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Japan Inc. is confronting a ticking demographic time bomb, and private equity players are racing to defuse it. Across the country, ageing business owners are facing a dual reckoning: heirs not interested in taking over the family business, and steep inheritance taxes. For many family businesses, rooted in the tradition of handing over the reins to the next generation, a once-taboo option is fast becoming a viable alternative: selling to private equity. According to Bain & Co., Japan’s private equity market has now topped 3 trillion yen ($20 billion) in annual deal value for four consecutive years. On a year-to-date…

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STOCKHOLM, Oct. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi®) (STO:SOBI) announces today a revised full year outlook for 2025 in response to recent developments. As a result of this announcement, Sobi will make adjustments to its financial reporting schedule such that it will announce its third quarter report on Monday 20 October 2025 at 08:00 am CEST (previously Thursday 23 October 2025), reflecting the company’s commitment to transparency and timely communication with stakeholders regarding its ongoing performance and outlook. Today’s announcement is made in response to the following developments: Group revenue for Q3 2025 reached SEK 7,776 M, up…

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A judge ordered that X and xAI’s lawsuit accusing Apple and OpenAI of trying to maintain monopolies in artificial intelligence markets must remain in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, despite “at best minimal connections” to that geographic area by any of the companies.Judge Mark Pittman, in a sharply ironic four-page order on Thursday, encouraged the companies to relocate their headquarters to Fort Worth, given their preference for the antitrust lawsuit to be heard there.In a footnote, he even flagged the companies to the website of the Business Services unit of the City of Fort Worth “to get the process…

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STOCKHOLM, Oct. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi®) (STO:SOBI) announces today a revised full year outlook for 2025 in response to recent developments. As a result of this announcement, Sobi will make adjustments to its financial reporting schedule such that it will announce its third quarter report on Monday 20 October 2025 at 08:00 am CEST (previously Thursday 23 October 2025), reflecting the company’s commitment to transparency and timely communication with stakeholders regarding its ongoing performance and outlook. Today’s announcement is made in response to the following developments: Group revenue for Q3 2025 reached SEK 7,776 M, up…

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Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sunday that an almost three-week-long government shutdown could end this week if Republicans “sit down and have a negotiation with us” on health care. He also pushed back against the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged drug boats, calling the legal argument offered by officials “very convoluted.”

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The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Oct. 19, 2025.MARGARET BRENNAN: And we begin with Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, who’s here in studio with us. Good morning to you, Senator.SEN. MARK KELLY: Good morning.MARGARET BRENNAN: A lot to get to. I want to start on what you are seeing as a member of senate armed services and the intelligence committees. There are about 10,000 US forces now that are built up in the Caribbean area, either on ships or in Puerto…

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