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The recent Indian Supreme Court verdict against Swiss pharma major Novartis seems to have underscored the need for tailor–made business models in emerging economies.

Verizon's quest to buy Vodafone's stake in Verizon Wireless is back to Square One.

Growing demand, limited inventory and a strong stock market have helped vacation rental sales surge across the United States.

Corporations and their executives can now use social media like Facebook and Twitter to spread company information.

Americans shrugged off the Washington political circus and continued to boost auto sales to levels unseen since before the last recession.

If the deal goes through, it will be the largest corporate acquisition in history.

Samoa Airlines is the first airline worldwide to begin charging their customers ticket prices based on their weight.

Sales of the Tiguan and Beetle helped offset a decline in demand for the Passat and flat performance for the Jetta.

Amazon hired a Microsoft veteran, fueling speculation the online retailer and Kindle maker will develop a smartphone.

Sales for the U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese automaker slowed considerably from double- digit growth in January.

The Detroit giant sold 245,950 vehicles last month. Cadillac sales surged nearly 50 percent. All brands registered sales gains.

NASCAR will introduce two new Tesla racecars on April 7, which will officially debut at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2015.

Ford sold nearly 6 percent more vehicles in March and nearly 600,000 units for the first three months of the year.

Chrysler LLC sold 171,606 vehicles in the U.S. last month, led by sales of the Ram pickup, Chrysler 200 sedan and Jeep Wrangler.

Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian's charity was recently investigated and found to be squandering profits.

The airline’s decision reflects its expectation of regulatory approvals for Boeing’s new lithium-ion battery, which it will install on all 787s.

Large cities in China will likely encounter a backlash as they enforce the 20-year-old tax law.

Toys R Us Inc. withdrew its proposed initial public offering after weak results at the end of last year: Fourth-quarter income plunged 30%.

Scope Bacon mouthwash is a new dental hygiene product, if the folks behind an ad campaign are to believed.

The value of assets Hess Corp. has divested so far this year has now climbed to $3.4 billion.

Volkswagen will boost its headcount to 600,000 by 2018 from 550,000 to help it become the world's No. 1 car company.

The world's top automakers will release their sales figures on Tuesday. Sales are expected to reflect a continued rebound.

U.S. officials want to know if Panasonic Avionics paid bribes overseas to help land business.

India’s top court rejects Swiss drugmaker’s appeal of country’s patent authority denying Glivec patent application.

The Supreme Court of India, Monday, rejected the Swiss pharma major Novartis AG’s plea for patent rights of its cancer drug Glivec.

An accident at an Arkansas nuclear power plant resulted in the death of one worker and the injury of three others Sunday. No nuclear material was released.

A segment of Exxon's Pegasus pipeline broke and spilled 10,000 barrels into a neighborhood in Arkansas.

A survey finds a quarter of U.S. companies in China face data theft.

The 2013 New York Auto show will please the thousands of consumers that will attend over the next week but don't expect many surprises.