Verizon Communications and Redbox on Monday announced a video entertainment joint venture directly aimed at online streaming giant Netflix. Verizon and Coinstar, the parent company of movie vending machine service Redbox, announced they will jointly provide users with online streaming and video rental services starting in the second half of the year. Read full article > >

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Starbucks, the popular American coffee retailer, plans to open its first store in India in September through a joint venture with Tata Global Beverages.

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Starbucks Plans to Begin Populating India at Last

Samsung Electronics agrees to buy out Sony’s entire stake in their liquid crystal display joint venture for $938m (£600m).

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — At a General Electric flight simulator here, the visibility has been set at near zero to mimic thick rain and clouds. But a video console near the pilot shows a vivid picture of nearby mountains precise enough to allow a plane to take off or land despite the conditions. The system is one of several highly valuable next-generation technologies that GE has developed — and that the company has passed along to China as part of a joint venture with the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). Read full article > >

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GE ‘all in’ on aviation deal with China

Shareholders in joint venture TNK-BP reject a possible role in parent BP’s Arctic oil exploration deal with Russian state-owned Rosneft.

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Shares in BP rise 2% after the oil giant announced a joint venture with Russian energy firm Rosneft late on Friday.

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BP has signed a joint venture with Russian energy firm Rosneft to exploit potentially huge deposits of oil and gas in Russia’s Arctic shelf.

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BP and Russia sign Arctic oil deal

UK tour operator Thomas Cook creates a joint venture with Russian travel company Intourist.

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Thomas Cook unveils Russian deal