Tokyo  - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co and Pioneer Corp reached a basic agreement on Thursday for Matsushita to develop and supply plasma display panels for Pioneer.

New York  - Liberty Mutual Group Inc is acquiring Safeco Corp for about 6.2 bill

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New York - Toyota Motor Corp came out on

Munich - The corruption scandal that has engulfed German engineering giant Siemens

London  - Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) bosses were Wednesday expected t