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US to boost military presence in Europe, says Barack Obama

5 Jun 2014 4:19 AM IST
The United States is preparing to boost its military presence in Europe and at a cost of up to $1 billion, President Barack Obama said Tuesday, as...

Ukraine crisis: Dozens feared killed

29 May 2014 4:51 AM IST
High-calibre weapons fire echoed sporadically on Tuesday through the eastern city of Donetsk and the mayor urged residents to stay home a day after...

Pope invites Peres, Abbas to Vatican to pray for peace

27 May 2014 4:53 AM IST
Pope Francis plunged Sunday into Mideast politics during his Holy Land pilgrimage, calling the current stalemate in peace efforts ‘unacceptable’ and...

Rajeev Suri named Nokia's CEO, mobile maker doles out extra dividend

29 April 2014 10:41 PM IST
Suri, 46, until now led Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN), the smaller network equipment unit of Nokia when the company still made mobile...

US Chevron pizza ‘scandal’ ignites global fracking debate

8 March 2014 6:08 AM IST
‘Shame on you,’ one person wrote about the offer by Chevron Corp. ‘How insulting!’ said another. Comedy Central's satirical ‘The Colbert Report’...

110 held in four nations in ‘boiler room’ share fraud

1 March 2014 6:32 AM IST
Of the arrests, 84 were in Spain, 20 in Britain, four in Serbia and two in the United States of America. Most were on suspicion of money laundering...

Japan web retail giant Rakuten to buy Viber, net 280 million users

15 Feb 2014 5:33 AM IST
The Tokyo-based company said on Friday that it sees Viber, with 280 million global users, as a key platform as people are moving from TVs and...

N-plants closure swells Japan energy imports, takes trade deficit to record

29 Jan 2014 5:02 AM IST
Provisional data on Monday showed that exports rose 9.5 per cent to $680.9 billion, while imports jumped 15 per cent $793.2 billion.Japan's trade...

Wanted in UK, Russia, Ukraine, fugitive Kazakh banker to face French extradition judge today

9 Jan 2014 5:44 AM IST
He is wanted in his native Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia. He was ordered jailed in Britain. A banker accused of siphoning off billions, Mukhtar...

Growth-hungry China to allow creation of five private banks

8 Jan 2014 6:52 AM IST
China will allow the creation of up to five privately financed banks this year to support economic growth by gradually opening the state-run industry,...

Machinists okay contract tied to Boeing 777X

6 Jan 2014 4:28 AM IST
The announcement that the contract had passed with a 51 per cent ‘yes’ vote was somber. Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Boeing hailed Friday’s...

Apple dials China Mobile to curb rampaging Samsung

25 Dec 2013 4:59 AM IST
The deal might help to boost iPhone sales in a market where Apple Inc. faces intense competition. The iPhone already is available in China through two...
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