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Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra ousted by Constitutional Court
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that PM Yingluck Shinawatra must step down over abuse of power charges. The court ruled that Yingluck Shinawatra acted illegally...
Apple to pay new retail chief Angela Ahrendts $68 million in shares
Apple has awarded its new retail chief Angela Ahrendts a pay package which includes $68 million in shares. The pay award, which amounts to 113,334...
#AmazonCart: Amazon announces Twitter partnership
Amazon has announced a partnership with Twitter that allows users to add products to their shopping carts by tweeting a special hashtag. Twitter users can...
Yingluck Shinawatra appears before Constitutional Court in Bangkok over abuse of power
Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra has appeared before the Constitutional Court in Bangkok to defend herself against allegations of abuse of power. The complaint was filed...
Coca-Cola to remove controversial BVO from fruit and sports drinks
Coca-Cola plans to remove controversial ingredient BVO from some of its drinks brands by the end of this year, following an online petition. Brominated vegetable...
Target CEO and chairman Gregg Steinhafel resigns
Target has announced the resignation of its CEO and chairman, Gregg Steinhafel. Gregg Steinhafel’s resignation follows a difficult year for Target, which was the victim...
Panama elections 2014: Outsider Juan Carlos Varela wins presidential poll
Panama’s opposition leader Juan Carlos Varela has won the presidential election with almost 40% of the votes. Juan Carlos Varela, who is currently the vice-president,...
World Economic Forum 2014: Nigeria to close Abuja schools and government offices
The Nigerian government has decided to shut schools and government offices across the capital Abuja, while a World Economic Forum conference takes place next...
Thailand elections 2014: Opposition calls for 6-month delay
Thailand's opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has called for elections scheduled for July to be pushed back by up to six months. In a 10-point package...
Samsung to pay $119.6 million to Apple for infringing two of its patents
A federal court in California has ordered Samsung to pay $119.6 million to Apple for infringing two of its patents. The jury delivered its verdict...
US economy adds 288,000 jobs in April 2014
According to the latest figures from the Labor Department, the US economy created 288,000 jobs in April, the strongest monthly job creation since January...
AstraZeneca rejects new takeover offer from Pfizer
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has rejected the new takeover offer from Pfizer. Pfizer had earlier raised the price it was offering for AstraZeneca to $80 a...
Ukraine $17 billion bailout approved by IMF board
The IMF has approved a $17.1 billion bailout for Ukraine to help the country's beleaguered economy. The loan comes amid heightened military and political tension...
Rob Ford to take leave of absence to seek help for substance abuse
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will take a leave of absence to seek help for substance abuse, his lawyer Dennis Morris announces. Dennis Morris said his...
US economic growth slows to 0.1% in 2014 Q1
US economic growth slowed sharply in 2014 Q1, growing at an annual rate of 0.1%. The rate is the slowest for a year and a...
India elections 2014: Narendra Modi accused of election code violation
Narendra Modi has been accused by India's Election Commission of violating the election code. India’s main opposition BJP's prime ministerial candidate violated poll laws by...
Iraq elections 2014: Heavy security at first poll since US troops withdrawal
Iraq is voting in the first parliamentary elections since the withdrawal of US troops three years ago. Polling began at 07:00 local time and closes...
Kenya legalizes polygamy
President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law a bill legalizing polygamy in Kenya. The new bill brings civil law, where a man was only allowed...
BP reports $3.2 billion profits for 2014 Q1
BP has reported profits of $3.22 billion for 2014 Q1. The figure is a fall of 23% on the $4.22 billion for the same period...
AstraZeneca shares rise by 14% after Pfizer confirmed takeover bid
AstraZeneca’s shares rose by more than 14% on Monday, after pharmaceutical giant Pfizer confirmed its interest in a takeover bid. Pfizer said it had contacted...
Ukraine threatens to take Gazprom to court
Ukraine has threatened to take Russia’s Gazprom to court over what it says are inflated gas prices if the company refuses a new payment...
Pfizer confirms interest in AstraZeneca takeover
Pfizer has confirmed it has contacted AstraZeneca over a possible multi-billion dollar takeover. The pharmaceutical said it made an initial approach in January, but after...
Facebook buys Moves app creator ProtoGeo
Facebook has acquired ProtoGeo, a Finnish company that makes fitness tracking app Moves. Helsinki-based ProtoGeo created the Moves app that uses a smartphone's built-in sensors...
Zimbabwe: Morgan Tsvangirai kicked out of his MDC party
Zimbabwe's opposition party - Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) - says it is suspending its leader Morgan Tsvangirai, amid deepening divisions in its ranks. A...
Afghanistan elections 2014: Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani to face run-off vote
Afghanistan presidential election preliminary results show the poll will go to a second round, after no candidate reached the 50% needed for an outright...
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