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Siemens signs multi-billion euro deals with Russia

Germany’s Siemens AG has signed multi-billion euro deals to supply railway technologies and wind power to Russia.

China to fund Nigerian refineries

Nigeria's state-run oil firm NNPC has said that three new refineries will be on-stream by 2014, following a deal signed with China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC).

Google buys ITA for $700 million

Ford to build $450 million factory in Thailand

Ford Motor Co. has said it will build a $450 million car factory in Thailand, its first wholly owned plant in the country.

AkzoNobel to sell National Starch business for $1.3 billion

AkzoNobel has announced the sale of its National Starch business to Corn Products International for $1.3 billion in cash.