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Max Petroleum to drill two more wells at Uytas field
Kazakhstan-focused British Max Petroleum is planning to drill two more wells in the Uytas field.
08 November 2013
Google ends mystery: barge to be 'interactive space'
Google ended nearly two weeks of speculation about an enormous floating barge in San Francisco Bay, saying it would be "an interactive space" for learning about technology.
07 November 2013
BMW says 'on course' after good Q3
German luxury car maker BMW said Tuesday it is confident of meeting its full-year forecasts after business developed favourably in the third quarter.
05 November 2013
US still in talks with US Airways, American on merger
The US Department of Justice said Monday it is still in talks with US Airways and American Airlines to settle competition concerns in their proposed merger.
05 November 2013
McDonald's Japan 'sorry' over homeless ban
McDonald's Japan issued an apology Friday after it was revealed one of its outlets had posted a notice banning homeless people for more than a year.
02 November 2013
Uzbek first daughter confirms media empire shutdown
The eldest daughter of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov Wednesday confirmed the closure of television channels she is believed to control, as rumours build of a rift in the ruling family.
31 October 2013
China's Lenovo unveils 'game-changing' tablet in LA
Chinese computer maker Lenovo presented a new tablet device including a bracket-cum-handle allowing it to tilt and stand, which it billed as a "game-changing" innovation.
31 October 2013
Australia says broadband ban on Huawei stays: report
Australia's new government on Tuesday said Chinese telecoms giant Huawei will remain shut out of bidding to build Australia's national broadband network on advice from security agencies.
30 October 2013
Lawsuit after 6 million bottles of Aussie wine down drain
Global drinks giant Treasury Wine Estates was Monday facing a class-action lawsuit from Australian shareholders after oversupply issues forced six million bottles of wine to be poured down the drain.
28 October 2013
JPMorgan to pay $5.1 bn to settle Fannie, Freddie claims
JPMorgan Chase will pay $5.1 billion to settle charges it overstated the quality of mortgages and mortgage-backed securities sold to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
27 October 2013
China's Dongfeng mulls 'rationality' of Peugeot move
China's Dongfeng Motor is studying the "rationality" of coming to the aid of troubled French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen.
26 October 2013
Newest Indian airline expects to take flight by mid-2014
India's newest planned airline, a joint venture of the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, expects to win swift regulatory clearance and be able to start flying by mid-next year.
26 October 2013
McDonald's drops Heinz Ketchup
McDonald's said Friday it was dropping ketchup king Heinz as a supplier of the key hamburger condiment, citing management changes at Heinz that put the company closer to rival Burger King.
26 October 2013
Big ad atop Google results points to broken promise
A large ad spied atop Google search results on Wednesday was seen as evidence that the Internet titan was breaking a promise that it would never resort to the tactic.
25 October 2013
S. Korea tobacco firm to pull chimp ad for 'Africa' brand
South Korea's top tobacco firm said Wednesday it would pull ads for its new "This Africa" brand of cigarettes after complaints the use of images of apes dressed as humans was racist.
24 October 2013
Chinese oil firms, Europe's giants win Brazil auction
China's CNOOC and CNPC, Anglo-Dutch giant Royal Dutch Shell and France's Total joined Brazilian state operator Petrobras on Monday in winning production rights to the huge "Libra" Atlantic oilfield.
22 October 2013
JPMorgan to pay record $13 bln to settle US probes: reports
Banking giant JPMorgan Chase has reached a tentative agreement to pay a record $13 billion fine to the Justice Department to settle probes into its residential mortgage-backed securities.
21 October 2013
Yahoo holds onto more of Alibaba as profit slips
Yahoo on Tuesday took attention off a lackluster quarterly report with word that it plans to hold onto a larger chunk than originally planned of Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba.
16 October 2013
More problems hit JAL Dreamliners: company
A fresh series of troubles has hit Japan Airlines 787 Dreamliners, with two Tokyo-bound flights forced to turn around and another plane experiencing a minor glitch.
11 October 2013
Struggling Alitalia in last-gasp bid for survival
Five years after a botched rescue, Italy's troubled carrier Alitalia gasped for survival on Tuesday buried by a mountain of debt, unpaid gas bills and only the slimmest of options.
09 October 2013