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Merck 'to buy' Cubist Pharma for $7 billion

Merck would pay about $100 a share, a pact could be announced soon

Putin grasps at straws as economic cures fail to impress

CBS pulls signals off Dish Network after fee talks fail

Dish is the third-largest US pay-TV provider, with 14 million subscribers

Crude oil poised to extend drop after hitting 5-year low

ING Vysya staff seek job surety from Kotak

All India ING Vysya Bank Employees Union will approach RBI and FinMin to ensure jobs aren't cut

Biggest payroll gain in almost 3 yrs boosts US wages

Payrolls surged by 321,000 last month, the most since January of 2012

Demonstrators choke NY streets

Demonstrations marked second round of nationwide rallies after a Missouri grand jury refused to indict a white officer in shooting of an unarmed black teenager

Carney shoulders UK burden with low rate to defy restraints

Nadella bats for diversity at shareholder meeting

Recession signs mount as central bank stems rouble losses

Wal-Mart to cut 250 jobs in China

Aviva agrees to buy Friends Life for $8.8 bn

Web thieves using Wall St lingo to hack

The attackers maintain a light footprint and do not use malware to crawl further into an organization's computer servers

India plans crash test norms for cars, including airbag addition

Ronaldo beats Messi with Facebook posts

Ronaldo has about six people who work on his social media

Buyout firms 'vie' for world's biggest cigar firm

The cigar company's owners, Skandinavisk Holding A/S and Swedish Match AB (SWMA), hired JP Morgan Chase & Co (JPM) to look at options for the business last year

Xi strikes conciliatory note, broadens diplomatic focus

China attempted to mollify relations with Vietnam, the Philippines and the US during the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit

Vodafone weighing takeover of Malone's Liberty Global

Vodafone has concerns about the combined company's debt levels and the reaction of its own investors to a deal

Glaxo fired exec who alleged racism at South Africa unit

Only one of the 21 top managers in the unit is black, the executive said in the report

Euro zone inflation back at 5-year low in Nov

Deflation also hurts demand because consumers generally stop spending as they expect prices to fall further, pushing the economy into a deeper downward spiral