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Windows 8 sales lag at 200 million licences
14 Feb 2014
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Google tax amount outside the US doubles to $771 mn
14 Feb 2014
After a controversy over its offshore tax avoidance, Google has doubled the amount of tax it paid outside the US last year
![Lenovo reports quarterly revenue of $10.8 bn Lenovo reports quarterly revenue of $10.8 bn](/companies/companies_l/Lenovo/images/lenovo_store_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Lenovo reports quarterly revenue of $10.8 bn
14 Feb 2014
Strong global demand helped push Lenovo's revenue for the October-December quarter to $10.8 billion
![900 MHz spectrum bidding turned too risky at 100% premium: RIL 900 MHz spectrum bidding turned too risky at 100% premium: RIL](/companies/companies_r/Reliance_Industries/images/2G-spectrum_sm_domain-b.gif)
900 MHz spectrum bidding turned too risky at 100% premium: RIL
14 Feb 2014
Reliance Jio Infocomm opted out of the bidding for the 900 MHz spectrum after the bidding turned risky with bids going up to 100-per cent of the reserve price of the spectrum
![Eicher to spend Rs600 crore in selling Enfield ‘Bullets’ abroad Eicher to spend Rs600 crore in selling Enfield ‘Bullets’ abroad](/companies/companies_r/Royal_Enfield_Motors/images/royal_enfield_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Eicher to spend Rs600 crore in selling Enfield ‘Bullets’ abroad
14 Feb 2014
Royal Enfield – which makes the iconic Bullet motorcycle in India - is stepping up efforts to develop models in the 250 cc-750 cc range specifically targeting markets outside India
![Time Warner Cable to merge with Comcast in $45-bn deal Time Warner Cable to merge with Comcast in $45-bn deal](/companies/companies_t/Time_Warner/images/time_warner_cable_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Time Warner Cable to merge with Comcast in $45-bn deal
14 Feb 2014
The merger of Comcast and TWC would create a giant programming provider covering over 60 per cent of subscribers and one-third of all pay-television customers in the US
Canon to acquire US-based Molecular Imprints
14 Feb 2014
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Toyota to recall 1.9 mn Prius to fix software glitches
13 Feb 2014
Toyota Motor Corp yesterday said that it would recall all 1.9 million of the third-generation Prius cars sold worldwide to fix a programming glitch that causes the car to stall
![IBM lay-offs hit Indian employees first... and hard IBM lay-offs hit Indian employees first... and hard](/companies/companies_I/IBM/images/ibm_feb_sm_domain-b.jpg)
IBM lay-offs hit Indian employees first... and hard
13 Feb 2014
Talk among recruitment experts is that IBM may be targeting up to 2,000 job cuts in India where it employs 1.3 lakh in all
![Comcast close to buying Time Warner Cable for $45 bn Comcast close to buying Time Warner Cable for $45 bn](/companies/companies_t/Time_Warner/images/comcast_logo_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Comcast close to buying Time Warner Cable for $45 bn
13 Feb 2014
The largest cable operator in the US, Comcast Corporation, the parent company of CNBC and NBC, is close to striking a deal to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion
Yahoo’s Mayer bets on contextual search
12 Feb 2014
Nokia to unveil Android smartphone: Reports
12 Feb 2014
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