PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Aug 2

Headlines Saudi Aramco to buy Valvoline’s products arm for $2.65bn https://on.ft.com/3oNXiQ8 JD Sports sells Footasylum in cut-price deal https://on.ft.com/3cYZ8uA Nancy Pelosi to meet Taiwan’s president on Wednesday https://on.ft.com/3cWUxcq Overview Saudi Aramco has agreed to buy the global products division of the 150-year-old U.S. motor oil and lubricants group Valvoline for $2.65 billion.

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Saudi Aramco to buy Valvoline's products arm for $2.65bn https://on.ft.com/3oNXiQ8 JD Sports sells Footasylum in cut-price deal https://on.ft.com/3cYZ8uA

Nancy Pelosi to meet Taiwan's president on Wednesday https://on.ft.com/3cWUxcq Overview

Saudi Aramco has agreed to buy the global products division of the 150-year-old U.S. motor oil and lubricants group Valvoline for $2.65 billion. Retailer JD Sports is selling its Footasylum sports shoe chain to German investment group Aurelius, taking a hefty loss on a deal that was retrospectively blocked by the UK's competition regulator. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi plans to meet Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday.

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