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US air raids raze Afghan hospital, 19 killed
5 Oct 2015 5:11 AM ISTA US air strike on a hospital reportedly killed 19 people on Saturday in the Afghan city of Kunduz, medical charity MSF said. Dozens more were...
Microsoft, Google to end all patent cases against each other
4 Oct 2015 4:51 AM ISTDetails of the agreement were not disclosed, but the tech behemoths said it includes cases related to Motorola Mobility. “The companies will dismiss...
No formal probe against ‘green cheat’ VW’s ex-CEO: Germany
3 Oct 2015 5:06 AM ISTGerman prosecutors said on Thursday that they had not launched a formal inquiry against Martin Winterkorn, the former chief executive of auto giant...
Apple uses forced overtime, delays wages, risks workers’ health
26 Sept 2015 6:41 AM ISTA labour rights group marked the launch of Apple’s latest iPhone on Friday with a report accusing one of the smartphone giant’s Chinese suppliers of...
€60-million parting gift for graft-tainted VW’s ex-CEO?
25 Sept 2015 7:24 AM ISTMartin Winterkorn may have resigned from the chief executive job at Volkswagen in ignominious circumstances as a pollution cheating storm engulfs the...
Volkswagen fitted pollution cheat devices on 11 mn cars
23 Sept 2015 6:00 AM ISTGerman auto giant Volkswagen on Tuesday said that 11 million diesel cars worldwide are equipped with devices that can cheat pollution tests, a...
Volkswagen to halt sales of VW, Audi diesel cars in US
23 Sept 2015 4:35 AM ISTGerman auto giant Volkswagen said on Monday it is halting sales of four-cylinder VW and Audi diesel cars in the United States of America in the wake...
Malware infection bugs US ‘corporate icon’ Apple’s App Store
22 Sept 2015 4:36 AM ISTMore than 300 apps including the hugely popular instant messaging service WeChat and ride-hailing app Didi Kuaidi were infected with code potentially...
China-led AIIB set to have more members than US puppet ADB
21 Sept 2015 5:14 AM ISTMore than 20 countries are waiting to join the China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), its designated president said on Saturday...
Goldman Sachs chief ‘would not invest in China’
18 Sept 2015 7:33 AM ISTThe chairman of investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has slammed China's handling of its economy, adding he would not currently invest in the...
Asian millionaires’ wealth set to cross North Americans’
17 Sept 2015 5:59 AM IST<g data-gr-id="17">Asia Pacific</g> millionaires are set to become the world’s richest this year, a report said on Wednesday, driven...
China co to buy majority stake in London Metal Exchange founder
17 Sept 2015 3:27 AM ISTChina’s biggest logistics firm, CMST Development Co, said it will acquire a majority stake in Henry Bath & Son, a more than 200-year-old firm, one...