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DoT revives BSNL, MTNL merger plan
08 May 2013
GM bets $1.3 bn on China Cadillac plant
08 May 2013
AstraZeneca site to emerge as biotech hub
08 May 2013
The BioHub at AstraZeneca's site provides 36,000 sq ft of high-end laboratory and office facilities for early-stage and growing firms engaged in innovative drug discovery and development
Coca-Cola to spend $2 bn on new orange groves in Florida
08 May 2013
The Coca-Cola Co, which owns Minute Maid and Simply juice brands, plans to spend $2 billion on planting of 25,000 acres of new orange groves in Florida
Dow wins $2.2 bn in damages from Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries
07 May 2013
Dow and PIC had, in late 2008, agreed to set up a $17.4 billion JV, to be called K-Dow, into which Dow was to transfer its basic plastics business and other assets for $9 billion in cash
Windows Blue launch by end-2013: Microsoft
07 May 2013
HSBC profits almost double to $8.43 billion
07 May 2013
HSBC profits almost double to $8.43 billion
07 May 2013
BMW launches BMW Mini Cooper Countryman in India
07 May 2013
Dell to buy cloud software firm Enstratius
07 May 2013
Dell to buy cloud software firm Enstratius
07 May 2013
EU regulator finds Motorola violated FRAND patent terms
06 May 2013
The EC launched a formal probe into Motorola in April 2012 after Apple and Microsoft accused it of seeking injunctions to block the use of patents under FRAND, which Motorola was refusing to licence
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