7-Eleven bid for Speedway gas stations spooks investors

Operator Seven & i hit by concerns over industry's future in US

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A Speedway filling station in a New York City suburb.  (Photo by Kazunari Yokota)

TOSHIHIRO SATO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Investors are giving a thumbs-down to Seven & i Holdings' planned purchase of American gas station chain Speedway, worried about the industry's long-term outlook as cars go electric.

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