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Japan’s PM told associations what the terms of his resignation would be (Kyoto)

Ford (NYSE: F) will spend $1 billion to upgrade Lincoln (WSJ)

Airbus received a $17.2 billion order from AirAsia (MarketWatch)

A number of Skype executives will be fired in advance of a takeover by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) so the company can save money on severance (Bloomberg)

Douglas A. McIntyre