 | May 21 2013 | Chinese PM vows to open up markets to India ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged on Tuesday to open up domestic markets to Indian businesses and narrow a gaping trade deficit between the two countries.
"As for Indian ... |
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| May 21 2013 | Carlos Slim company to buy US mobile phone firm ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Mexican phone giant America Movil, owned by billionaire Carlos Slim, announced Monday that its US unit reached a deal to acquire US mobile phone company Start Wireless Group.
The ... |
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| May 21 2013 | Tumblr deal sparks talk on next big tech target ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) The billion-dollar deal for Tumblr has stirred talk on the next big acquisition target in the sector, with cash-rich tech giants looking for the next potential star.
Yahoo!'s ... |
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| May 21 2013 | United's Boeing 787s back in skies ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) United Airlines resumed Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights Monday after the advanced plane was globally grounded four months ago due to overheated battery incidents.
United, the only US ... |
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| May 21 2013 | Aging Yahoo! faces new Tumblr generation ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Yahoo! is just under two decades old and already showing signs of age. Tumblr, the cool blogging platform, represents a new generation.
This split marks both a challenge and an ... |
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| May 21 2013 | Yahoo! vows not to ruin Tumblr after $1.1 bn takeover ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Marissa Mayer has made her boldest move to date as chief of Yahoo! with the billion-dollar purchase of Tumblr, a popular blogging platform she vowed not to ruin after protests from ... |
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| May 21 2013 | Apple offshore loopholes averted taxes: panel ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Apple avoided paying taxes on tens of billions of dollars in profits through a complex network of subsidiaries, many with "no declared tax jurisdiction," a US Senate panel has ... |
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| May 21 2013 | US drugmaker Actavis buys Irish firm for $8.5bn ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) US drugs company Actavis on Monday agreed to buy Irish peer Warner Chilcott for $8.5 billion (6.6 billion euros) including debt, in a bumper takeover that creates a key global ... |
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| May 21 2013 | Vermont becomes third US state to legalize assisted suicide ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Vermont became on Monday the third US state to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
Peter Shumlin, the Democratic Governor of the small progressive-leaning state, signed into law a ... |
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| May 21 2013 | SARS-like virus claims new life in Saudi: ministry ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) A Saudi man who had contracted the coronavirus has died, raising the death toll in the kingdom from the SARS-like virus to 16, the health ministry announced on Monday on its Internet ... |
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