Rajeev Suri News

During the dinner, Donald Trump spoke about the thriving US economy - crediting his tax policies, deregulation and his role as a cheerleader for American business.

Finland's telecoms giant Nokia reported on Wednesday that it remained deep in the red at the start of the year, with sales in its main business, networks, on the decline.

Shareholders in Finnish telecom group Nokia approved the company`s acquisition of French-American rival Alcatel-Lucent at an extraordinary general meeting in Helsinki on Wednesday.

Compared with the same period in 2014, the 2015 April-June turnover stood at 3.2 billion euros, which was an increase of nine percent. The profit was now 352 million euros, whereas in 2014 it had been negative.

Nokia has pledged not to cut French jobs for two years after the closure of the deal, beyond what Alcatel had already planned.

India, which accounts for the largest employee base for Nokia, is a "strategic" market for the telecom equipment maker, its India-born President and CEO Rajeev Suri said on Tuesday.

Finnish telecoms gear maker Nokia has good prospects for sales in Europe and North America in the coming quarters, its chief executive said on Thursday after the company posted better-than-expected quarterly results.