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AT&T to acquire Leap Wireless for $1.2 bn
13 Jul 2013
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Icahn raises bid in last-ditch effort to thwart Michael Dell
13 Jul 2013
Activist investor Carl Icahn yesterday raised his bid for personal computer maker Dell Inc in a last-ditch attempt to scuttle founder Michael Dell's offer to take the company private
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Microsoft launches biggest internal overhaul to boost competitiveness
12 Jul 2013
In its biggest internal overhaul in five years Microsoft Corp aims to streamline development of products from Windows to tablets, in bid to catch up with nimbler rivals in mobile and cloud computing
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Infosys Q1 profit up 3.7%, maintains forecast at 6-10%
12 Jul 2013
Signalling its confidence in being able to regain lost market share Infosys Ltd today posted a healthy topline growth, and beat some analysts' expectations by retaining its revenue growth forecast for the full year
![China accuses GSK of bribery, raising prices and tax fraud China accuses GSK of bribery, raising prices and tax fraud](/companies/companies_g/GlaxoSmithKline/images/gsk_logo_sm_domain-b.jpg)
China accuses GSK of bribery, raising prices and tax fraud
11 Jul 2013
Employees of GSK in China have confessed to bribing doctors, hospitals, government officials and others to prescribe the company's medicines to increase drug sales, China's ministry of public security said in a website statement
![Carl Icahn urges Dell shareholders to get shares appraised in Delaware Court Carl Icahn urges Dell shareholders to get shares appraised in Delaware Court](/companies/companies_d/Dell/images/carl_icahn_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Carl Icahn urges Dell shareholders to get shares appraised in Delaware Court
11 Jul 2013
Activist investor Carl Icahn makes a last-ditch attempt to prevent Dell founder Michael Dell from succeeding in a management buyout of the PC firm he founded in 1984
Audi to raise prices across models
10 Jul 2013
Yahoo pulls the plug on search engine Altavista
10 Jul 2013
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