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Current events of
September 22, 2014
(
2014-09-22
)
(Monday)
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Business and economy
German
conglomerate
Siemens AG
announces plans to acquire
American
oilfield equipment maker
Dresser-Rand Group
Inc for
US$
7.6 billion.
(Reuters via Yahoo!)
German
pharmaceutical company
Merck KGaA
agrees to buy American chemical company
Sigma-Aldrich
for
US$
17 billion.
(AP via
USA Today
)
Malaysia
-based company Aegis Limited is criticized by the
government
of the
Philippines
for creating an
advertisement
that attacks the country.
(
Rappler')
Politics and elections
The
Fiji First Party
led by
Voreqe Bainimarama
wins 32 out of 50 seats in the
Parliament
in last week's
general election
.
(AP)
2014 Hong Kong electoral reform
Students from more than 20 universities and colleges in
Hong Kong
are boycotting class in protest against Beijing’s
decision
to rule out fully democratic elections.
(
The Guardian
)
Science and technology
NASA
's
MAVEN
space probe successfully arrives in orbit over
Mars
.
(BBC)
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