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gains 0.8 percent after Deutsche Bank upgrades India's largest consumer goods maker to "buy" from "neutral" and raises its target price to 530 rupees from 500 rupees.
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MUMBAI, March 23- India has rejected a request by a unit of Vodafone Group Plc's to extend its mobile phone licenses in three key service areas, the operator said, escalating a feud between carriers and the government in the world's second-biggest mobile phone market.
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BlackBerry once ruled the U.S. smartphone market, but it has fallen badly in recent years as devices powered by Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating systems dominate sales both in North America and overseas.
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By Tessa Walsh and Michelle Meineke. LONDON, March 20- Polish mobile phone operator Polkomtel has asked local and foreign banks for proposals to refinance around 5 billion zloty of loans from the company's 14.3 billion zloty buyout financing of July 2011, bankers said on Wednesday.
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A "strong holiday lineup" of new products propelled Williams-Sonoma to better-than-expected quarterly earnings, company CEO Laura Alber told CNBC.
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For more on the company, click on ELECTROLUX. Home appliances maker Electrolux CEO Keith McLoughlin told Reuters last month he expected the North American to grow by a low single digit percentage this year. A German court ruled in favour of Nokia on Tuesday, saying some devices made by Taiwan's HTC infringed on its power-saving patent.
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*COPENHAGEN- Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to meet Danish Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. *ISTANBUL- Electronics and white-goods maker Vestel. ISTANBUL- Next hearing in Oda TV trial against journalists on charges of maintaining links with coup conspirators.
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HONG KONG, March 20- China, the world's largest mobile phone market by subscribers, posted a 0.98 percent monthly increase in the number of mobile subscribers to 1.13 billion in February, data from the country's three telecommunications operators showed. Following is the breakdown of mobile subscriber statistics for February provided by the three carriers:.
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A simple decision to share your ZIP code with retailers can result in more junk mail heading your way, and more telemarketers disrupting your day, NBC reports.
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FRANKFURT/ HELSINKI, March 19- A German court ruled in favour of Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia on Tuesday, saying some devices made by Taiwan's HTC infringed on its power-saving patent.
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JOHANNESBURG, March 19- Procter& Gamble Co., the world's biggest household products maker, is to build a $175 million export-oriented factory in South Africa, the latest multinational to position itself for take-off on the fast-growing continent.
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is developing a wearable digital device similar to a wristwatch, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said, joining rival Apple Inc in creating new products as growth of smartphone sales slows.
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SEOUL, March 19- Samsung Electronics Co is developing a wearable digital device similar to a wristwatch, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said, joining rival Apple Inc in creating new products as growth of smartphone sales slows.
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NEW YORK, March 18- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday proposed requiring that cigarettes be hidden from view in retail stores as a means to reduce smoking in what he said would be the first law of its kind in the United States.
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FRANKFURT, March 18- Germany's cartel office said it would fine a number of consumer goods companies 39 million euros, including L'Oreal and Procter& Gamble in Germany, for taking part in anti-competitive sharing of information.
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NEW YORK, March 18- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday proposed banning retail stores from displaying cigarettes as part of his effort to reduce smoking rates in the city.
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J.C. Penney shares surged Monday after a research note flagged promising early customer response to the department store chain's weekend launch of Joe Fresh shops within its stores.
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Chrysler has issued an unusually dire warning to some owners of its Dodge Challenger muscle car instructing them to park the vehicles, NBC News reports.
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TOKYO, March 17- Japan's Panasonic Corp is considering selling its healthcare business to raise cash as the consumer electronics maker fights to end losses with flat-panel televisions, two sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
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TOKYO, March 17- Japan's Panasonic Corp is planning to sell its healthcare business for about 100 billion yen to raise cash as the consumer electronics maker fights to end losses with flat-panel televisions, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.