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Britain is ready for "hard negotiation" to ensure Pfizer sticks to specific promises on jobs and science under the U.S. drugmaker's proposed takeover of AstraZeneca, its finance minister said. "I think it would be extraordinary not to engage with AstraZeneca...

The President of Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said that nine million tonnes of cement have been released into the market to stem the escalating cost of the product. Speaking to newsmen on Friday at the...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 09, (THEWILL) – A fresh crisis is looming in the Ijaw riverine communities in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State as plans are underway to lay the foundation stone of the multibillion dollar...

Oracle Corp is entitled to copyright protection over certain parts of the Java programming language, according to a U.S. appeals court ruling on Friday in Oracle's high-profile lawsuit against Google Inc. The issue, decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals...

Apple Inc will unveil the next incarnation of its popular iPhone series in August, one month earlier than industry watchers were generally expecting, Taiwanese media reported on Friday citing unidentified supply-chain sources. A 4.7-inch screen version of the iPhone 6...

U.S. drugmaker Pfizer (PFE.N) is under fire on both sides of the Atlantic as it weighs its next move to buy British rival AstraZeneca (AZN.L), which could be a sweetened offer next week. A strategic question for Pfizer and its...

Banks will return 3.365 billion euros ($4.66 billion) in long-term crisis loans to the European Central Bank next week, less than expected but more than this week as banks trim down their reliance on ECB funding and return to...

The $35 billion merger of U.S.-based Omnicom and France's Publicis collapsed on Friday after a battle for control destroyed plans to create the world's largest advertising agency. The deal, heralded in July as a merger of equals that would enable...

L-R VICE PRESIDENT - AFRICA, SKYPOWER GLOBAL, BENOIT FORTIN, CHARLES EMETULU, GOVERNOR EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN AND NIGERIAN MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, TRADE AND INVESTMENT - OLUSEGUN AGANGA, SHORTLY AFTER SIGNING THE MEMORANDUM FOR THE GENERATION OF 100MW OF ELECTRICITY IN DELTA...

China is confident about expanding its economy by around 7.5 percent this year, Premier Li Keqiang was quoted by the official Xinhua news agency as saying on Thursday, in line with the government's growth target. The remarks from Li, who...