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Companies from GE to Apple putting $2 trillion to work

With $150.6 bn in cash and marketable securities, iPhone maker Apple has a bigger hoard than any non-financial company in the US

Global deal has to be legally binding for all countries: EU climate chief

Asian currencies post weekly fall on election concerns

Gold caps longest 6-week rally on Ukraine-Russia tensions

Personal-care slowdown to hit Unilever margins

Buffett says he opposes Coke's pay plan

Euro factory surveys rise as price weakness persists

Coffee at 26-month high as Brazil drought raises price volatility

Coffee futures jumped as much as 8.3 per cent, driving volatility to the highest since 2000

$2 bn for Apple patents is too much: Samsung

El Nino seen starting as early as July as Pacific warms up

Officials forecast normal monsoon as El Niño looms

Actual rainfall may be five per cent more or less than the prediction

Nickel prices climb to 19-mth high

BofA, NYSE sued over high-frequency trading

Scrutiny of such trading and whether it gives some investors unfair advantage intensified this year amid government probes

Facebook adds mobile feature for finding nearby friends

Facebook also has acquired Glancee, a location-tracking start-up, and Gowalla, a location-based social network

Three woman kingmakers hold key to Modi's India power bid

Morgan Stanley profit beats estimates

GM move to freeze lawsuits may cut customer payouts by billions

The aggressive legal strategy runs the risk of further damaging GM's image with lawmakers and the public

Snowden asks Putin on live TV if Russia spies like US

Snowden's disclosures about US surveillance last year set off a global debate over the trade-offs between privacy and security

Oil at 6-week high on Ukraine crisis

Baring PE Asia sued by Global Indian Schools over deals

Baring and Minerva Education Holdings vetoed deals in Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Vietnam, claims a lawsuit