BMW eyes China joint venture with GreatWall: Source Wildfires kill 15, destroy 1,500 homes in California Apple nears TV deal with Spielberg for ‘Amazing Stories’

Germanluxury automakerBMW islookingtoform ajointventure withGreatWall Motor,asourcefamiliarwiththe mattersaid,sendingsharesin theChineseautomakerupby nearlyafifthonWednesday.The automakersareconsideringthe possibilityofopeningan assemblyplantintheeastern ChinesecityofChangshu,aBMW executivesaid, whiledecliningto saywhattypeofvehicleswould beputtogetherthere.Aventure withGreatWallwouldbeBMW’s secondinChina,theworld’s largestautomarket. Ithasajoint venturewithlocalcarmaker BrillianceChinaAutomotive Holdings.Foreigncarmakers havetooperateinthemarket withlocalpartners. REUTERS< Fast-moving wildfires raging across Northern California’s wine country have killed 17 people, left about 150 missing and destroyed 1,500 homes, wineries and other structures, state fire officials said on Tuesday. The flames from 17 major blazes have blackened more than 115,000 acres (46,500 hectares) since fires broke out on Sunday amid hot, dry conditions and high winds. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said 11 of the fatalities were in its jurisdiction, where 155 people were still missing. REUTERS< Apple is finalising a deal to make 10 new episodes of Steven Spielberg’s 1980s science fiction anthology series “landing a premiere Hollywood talent for its plunge into original TV programming, a source with knowledge of the discussions said. The series would be produced for Apple by Spielberg’s Amblin Television and Comcast Corp’s NBCUniversal television production unit. “Amazing Stories” originally ran on the broadcast network. “We love being at the forefront of Apple’s investment in scripted programming,”

President Jennifer Salke said in a statement about the show’s planned revival. REUTERS<