Breakingviews: Apple and Tesla?

Elon Musk's electric-car maker needs money as Tim Cook's cash-rich company angles its way in to autos. Breakingviews columnists debate the merits of Apple buying a stake in Tesla.

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Breakingviews: Laboratory conditions

Robert Cyran tells Richard Beales why Abbott Labs' $4.3 bln asset sale to J&J eases pressure on the two tricky acquisitions totaling over $30 bln that it has in the pipeline.

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Breakingviews: Deutsche's turn

Richard Beales and Antony Currie look at U.S. enforcers' demand that Deutsche Bank pays $14 billion in fines and the implications of even a lower final figure for the lender.

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Breakingviews: Betting on Macau

Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson reckons the Chinese gambling enclave has hit bottom as he opens his latest resort there. Pete Sweeney and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss why the odds may be long.

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Breakingviews: Elon Musk's M&A woes

Antony Currie and Richard Beales explain that rising concerns about cash burn at both Tesla and SolarCity are making shareholders increasingly skeptical that the two companies will merge.

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Breakingviews: Wells Fargo's swindle

The California bank's opening of fake customer accounts may not have racked up big fines but may be the most widespread of banking scandals yet, Breakingviews columnists discuss.

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Breakingviews: Merger of equals signs

A $36 bln Canadian fertilizer deal has the hallmarks of a rare true merger while a $60 bln cross-border gas combo fell short. Richard Beales and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss.

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