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Although more than half of US governors have objected to plans to resettle Syrian refugees in the United States, with some declaring that they won’t allow resettlement in their states, the federal government controls resettlement programs.

Those are the principles on which America was founded and that are forever inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. Those concerns also have prompted Capitol Hill lawmakers to push for legislation that would place new hurdles in the way of accepting Syrian refugees.

Officials in the minutes stressed that no decision had yet been made. It felt that global threats had “diminished” at the time of the meeting.

The transaction requires shareholder and regulatory approval and could face stiff opposition from US lawmakers. Pfizer and Allergan’s deal appears structured to avoid the tax inversion rules.

Low-priced carrier easyJet has cancelled all flights to Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt until January 6th.

For the past week, crude imports averaged about 7 million barrels a day, down by 409,000 barrels a day compared with the previous week.

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has merged with Botox maker Allergan for a deal of $160 billion, one of the biggest takeovers in health care industry and the biggest too in a tax-saving strategy.

The Solar SEZ in Rajnandgaon, which is being developed under the National Solar Mission, proposes to have “plug and play” facilities for solar component manufacturers with the objective of achieving domestic PV cell production of 2200 mw/year. “Setting up a...

Still, a few say the incentive for more stimulus may not be as great as before, given the recent weakening of the euro and expectations of further declines if the Fed raises rates at its next meeting on December 15-16. I am virtually certain that was not optimal monetary policy.

For 166-year-old Pfizer, Allergan would be the fourth huge acquisition over the last 15 years – one for each of the last 4 CEOs – following purchases of Warner-Lambert, Pharmacia and Wyeth.

The deal values Allergan shares at $363.63 each, about 16 per cent more than their closing price of $312.46 on Friday. The list of companies includes Allergan, which still runs much of its operation out of New Jersey, and the generic drugmaker Mylan. The latest rules would not...

Having just moved to London in September, I anxious I might not even have enough friends to invite to a Thanksgiving dinner, never mind that I’d never been individually responsible for anything more rigorous than mashing the potatoes. Start by making a list of everyone...

“The result of the Bihar election shows that no lesson was learnt from the fiasco in Delhi”, the hard hitting statement said.

And another one has flown the coop from the U.S.to the Emerald Isle – Ireland – that boasts a less onerous corporate tax burden.

The report added that the court ordered the department of telecommunications to approve the merger of four firms with Vodafone Mobile Services, a subsidiary of Vodafone India.