Ford is working on hybrid vehicles with Toyota, once a lone wolf but now a keen co-operator.

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Lufthansa already co-operates with German rail operator Deutsche Bahn on journeys to Frankfurt airport, but a spokesperson said there were no plans to extend this for the time being.

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In 2011 it co-founded e-Shang, a warehousing developer and operator based in Shanghai. e-Shang has grown from a portfolio of warehouses of 50, 000 square meters in 2011 to its current 1 million square meters of completed and developing projects, buoyed by the rapid growth of e-commerce in the country.

WSJ: Investors Target Logistics Property in China

Baidu signs its first global operator agreement with Orange, on an exclusive basis, to co-develop an enhanced mobile browser designed for emerging markets.

ENGADGET: Baidu and Orange launch mobile browser for Africa, Middle East

Under the deal, the Channel Tunnel operator will buy three SeaFrance ferries and lease them to a workers' co-operative, restoring 560 jobs.

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