The government’s case against Intel Corp ., accusing the world’s largest chip maker of using monopoly power to stifle competition, may signal that antitrust enforcers under the Obama administration will be more aggressive than their predecessors, lawyers said.

Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals has agreed to sell its injectables business to the US-based Hospira for around $400 million (Rs 1,850 crore), a valuation that represents a 20% premium to the Chennai-based firm’s market value and greatly boosts its financial flexibility.

We didn’t expect much from the first week of the global warming conference in Copenhagen. Countries need to do a little posturing before getting down to the hard work, which is supposed to start on Monday.
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Only the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) and Japan currently have the right to reprocess, and now the India will be the third country to get reprocessing rights from the US. the US-India Business Council (USIBC) said.

In a blunt warning, the US has threatened to take "unilateral action" by sending its troops to Pakistan to shut down Taliban and other terrorist camps there, if Islamabad does not take decisive action against them.