Reuters Before the Bell: April 6, 2017

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7-Eleven operator to buy U.S. stores from Sunoco for $3.3 billion TOKYO (Reuters) - Seven & i Holdings Co on Thursday said it would buy convenience stores and petrol stations from Texas-based Sunoco LP for about $3.3 billion, as the Japanese retailer accelerates efforts to boost its U.S operation.

Ford to launch plug-in car in China next year, electrify most by 2025 BEIJING (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said it would launch a plug-in hybrid car in China in 2018 and a fully electric sport-utility vehicle in the next five years, as it works toward electrifying most of its lineup in the world's biggest auto market by 2025.

Asian stocks waver, investors on knife edge for Trump-Xi meeting SYDNEY (Reuters) - Stocks slipped and bonds rose in Asia on Thursday, with risk appetite soured by signs the Federal Reserve might start paring its king-sized asset holdings later this year just as the chance of early U.S. fiscal stimulus faded further.

Traders bet their oil storage assets that OPEC cuts will work LONDON (Reuters) - The jury is still out on whether OPEC can rein in a global oil glut but top commodity traders are betting it can by selling stakes in storage tank businesses that profited from oversupply.

Big miners have trouble joining technology revolution SANTIAGO/LONDON (Reuters) - Mining companies chasing the kind of technological breakthroughs made long ago in the manufacture of cars and mobile phones have unveiled eye-catching innovations ranging from vast drills and remote-controlled trucks to second-by-second data analysis.

Twitter creates 'lite' version for data-starved users SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc is launching a faster version of its mobile service on Wednesday aimed at people with sporadic connections or little data on their smartphone plans, hoping to pick up users in harder-to-reach emerging markets.

China court orders Samsung units to pay $11.6 million to Huawei over patent case HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Chinese court has ordered Samsung Electronics's mainland subsidiaries to pay 80 million yuan ($11.60 million) to Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] for patent infringement, the China firm's first victory against Samsung on its legal challenges over intellectual property.

Gary Cohn supports splitting lending and investment banks: Bloomberg (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Gary Cohn said in a private meeting with lawmakers that he supports a policy that could revamp Wall Street's biggest firms by separating their consumer-lending businesses from their investment banks, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.

Toshiba fired Westinghouse chairman two days before bankruptcy filing TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp sacked Westinghouse Electric Co's chairman two days before the U.S. nuclear engineering subsidiary filed for bankruptcy protection last week, as the Japanese firm tries to draw a line under the travails of a business that has cost it billions of dollars.

Australian regulator sues Apple alleging iPhone 'bricking' SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's consumer watchdog has sued Apple Inc alleging it used a software update to disable iPhones which had cracked screens fixed by third parties.