and increased its overseas sales, the Nikkei said. MBK aims to use its experience...

TOKYO, July 2 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Blackstone is to sell Japanese drugmaker Alinamin Pharmaceutical to North Asian buyout fund MBK Partners for 350 billion yen ($2.17 billion) the Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday. Blackstone acquired Alinamin in 2021 after which Alinamin set up a unit in Taiwan and increased its overseas sales, the Nikkei said. MBK aims to...

(Reuters) - A majority of Salesforce ( CRM ) shareholders voted against a compensation plan for its CEO Marc Benioff and other top executives, according to a security filing on Monday. The resolution to approve the compensation received 339.3 million votes in favor versus 404.8 million against, the filing said. For the 2024 financial year, Benioff received $39.6 million in...