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Appeals by Indian drug firms fail to impress FDA’s Hamburg
By By Jagdeep Worah | 17 Feb 2014
India’s pharmaceutical industry supplies 40 per cent of over-the-counter and generic prescription drugs consumed to the United States. Jagdeep Worah reports
US pharma cos want clinical trial regulations in India lifted
15 Feb 2014
US drug firms argue that the new guidelines on clinical research in India that provide for financial compensation to human subjects and their families in cases of death or injury are difficult to implement
Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten to buy instant messaging app Viber for $900 mn
14 Feb 2014
Rakuten Inc, Japan’s largest e-commerce company, today struck a deal to buy Cyprus-based messaging and VoIP service operator Viber Media Ltd for $900 million, in a bid to expand in emerging markets
Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten to buy instant messaging app Viber for $900 mn
14 Feb 2014
Rakuten Inc, Japan’s largest e-commerce company, today struck a deal to buy Cyprus-based messaging and VoIP service operator Viber Media Ltd for $900 million, in a bid to expand in emerging markets
Global sales of smartphones surpassed feature phones in 2013: Gartner
14 Feb 2014
Sales of smartphones accounted for 53.6 per cent of overall global mobile phone sales in 2013, and exceeded annual sales of feature phones for the first time
RIL's 900 MHz hopes dashed; govt to collect Rs61,162.22 cr from auction
13 Feb 2014
RIL's Jio Infocomm, which bid aggressively for both the premium 900 Mega Hertz and the less efficient 1,800 MHz bands, today bowed out of te 900 Mghz race
Amec to acquire Swiss rival Foster Wheeler for $3.13 bn
13 Feb 2014
The acquisition will enable Amec to serve across the whole oil and gas value chain and add mid and downstream capabilities to its existing upstream focus
World’s largest solar thermal project goes on stream in US
13 Feb 2014
The project, in which Google is a partner, can produce enough electricity to provide 140,000 homes with clean energy and avoid 400,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year
Bidding in 1800 Mhz band strengthens as 2G auction continues on 10th day
13 Feb 2014
Out of the last five online spectrum auctions, the current one is the largest the in terms of radio waves on sale, and the third-longest till date in terms of duration
Massive protests mark ‘Day We Fight Back’ against NSA spying
By By Jagdeep Worah | 12 Feb 2014
Internet users sent 80,000 calls and nearly 160,000 e-mails to their representatives in the US alone on 11 February, designated as ‘The Day We Fight Back’ against US surveillance. Jagdeep Worah reports.
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