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  "id": 11996407,
  "title": "Schneider Electric nears deal to buy software group PTC for $20bn",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/schneider-electric-nears-deal-to-buy-software-group-ptc-for-20bn",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-04T19:33:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Financial Times",
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    "url": "https://www.ft.com/content/2084f349-0829-4130-a5e6-b98929a6e633?syn-25a6b1a6=1"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Acquisition would be French group’s largest and expand its industrial software capability",
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "France’s Schneider Electric nears $20 billion deal to buy US software group PTC, FT reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/frances-schneider-electric-nears-20-billion-deal-to-buy-us-software",
        "published": "2026-10-04T19:49:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: Schneider Electric is in advanced talks to buy US engineering software firm PTC for ~$20B, its largest acquisition; a deal could come as soon as Monday (Financial Times)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/sources-schneider-electric-is-in-advanced-talks-to-buy-us-engineering",
        "published": "2026-10-04T21:05:12.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}