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Apple, Google settle patent battle

The two Silicon Valley technology giants drop lawsuits against one another and will work together to reform patent law

Credit Suisse close to guilty plea, $2.5-bn accord with US

The Zurich-based bank would pay about $1.7 bn to the Justice Department, at least $600 mn to the New York Department of Financial Services and $100 mn to the Federal Reserve

Meet the Italian who beat Google to web search

Massimo Marchiori unveiled his internet search engine 17 years ago, much before Larry Page invented Google along with Sergey Brin

Widodo gets Indonesia Islamic party support after poll win

PDI-P aims for a maximum four-party coalition, Secretary General Tjahjo Kumolo said May 10

Xi for adapting to 'new normal'of slower expansion

Says China's growth fundamentals haven't changed and the country is still in a "significant period of strategic opportunity"

Samsung boss stable after heart attack

Putin looks to China as US curbs threaten economy

Move would roll back informal limits on Chinese investment as Russia seeks to revive growth

ANC to stick to economic policy after South Africa vote win

The main opposition Democratic Alliance made the biggest gains, advancing to 22.2% from 16.7% in 2009

Thai army chief urges legal solution to crisis

Ousted premier Yingluck endured more than 6 mths of protests by opponents who accuse her family of crony capitalism

Murdoch eyes $14-bn deal to merge pay-TV units

A deal would give BSkyB oversight of companies that sell satellite programming to 8.5 mn homes across Germany and Italy

ArcelorMittal profit rises on European demand as target kept

Modi in-laws laud mention of wife after decades

Chinese hubs rise in Oxford Economics 2030 GDP ranking

Shanghai's economy is projected to grow by $734 billion from 2013 to 2030, while Beijing is expected to gain $594 billion in GDP over the same period

Nestle challenge grows after $5-bn Mondelez merger

Nestle's coffee business has slowed of late after driving revenue and margin expansion for much of the past decade

SoftBank promoter makes $58 bn on investment

Fourteen years ago, Son's SoftBank Corp started with a $20 million bet on a then-unknown web portal connecting Chinese manufacturers with overseas buyers

Sugar exports slowing as subsidy delay deters buyers

Kumar Mangalam Birla eyeing Holcim-Lafarge India assets

Holcim and Lafarge, which agreed to a merger last month, may divest in Brazil, India, China, Canada and the US, Lafarge CEO Bruno Lafont told investors on April 7

Barclays & UBS first-quarter results

Buffett's Heinz sequel may be his biggest deal

The busiest period for mega-deals in seven years may be an appetiser to Warren Buffett's biggest takeover yet

Nokia joins Musk & Google in investing for intelligent cars

The investments are meant to support the mobile-technology firm's digital-map business