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Novartis replaces top Japan executives over drug trial scandal
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis said Thursday it was replacing the top executives at its Japanese unit over allegations the division hid serious potential side effects of leukaemia treatments from regulators.
03 April 2014
Pilots' strike grounds Lufthansa
Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, said Monday it will be forced to cancel most of its flights later this week, grounding as many as 425,000 passengers, due to a pilots' strike.
01 April 2014
S.Korea's Samsung SDI absorbs materials unit
Samsung SDI, the world's largest smartphone battery maker, said Monday it would absorb an affiliate producing electronic chemical materials, in the latest restructuring of the giant Samsung Group.
31 March 2014
Italian firm wins $1.2 bn Lima metro contract
Italian industrial giant Finmeccanica on Friday said it had won a $1.2 billion (873 million euro) contract for building and operating unmanned metro lines in Lima.
30 March 2014
BlackBerry posts fresh losses, but sees upside
BlackBerry reported fresh losses Friday but offered some reasons for optimism as the smartphone maker struggles to escape from a death spiral.
30 March 2014
Taiwan's Hon Hai profit up 12.7% in 2013 on iPhone demand
Taiwan tech giant Hon Hai Precision, the world's largest contract manufacturer for electronics, saw its net profit rise 12.7 percent on-year in 2013, bolstered by demand for Apple's new products.
29 March 2014
Prodigal son returns as Murdoch sets succession plan
Rupert Murdoch's prodigal son is back, with key roles in the family's media entertainment empire in what appears to be a succession plan for the 83-year-old tycoon.
27 March 2014
China firm aims for the sky with Russia plane project: reports
A little-known Chinese firm hopes to set up a facility to assemble regional jets made by Russia's Sukhoi in a multi-billion-dollar deal, state media reported.
27 March 2014
Intel buys fitness-tracking band maker Basis
Intel on Tuesday announced it has bought fitness-tracking band maker Basis Science as part of a move into the hot wearable computing market.
26 March 2014
Kashagan operator fined $737 million for flaring
Kazakhstan ecologists are demanding that the Kashagan field operator pays a fine of $737 million to compensate the environmental damage.
21 March 2014
Kenes Rakishev joins Kazakhstan Engineering board
Kazakhstan businessman Kenes Rakishev has became a member of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Engineering National Company.
17 March 2014
Rompetrol Group renamed to KazMunaiGas International
The Rompetrol Group is being renamed to KazMunaiGas International.
17 March 2014
Air Arabia launches Sharjah-Shymkent flight
Airline company Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s largest low-cost carrier, has launched the flight Sharjah-Shymkent on March 16.
17 March 2014
Coca-Cola hoping to score big at World Cup
The world's football stars will not be the only ones competing for glory at this year's World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. Coca-Cola will also be running hard.
17 March 2014
French thief steals from rare birds in South Kazakhstan
A French national was arrested on suspicion of stealing a large sum of money from the company he worked in.
13 March 2014
WeChat revolution: China's 'killer app' speaks to the masses
When condom maker Durex wants to send an intimate message to customers in China, it uses a homegrown instant messaging platform called WeChat which has taken the country by storm in just three years.
12 March 2014
Google mystery barge floats to new US berth
Google's mystery barge arrived at a new home at a port in the California city of Stockton.
08 March 2014
CNPC AktobeMunaiGas fined $4.4 million
CNPC AktobeMunaiGas oil company has been charged with a fine of over $4.4 million.
08 March 2014
Yahoo spurns Facebook and Google sign-in credentials
Yahoo confirmed that it will stop letting people sign into its online services using credentials from rival Internet titans Facebook or Google.
07 March 2014
Apple moved billions offshore to avoid Australia tax: report
US tech giant Apple was Thursday accused of shifting nearly Aus$9 billion (US$8.1 billion) in untaxed profits from its Australian operations to Ireland over the past decade.
06 March 2014