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Faulty batteries led to Galaxy Note 7 fires, reveals Samsung

23 Jan 2017 6:21 PM GMT
The world's biggest smartphone maker Samsung blamed faulty batteries on Monday for the fires that hit its flagship Galaxy Note 7 device last year, as...

Venezuela debuts its new bank notes amid hyper inflation

18 Jan 2017 11:52 PM GMT
Venezuelans stood in long ATM lines to take out new, larger-denominated bills that President Nicolas Maduro hopes will help stabilise the...

EPFO pensioners can give digital life certificate till Feb 28

18 Jan 2017 11:50 PM GMT
Retirement fund body EPFO has extended the deadline for submitting digital life certificate by its over 50 lakh pensioners till February 28 to help...

Tobacco giant BAT buys out US firm Reynolds for $49.4 billion

18 Jan 2017 11:49 PM GMT
British American Tobacco agreed on Tuesday to pay almost $50 billion for control of US firm Reynolds American, creating the world's largest listed...

France’s Essilor to buy Ray-Ban glasses’ Italian maker Luxottica

18 Jan 2017 11:48 PM GMT
French lensmaker Essilor has agreed to buy Italy's Luxottica, maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses, in a bid to create a new global giant in the sector, the...

S Korea seeks arrest of Samsung scion in graft scandal

17 Jan 2017 10:53 PM GMT
In a departure from the leniency typically given to South Korean big businesses, prosecutors on Monday requested the arrest of the de facto head of...

Industrial robots render most low-skilled US labour obsolete

16 Jan 2017 10:30 PM GMT
Donald Trump has been crowing as companies including Ford renounce plans to move factories to Mexico. But the main beneficiaries of this shift back to...

Samsung heir returns home after marathon bribery questioning

14 Jan 2017 11:19 PM GMT
Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong returned home on Friday after marathon questioning by South Korean prosecutors as a suspect in a massive corruption scandal...

Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer to leave company board after Verizon sale

11 Jan 2017 11:22 PM GMT
Yahoo has confirmed that chief executive Marissa Mayer will quit the company's board after its merger with Verizon.Mayer is expected to remain with...

Volkswagen defies ‘dieselgate’ to boost sales in 2016

10 Jan 2017 11:33 PM GMT
Scandal-hit German carmaker Volkswagen said on Monday it increased sales in 2016, despite strong headwinds after it admitted to cheating on regulatory...

McDonald’s sells its China operations for $2.08 bn

10 Jan 2017 10:45 PM GMT
US fast-food giant McDonald's will sell a controlling stake in its China and Hong Kong business for up to $2.08 billion to a consortium including...

China manufacturing accelerates at fastest for 4 years, says survey

4 Jan 2017 11:41 PM GMT
China's manufacturing activity expanded at its quickest pace in nearly four years in December, an independent research firm said today, in a sign of...
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