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Subway to remove chemical from bread after protests
07 Feb 2014
Subway, the world's largest sandwich chain is removing a chemical from its bread that is also commonly used to increase elasticity in everything from yoga mats to rubber to synthetic leather
Woodside Petroleum to pay $2.6 bn for 25% stake in Israel's Leviathan gas field
07 Feb 2014
Woodside Petroleum Ltd, Australia’s second-largest oil producer, plans to buy a 25-per cent stake in Israel's Leviathan natural gas field from Noble Energy and its partner
Pharma MNCs seek US action against generic threat from India
06 Feb 2014
US pharma majors have sought President Barack Obama’s intervention to stop generic threat to high-value drug patents amidst a string of new generic drug releases by Indian companies
US Pharmacy chain CVS to stop cigarette sales at its 7,600 stores
06 Feb 2014
Ending sales of tobacco products will cost CVS Caremark, the second largest US drugstore chain, $2 billion annually
2G spectrum bids soar well above base price after 21 rounds
06 Feb 2014
The end of the third day of the for 2G spectrum auction on Wednesday saw 21 rounds of bidding,cumulative bids worth around Rs50,000 crore
ARM revenues take a hit on slow smartphone sales
06 Feb 2014
Mumbai, Delhi see spike in bid prices of 900 MHz band spectrum
05 Feb 2014
At the end of Day 2 of the 2G spectrum auction, the bid prices for 900 MHz band spectrum on an average rose more than 54 per cent in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata
Chip materials supplier Entegris to buy rival ATMI for $1.15 bn
05 Feb 2014
The merger will combine two key suppliers in the semiconductor industry to create a technology leader in advanced process materials
Chip materials supplier Entegris to buy rival ATMI for $1.15 bn
05 Feb 2014
The merger will combine two key suppliers in the semiconductor industry to create a technology leader in advanced process materials
Internet majors disclose secret US demands for data
04 Feb 2014
Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo and Google yesterday started publishing details of the number of secret government requests for data they received
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