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Nissan, Renault to boost ties in $3.8 bn savings bid: report
Nissan and France's Renault are planning to boost their alliance by bringing together production as well as research and development in a bid to save about $3.8 billion annually.
24 January 2014 12:11
Facebook could fade out like a disease: researchers
Facebook is like an infectious disease, experiencing a spike before its decline, according to US researchers who claim the social network will lose 80 percent of users by 2017.
23 January 2014 12:19
ENRC explains its delisting from LSE
Kazakhstan's billionaire Aleksandr Mashkevich has explained why ENRC chose to be delisted from the London Stock Exchange.
21 January 2014 15:38
Peugeot 'approves' capital hikes by French state, Chinese partner
The board of struggling French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen has in principle approved capital boosts by the French state and its Chinese partner Dongfeng.
20 January 2014 15:54
Intel to cut staff in face of stagnant earnings
US chip giant Intel said Friday it will trim its workforce by five percent this year as it shifts from personal computers to powering mobile gadgets.
19 January 2014 15:36
Fiat's Marchionne: savior of Fiat and Chrysler
Brash Fiat chief Sergio Marchionne was welcomed as a hero at the Detroit Auto Show this week after completing the takeover of US automaker Chrysler.
16 January 2014 12:36
Google buys 'smart' thermostat maker Nest for $3.2 bn
Google on Monday announced that it is buying smart thermostat start-up Nest in a deal valued at $3.2 billion.
15 January 2014 11:22
Sinopec to pay compensation over pipeline blast
Chinese state-owned oil giant Sinopec will pay compensation over a November pipeline explosion at its facility in the city of Qingdao that killed dozens of people and caused losses of more than $100 million.
14 January 2014 10:17
Toyota aims to produce more than 10 million autos in 2014
Toyota Motor is aiming to produce more than 10 million vehicles in 2014, a bullish target that could boost other industries in Japan, a report said Saturday.
12 January 2014 13:13
New Japan research scandal brewing over Alzheimer's study
Japan's health ministry said Friday it was probing claims falsified data was used in an Alzheimer's disease study involving major pharmaceutical firms, a day after filing an unrelated criminal complaint against Swiss drugs giant Novartis.
10 January 2014 18:26
Taiwan's Pegatron may get half iPhone 6 orders: report
Taiwan's Pegatron Corp, an assembler of Apple's iPhone 5C, is expected to win half of the orders from the US tech giant for its next smartphone model.
10 January 2014 10:41
NCOC discussing possible scenarios of safe oil production restart at Kashagan
NCOC, the Kashagan field operator, has started discussing possible technological scenarios of safe oil production restart.
09 January 2014 19:22
Most China execs say cannot work with Japan firms: poll
About 60 percent of Chinese corporate leaders say they cannot do business with Japanese firms because of thorny relations between the two countries.
09 January 2014 10:40
Yahoo dives deeper into media with online magazines
Yahoo on Tuesday dove deeper into being an Internet Age media company, bringing in news, music and television stars for the launch of online magazines focused on technology and food.
08 January 2014 17:49
China to allow game console sales through FTZ
China has formally authorised game consoles made in a new Shanghai free-trade zone to be sold in the country, potentially opening its lucrative market up to the likes of Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's XBox.
08 January 2014 10:57
KazAgro borrows $100 million from Royal Bank of Scotland
KazAgro National Company has borrowed $100 million from the Royal Bank of Scotland.
06 January 2014 20:06
Chevrolet to roll out 4G-connected cars
The new Chevrolets coming out this year will be faster -- on the information superhighway.
06 January 2014 16:11
Chinese tycoon wants to 'rebuild' New York Times
A Chinese tycoon said Monday he is serious about buying the New York Times and wants to work on "rebuilding its credibility and influence" by reforming its award-winning coverage of China.
06 January 2014 14:55
Blackberry sues company for violating keyboard patent
Blackberry Ltd. said Friday it had filed a suit in a California court against Los Angeles firm Typo Products for violating its patents with a Blackberry-like keyboard made for Apple's iPhone.
05 January 2014 23:04
Fiat shares surge on Chrysler merger
Shares in Fiat soared on Thursday after it announced it would take full control of Chrysler, with optimism for the historic deal's potential outweighing concerns over its cost.
04 January 2014 09:59