{
  "id": 12044995,
  "title": "Nippon Paint to Buy Akzo’s Southeast Asia Unit for $1.35 Billion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/nippon-paint-to-buy-akzos-southeast-asia-unit-for-1-35-billion",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-05T00:48:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-05/nippon-paint-to-buy-akzo-s-southeast-asia-unit-for-1-35-billion"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nippon Paint Holdings Co. is buying Akzo Nobel NV’s decorative paints business in Southeast Asia for $1.35 billion, acquiring a regional slice of a business it had sought to buy in full.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Nippon Paint to buy Akzo’s Southeast Asia unit for $1.35 billion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/nippon-paint-to-buy-akzos-southeast-asia-unit-for-1-35-billion-12054981",
        "published": "2026-10-05T02:08:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}