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  "id": 18276837,
  "title": "China blocks SoftBank's $5.4 billion takeover of ABB's robotics division: FT",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/china-blocks-softbanks-5-4-billion-takeover-of-abbs-robotics-division",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-05T08:19:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/china-blocks-softbanks-5-4-billion-takeover-of-abbs-robotics-division-ft/articleshow/135565365.cms"
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  "summary": "Softbank had agreed to buy ABB's robotics business in October last year, as CEO Masayoshi Son sought to establish SoftBank as a core player in the development of artificial intelligence.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Softbank’s $5.4 bln takeover of ABB robotics unit blocked by China- FT",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/softbanks-5-4-bln-takeover-of-abb-robotics-unit-blocked-by-china-ft",
        "published": "2026-11-05T03:15:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: China has told SoftBank it will not allow the $5.4B acquisition of ABB's robotics division to go ahead; China is the division's biggest market (David Keohane/Financial Times)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/sources-china-has-told-softbank-it-will-not-allow-the-5-4b",
        "published": "2026-11-05T04:15:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "China blocks SoftBank’s US$5.4 billion takeover of engineering group ABB’s robotics division",
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        "published": "2026-11-05T09:28:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "SCMP Business",
        "title": "China blocks SoftBank’s US$5.4 billion takeover of ABB’s robotics division",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/china-blocks-softbanks-us-5-4-billion-takeover-of-abbs-robotics",
        "published": "2026-11-05T10:23:53.000Z"
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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."
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