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In DeLand, get a free bang with your bling
26 Dec 2015
In an attention-grabbing marketing move, this jewellery store in DeLand, USA is offering a free shotgun with every jewellery purchase above a certain amount
‘Super-salmon’ sparks fresh debate on GMO labelling
26 Dec 2015
AquAdvantage has modified the salmon with genes from other fish to grow extra-fast, but consumers are worried because under current US laws, it won’t need to be labelled as genetically modified
No call drop penalty till 6 Jan, Trai tells HC
23 Dec 2015
Reliance Communications in talks with Maxis to acquire Aircel
22 Dec 2015
Reliance Communications (RCom) is in exclusive talks with Maxis Communications Bhd (MCB) and Sindya Securities and Investments Pvt Ltd to merge Aircel with itself
Reliance Communications in talks with Maxis to acquire Aircel
22 Dec 2015
Reliance Communications (RCom) is in exclusive talks with Maxis Communications Bhd (MCB) and Sindya Securities and Investments Pvt Ltd to merge Aircel with itself
Reliance Communications in talks with Maxis to acquire Aircel
22 Dec 2015
Reliance Communications (RCom) is in exclusive talks with Maxis Communications Bhd (MCB) and Sindya Securities and Investments Pvt Ltd to merge Aircel with itself
Reliance Communications in talks with Maxis to acquire Aircel
22 Dec 2015
Reliance Communications (RCom) is in exclusive talks with Maxis Communications Bhd (MCB) and Sindya Securities and Investments Pvt Ltd to merge Aircel with itself
KaloBios Pharma fires CEO Martin Shkreli
22 Dec 2015
Shkreli was pilloried for raising the price of a decades-old drug acquired by Turing Pharmaceuticals to $750 a pill from $13.50, but his arrest last week was on unrelated charges
Ericsson, Apple end patent dispute, sign new deal
22 Dec 2015
Swedish mobile telecom gear maker Ericsson said it had signed a patent license deal with Apple Inc over technology that helps smartphones and tablets connect to mobile networks
Ericsson, Apple end patent dispute, sign new deal
22 Dec 2015
Swedish mobile telecom gear maker Ericsson said it had signed a patent license deal with Apple Inc over technology that helps smartphones and tablets connect to mobile networks
Brazil freezes BHP, Vale assets over dam burst
22 Dec 2015
Brazil freezes BHP, Vale assets over dam burst
22 Dec 2015
Mumbai cops want 4G rollout blocked sans safeguards
22 Dec 2015
Fearing misuse by criminal elements, the Mumbai police have written to the state government and the DoT saying 4G services should not be rolled out without systems enabling them to listen in to conversations
Martin Shkreli rejects charges
21 Dec 2015
Australian casino tycoon, quits company board amid speculation of taking company private
21 Dec 2015
Gasoline prices continue to tumble in US
21 Dec 2015
Business survival forces Isis Pharma to rename itself
21 Dec 2015
A month after denying the need for a name change, Isis Pharmaceuticals has announced that it has now rebranded itself Ionis Pharmaceuticals
US lifts oil export ban after 40 years; offers sops to solar and wind power
19 Dec 2015
The US Congress had imposed the ban on export of US crude in the '70s after an oil price boom sent gasoline prices soaring and led to runaway inflation
Real estate prices on the upswing: RBI report
19 Dec 2015
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