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Home appliance maker’s bid values automation company at €4.6bn, a 60% premium to stock’s last close

DETROIT (AP) — An initiative dubbed "Catapult" seeks to boost southeastern Michigan nonprofits by offering small grants. The Catapult Steering Committee, which includes entrepreneurs from southeastern Michigan, will select a group of semifinalists who pitch their ideas to the group.

Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova will appear in front of an anti-doping panel in London on Wednesday after taking the banned drug meldonium.

Sadiq Khan lends his support to London's planned Garden Bridge providing it is more accessible to "all Londoners".

The latest disturbing news about Jarryd Roughead's health has been a shock for all who know the affable big man even a little. For his Hawthorn teammates, it must be a bombshell.

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll on the national economy and personal finances was conducted by NORC April 14-18. The original sample was drawn from respondents selected randomly from NORC's National Frame based on address-based sampling and recruited by mail, email, telephone and face-to-face interviews.

The successor to media manipulator Boris Johnson gave a fluent, but not too polished, performance responding to voters' questions – including the thorny issue of his position on Palestine

(AP) — Union supporters plan to rally at the Illinois Capitol to protest Gov. Bruce Rauner's calls to change collective bargaining policies. Rauner is in the midst of prolonged negotiations for a new labor contract with the largest union representing state workers, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prime minister says former U.S. President Bill Clinton should apologize for having said Poles think "democracy is too much trouble" and want to have an "authoritarian dictatorship." Speaking in New Jersey in support of wife Hillary's U.S. presidential campaign, Clinton said Hungary and Poland "have now decided this democracy is too much trouble" and "want (Russian President Vladimir) Putin-like leadership."

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Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Testuro Aikawa is stepping down to take responsibility for the mileage cheating scandal unfolding at the Japanese automaker

Officials say limited train service has been restored on Metro-North lines into and out of New York City's Grand Central Station hours after a raging fire broke out beneath elevated train tracks. New York City commuters should expect long delays and limited service Wednesday after a raging fire broke out beneath elevated train tracks in the city. Officials say the blaze ignited Tuesday evening at a garden center business underneath Metro-North tracks in East Harlem, halting train service and stranding thousands of commuters.

Commuters on westbound I-94 have lost a critical entry point into downtown Minneapolis Wednesday when the ramp to 5th Street closed. It will remain closed until June 1, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said.

The Afghan government has signed the draft peace agreement with Hezb-e-Islami group led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Deputy Chief Executive Mohammad Khan said. He told reporters that the draft agreement has been signed and will become enforceable once the Hezb-e-Islami party signs it. Khan further added that the group has agreed to have no links with Read the full article...

(AP) — A preliminary hearing for a Pennsylvania lawmaker accused of using his political influence to benefit an illegal video gambling ring has been postponed again. State prosecutors say Gergely was a key cog in an illegal video gambling operation that had some 335 machines at 70 restaurants, bars, bowling alleys and other locations outside Pittsburgh.

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An elderly man said he fatally shot his ailing wife while she slept because he couldn't afford her medication, according to an arrest affidavit.

A Sydney teenager accused of plotting an "imminent" terrorist shooting in Sydney had allegedly scoped out the Parramatta court complex, Garden Island Navy Base and the Victoria Barracks in the past week. .

De Algemene Rekenkamer haalt in haar jaarlijkse verantwoordingsonderzoek stevig uit naar de ministeries van Financiën, Defensie en Veiligheid en Justitie. Hier heeft de controleur van de overheidsbestedingen grote onvolkomenheden aangetroffen. ,,Het is tijd dat de overheid zich bezint op uitvoeringsvraagstukken", stelt president Arno Visser.

Lowe's Companies Inc. on Wednesday posted same-store sales and quarterly profit figures that were ahead of Wall Street's targets. The home-improvement retailer said first-quarter earnings were $884 million, or 98 cents a share, compared with $673 million, or 70 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue was $15.23 billion, up from $14.13 billion in the same period last year. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of 85 cents a share on sales of $14.87 billion. U.S. same-store sales rose 7.5% during the quarter... Читать дальше...

TOKYO (AP) — Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Testuro Aikawa said Wednesday that he will step down to take responsibility for the mileage cheating scandal unfolding at the Japanese automaker. Aikawa appeared with Mitsubishi Chairman Osamu Masuko, who helped engineer a deal with Japanese rival Nissan Motor Co., to take the top stake in Mitsubishi for 237 billion yen ($2.2 billion). Just a couple of hours before Aikawa's news conference, Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Corp. apologized Wednesday for improper road tests... Читать дальше...