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PolyOne raises prices
03 Jun 2008
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China Unicom to buy fixed line operator Netcom for $23.9 billion in stock
02 Jun 2008
Mobile phone carrier China Unicom will buy fixed-line operator China Netcom for $23.9 billion in a share swap deal and sell a mobile business, under a government-backed merger scheme.
CuraGen presents encouraging results from ongoing Phase I / II study of CR011-vcMMAE in metastatic melanoma
02 Jun 2008
RINL proses merger with NMDC
31 May 2008
OnMobile ropes in Airtel, Maxis, Indosat to introduce 'over the air' mobile information backup service
30 May 2008
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Pharma firms threaten to stop production
28 May 2008
Over 650 drug manufacturers say they would halt production of several products within a month or two unless the government hike prices of 33 bulk drugs with immediate effect
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Alnylam in $1 billion RNAi drug research deal with Japan's Takeda
28 May 2008
US biotech firm Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical will jointly develop drugs for treatment of cancer and metabolic diseases using RNAi technology, under a deal potentially valued at $1 billion.
Dachigam National Park to promote eco-tourism
28 May 2008
Adidas to expand stores in India in 2008
27 May 2008
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RIM won't give 'Blackberry' code to government
26 May 2008
Canada's RIM says its message encryption does not allow any 'third party', including the company, to read the information transferred over the network.
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