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Bribery by GSK China was coordinated at company level 03 Sep 2013 - 11:58 am

SHANGHAI: A Chinese police investigation into drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has discovered that alleged bribery of doctors in China was coordinated by the British company...

Spirent CEO steps down, CFO takes over 03 Sep 2013 - 11:05 am

BERLIN: British telecoms testing company Spirent Communications Plc said Chief Executive Bill Burns would step down immediately, and Chief Financial Officer Eric Hutchinson...

Japan's Kanebo kept shipping cosmetics after recall decision 03 Sep 2013 - 10:55 am

TOKYO: Japanese cosmetics company Kanebo on Tuesday admitted it had continued shipping products blamed for skin blotches for a week after deciding to...

Vodafone shares open 1.2pc down after Verizon deal agreed 03 Sep 2013 - 10:55 am

LONDON: Shares in Vodafone opened 1.2 percent down on Tuesday after Verizon Communications agreed to pay $130 billion to buy the British company...

Earthquakes affect 120,000 and cause $240m loss in SW China 03 Sep 2013 - 10:54 am

DEQEN, Yunnan: A series of earthquakes last week have affected the lives of more than 120,000 people in a prefecture in southwest China's...

PetroChina supplier Wison says chairman 'assisting probe' 03 Sep 2013 - 09:50 am

HONG KONG: The chairman of a Chinese oil engineering firm is helping the authorities with an unspecified investigation, the company said on Tuesday,...

Tokyo stocks close up 2.99pc 03 Sep 2013 - 09:18 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks jumped 2.99 percent Tuesday, boosted by a strong dollar and following upbeat manufacturing data from China and Europe. The key...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 03 Sep 2013 - 09:15 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Tuesday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...

Former Hong Kong minister appeals fraud conviction 03 Sep 2013 - 08:50 am

HONG KONG: A former Hong Kong minister has appealed against a conviction for housing allowance fraud, his lawyer said Tuesday, in a case...

Number of Syrian refugees passes 2 million mark 03 Sep 2013 - 08:29 am

GENEVA: More than two million Syrians have now fled their war-ravaged country, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday, lamenting the nearly 10-fold increase...

Nokia to sell phone unit to Microsoft for 5.44bn euros 03 Sep 2013 - 08:06 am

HELSINKI: Beleaguered Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia will sell its mobile phone unit to US group Microsoft for 5.44 billion euros or $7.17...

Japan unveils $470m plan for Fukushima water leaks 03 Sep 2013 - 08:05 am

TOKYO: The Japanese government on Tuesday unveiled a $470 million plan to stem radioactive water leaks at Fukushima, including freezing the ground underneath...

China's secretive anti-graft agency unveils website 03 Sep 2013 - 08:05 am

BEIJING: The secretive anti-graft department of China's ruling Communist Party has launched a website, as Beijing promotes its anti-corruption campaign with a fanfare...

N. Korea leader visits frontline islands 03 Sep 2013 - 08:05 am

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has made his third visit in a year to highly fortified frontline islands on the disputed maritime...

Western dithering could hit credibility: Observers 03 Sep 2013 - 03:38 am

A Free Syrian Army fighter carries his weapon as he walks near Nairab military airport which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria’s...

French dossier pins Assad for chemical attacks 03 Sep 2013 - 03:38 am

PARIS: A French intelligence report said yesterday that forces loyal to Bashar Al Assad carried out a “massive” chemical attack last month, as...

Peres backs Obama 03 Sep 2013 - 03:38 am

JERUSALEM: Israel’s President Shimon Peres yesterday said he supported US President Barack Obama’s decision to seek Congressional approval for military action against Syria....

Syria ‘sought’ WMD material in Switzerland 03 Sep 2013 - 03:37 am

GENEVA: Syria made multiple attempts to buy equipment in Switzerland that could have been used to make weapons of mass destruction, but officials...