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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here on Sunday on a three-day visit to discuss matters related to trade, investment and border issues with the Eastern neighbour, one that India claims is integral to its Look East Policy.

A $2.5 billion training contract has been made between BAE and Saudi Arabia's air force.

Google has released a report in the U.S. to provide a better understanding of the intellectual property abuses on the internet, after Microsoft faced copyright infringement problems by other websites.

Brazilian mogul Eike Batista's Grupo EBX has announced a "strategic accord" with General Electric Co.

It involves GE paying $300 million for a 0.8 percent stake in the industrial conglomerate.

China has pledged more attention to "stabilizing economic growth" even as data released Thursday by HSBC indicated contraction in manufacturing activity for the seventh consecutive month in May, reinforcing fears that the world's second-largest economy may slow further in coming months.

Australia Pacific LNG, a joint venture of Origin, US major ConocoPhillips and China's Sinopec, has secured $8.5 billion project finance for production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Queensland using unconventional coal seam gas (CSG).