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Whole Foods or Whole Paycheck?

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Here’s what to focus on when the leading 3D printing company releases official Q1 results on Monday, May 11.

Japanese automakers Toyota and Mazda are considering a comprehensive tie-up in environmentally-friendly technology amid tightening regulations to cut greenhouse gas and tough emerging market competition, a report said Saturday. Under the partnership, Toyota plans to supply fuel cell and plug-in-hybrid technology to Mazda, which has lagged in electric-vehicle technology, the newspaper said. In return, Mazda will consider offering its proprietary “Skyactiv” green technology to Toyota, which it hopes to use to grow its line of fuel-efficient gasoline and diesel vehicles.

China’s consumer inflation was more muted than expected in April and producer prices fell for the 37th consecutive month, adding to concerns about growing deflationary pressures which are likely to trigger further policy easing. A seasonal jump in food prices aside, some economists said the figures pointed to moderate price pressures and lacklustre domestic demand in the world’s second-biggest economy. “Consumer prices remained sluggish in April and the risk of deflation still lingers,” analysts at Haitong Securities said in a note.

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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., China’s biggest e-commerce company that held its initial public offering last year, bought $56.2 million of stock in U.S. online retailer Zulily Inc. this week, according to a regulatory filing. The purchases brought Alibaba’s holdings of Seattle-based Zulily to 11.5 million shares, or a 9.3 percent stake, according to regulatory filings and data compiled by Bloomberg. Alibaba’s Zulily holdings were worth $152.9 million at Friday’s closing price of $13.30.

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It seems like it was only yesterday when we wrote that a record number of Americans have renounced their citizenship by expatriating and handing over their US passports one last time.

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