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Railways says ‘flexi fare’ is ‘experimental’
09 Sep 2016
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ICICI to use robots in big way for KYC, other routine tasks
09 Sep 2016
ICICI Bank claims to be the only bank in the country to be using software robotics in the banking processes, and said that this has helped it to reduce response time to customers by up to 60 per cent
Online retail giant Amazon launches free one-hour restaurant deliveries to Prime customers in London
08 Sep 2016
Sodexo to acquire Inspirus
08 Sep 2016
![Intel to spin out cyber security division and sell majority stake to TPG for $3.1 bn Intel to spin out cyber security division and sell majority stake to TPG for $3.1 bn](/companies/companies_I/Intel/images/intel_corp_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Intel to spin out cyber security division and sell majority stake to TPG for $3.1 bn
08 Sep 2016
If McAfee's anti-virus software were to be embedded with Intel's chips, it would be difficult for other security software companies to forge alliances with PC-makers to buy their software
![Ashok Leyland to buy Nissan Motor stakes in their loss making joint ventures Ashok Leyland to buy Nissan Motor stakes in their loss making joint ventures](/companies/companies_a/Ashok_Leyland/images/ashokleyland_truck_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Ashok Leyland to buy Nissan Motor stakes in their loss making joint ventures
08 Sep 2016
Ashok Leyland yesterday struck a deal to buy Japan’s Nissan Motor Co stake in three of their loss making joint ventures for an undisclosed sum
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HP Enterprise to spin off and merge software arm with UK’s Micro Focus in $8.8-bn deal
08 Sep 2016
The combination of HPE's software business with Micro Focus is expected to create a unit with annual revenues of around $4.5 billion
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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