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Nokia shutters its Chennai plant; workers get Rs7.5 lakh package
31 Oct 2014
Nokia's Chennai plant has been forced to shut down after Microsoft Corporation, which bought out Nokia’s entire mobile phone business in September last year, excluded the Chennai plant due to a pending tax litigation between the government and Finnish company
EXL acquires Overland Solutions
31 Oct 2014
KPMG to bring World Economic Forum live to India
31 Oct 2014
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Cipla wants Novartis’s patents on respiratory drug revoked
30 Oct 2014
Cipla, which launched a generic version of the drug, said Novartis imports "negligible quantity" of its patented drug Onbrez from Switzerland, thereby creating a supply shortage at a time when 15 million Indians needed treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Barclays to set aside £500 mn for Libor rigging penalties
30 Oct 2014
Barclays has set aside £500 million over the alleged rigging of foreign exchange markets, which is under investigation by regulators around the world
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Tatas, Airbus team up to bid for $2-bn IAF transport aircraft deal
29 Oct 2014
If they win the contract, Airbus will supply the first 16 planes in a "fly-away" condition from its assembly line, while Tata Advanced Systems Ltd will manufacture and assemble the remaining 40 in India
Google to offer first minute free on international calls from Google Hangouts for rest of 2014
29 Oct 2014
![Facebook revenue up 59%, to hike expenses 55 to 75% next year Facebook revenue up 59%, to hike expenses 55 to 75% next year](/companies/companies_f/facebook/images/facebook_june_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Facebook revenue up 59%, to hike expenses 55 to 75% next year
29 Oct 2014
Facebook cautioned of a dramatic increase in spending in 2015 and projected a slowdown in revenue growth this quarter
Wipro expands presence in Romania
29 Oct 2014
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