21 August 2024
Episode 3402
58 minutes
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Israel appears open to a US-brokered peace deal with Hamas but will the latter get on board? Also on the programme: our US editor, Christopher Lord, checks in from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Then: a potential takeover bid by Japanese supermarket brand 7-11 from a Canadian rival, Taiwan’s major semiconductor manufacturer breaks ground in Germany and the day’s papers. Plus: the latest in the world of theatre.
21 August 2024
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Japanese owned 7-Eleven is one of the world’s largest convenience-store businesses, with more than 84,000 outposts across 19 countries. The firm has received a buyout offer from Montréal-based Alimentation Couche-Tard, itself already the owner of 16,700 shops. If the deal goes ahead, it could be the biggest foreign takeover in Japan, following a softening of the rules around company acquisitions.
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