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US regulator grants conditional approval to $43-bn ChemChina-Syngenta merger
05 Apr 2017
The US federal regulator yesterday approved the $43-billion merger between State-owned China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) and Switzerland's Syngenta AG on condition that it divest three products
Breakthrough in control of solar power generators
05 Apr 2017
Researchers have come up with a control system that allows solar generators to work at their maximum power point all the time – but admits it is not yet cost-effective enough to be marketable
Trump quietly repeals internet privacy protection laws
05 Apr 2017
Trump has signed into law a bill that blocks rules requiring internet providers to ask permission before selling sensitive customer data, like web-browsing histories, to advertisers and other third parties
PE inflows into office assets projected to jump 4-fold to Rs24,000 crore in 2017: report
03 Apr 2017
SNC-Lavalin tables $2.6-bn buyout offer for British engineering and consultancy firm WS Atkins
03 Apr 2017
Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo threatens to close US stores over Trump US manufacturing policy
03 Apr 2017
India adds record 5.4 GW of wind power in FY17
03 Apr 2017
Astellas Pharma to buy Belgium’s Ogeda for upto $853 mn
03 Apr 2017
Japanese pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma Inc yesterday struck a deal to buy Belgium-based privately-owned drug discovery firm Ogeda SA
“World’s strongest coffee” arrives in US stores
01 Apr 2017
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