The firm said it planned to appeal against the ruling, but its share price fell by more than 25% after the announcement.

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He said he would not accept the ruling scrapping recent 10% price cuts and would instead submit a new proposal to lower prices even further.

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It only took four days for Amazon to take advantage of the ruling on the e-book price-fixing settlement.

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And why Thursday's results, as strong as they may be, won't be as important to Qualcomm's stock price as the next major court ruling.

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This and another decision to increase the subsidized price of diesel had led to the exit last year of Trinamool Congress from the ruling coalition led by Mr. Singh's Congress party.

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Michael Silver, CEO of rare earth processor American Elements, told Reuters that the ruling "confirms the existence of the two-tiered price structure that has caused so much concern, " with EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht adding that the decision should force China to remove restrictions on both the aforementioned raw materials and rare earths, alike.

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The price of domestic sugar is going up, thanks to a recent federal district court ruling that threatens to severely limit the supply of genetically modified beet sugar, which accounts for some 95% of all planted sugar in the United States.

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However, the trade body will rule on the appeal at about the same time the tanker award is being made probably to Airbus and the ruling will undoubtedly confirm that Airbus has indeed been a chronic recipient of illegal aid enabling it to price products unfairly.

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