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Mourners pay their lastrespects to Aretha Franklin

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Franklin’s white hearse arrived more than two hours before the service had been scheduled to start.

Sinclair's TV deal goes sour

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Tribune is withdrawing from its R52. 13bn buyout by Sinclair and it?s filing a lawsuit against it, citing breach of contract.

Sinclair's TV deal goes sour

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Tribune is withdrawing from its R52. 13bn buyout by Sinclair and it?s filing a lawsuit against it, citing breach of contract.

PepsiCo made R24 billion this year

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Pepico?s second quarter was weighed down by a higher tax rate, but its adjusted profit beat Wall Street expectations and revenue improved.

Amazon deal with taxman

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Online retailer Amazon has reached a deal with French authorities to pay about $250million (R3. 02billion) in back taxes.

Siemens to trim its work force

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Industrial conglomerate Siemens has announced plans to cut about 6900 jobs worldwide at its power, gas and drives divisions, half of them in Germany.

Deutsche Bank doubles its income

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Deutsche Bank says net income for the third quarter more than doubled as the bank cuts costs and works past fines and settlements.

Greenpeace gives tech giants low rating for their impact on the environment

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Greenpeace issued a report that gave technology titans, Samsung Electronics, Amazon and Huawei, low marks for their impact on the environment.

Daimler to split cars and trucks

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Daimler says it is moving toward a restructuring that would see its Mercedes-Benz car division, truck and bus business become independent entities.

Toyota pulls the plug on Australian factory

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Toyota yesterday closed its Melbourne factory, ending 54 years of production by the Japanese firm in Australia.

Pilot shortage grounds flights for Ryanair

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The airline says it will cancel as many as 50 flights a day for six weeks because it ?messed up? when scheduling crew holidays.

Warning on air worthiness

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The European Aviation Safety Agency (Easa) has issued an air worthiness directive about Airbus?s A350-941 aircraft.

YUM Brands profits get eaten by Pizza Hut

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Yum Brands profit declines by nearly 40% affected by weak performance at its Pizza Hut chain.

Will US dagga industry gain entry into banks?

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Billions of dollars are expected to flow through California's legitimate dagga industry next year when recreational marijuana becomes legal. But will these businesses ...

Asia markets dive as Apple's earnings surge

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Asian markets fell on Thursday because of Apple's strong earnings, causing concern over China's rising debt and weaker commodity prices.

BMW's profits rise by $2. 6 billion

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BMW's net profit rises by 14% with their new 5-Series sedan, boosting the company's earnings.

Siemens sees a sharp rise in profits

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Siemens profits have taken a sharp rise, says their new CEO Joe Kaeser, beating analyst estimates.

Ford's April US sales fall 7. 2 percent on sagging car demand

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US sales will fall short of last year's record 17. 5 million for the first annual sales drop since 2009.

Unilever shares slide after Kraft Heinz withdraws $143bn

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Shares in Unilever, the owner of brands like Hellman's, Lipton, and Knorr, are down sharply after rival Kraft Heinz withdrew a $143 billion takeover offer.

Mercedes-Benz luxury cars fuel fat profits at Daimler

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Daimler says fourth-quarter net profit rose 18 percent as the company's flagship Mercedes-Benz brand reaped fat returns on new SUV models.

IMF chief guilty in French case

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A special French court has declared International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde guilty of criminal negligence in a long-running arbitration case.

Quick look: Malaysia’s fund scandal explained

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The US says more than $1bn has been stolen from a Malaysian fund by people close to Prime Minister Najib Razak.

UK lawyer hides marriage proposal in crossword puzzle

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It’s a case of two down: the aisle. A crossword-loving UK lawyer hid a marriage proposal in the Times newspaper’s daily puzzle.

Chain to fund Burger-King wedding

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Burger King is paying the expenses and providing gifts for the wedding of an Illinois couple with an interesting connection to the fast food restaurant chain.