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Fast-food giant Burger King said Wednesday it was beefing up its purchases of pork and eggs from farmers who practice more humane animal treatment.
Boeing Co. said Wednesday its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft would be unveiled on July 8, with its first test flight set for August and initial delivery on track for May 2008.
Citigroup Inc aims to double the number of its consumer bank outlets in China to more than 30 this year, Chairman and Chief Executive Charles Prince said Thursday.
Kingfisher, the biggest European home-improvements retailer, said on Thursday that annual net profit more than doubled in 2006 after a recovery at its B&Q stores in Britain.
DSG International, Europe's biggest electrical retailer, said on Thursday that it has identified a "significant fraud operation" at the Parisian warehouse operations of its Fotovista unit.
Iberdrola, Spain's second-biggest electricity provider, said Thursday its shareholders had as expected backed its 17.1-billion-euro (22.8-billion-dollar) takeover of British group Scottish Power.
Retail group TJX has disclosed that some 45.6 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen by hackers in 2005 and 2006, along with other potentially sensitive customer information.
A growing number of Chinese firms are now among the leading global corporations, said a Forbes magazine report Thursday that places US banking giant Citigroup in the top spot.
Computer giant Dell said Thursday an internal review of its accounting practices had uncovered errors, deficiencies and "evidence of misconduct" in the reporting of its finances.
India has delayed the approval of British telecom giant Vodafone's multi-billion-dollar deal to buy Hutchison Essar while it decides whether the Indian cellular company's shareholding structure meets foreign investment rules.
HSBC, the British-based banking giant, will set up a retail operation in Japan early next year and aims to open as many as 50 branches within four years, a newspaper reported on Friday.