Firms/companies
Volvo to build first US car plant for $500-mn
12 May 2015
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars will build its first US car manufacturing facility at a cost of about $500 million, six decades after Volvo cars were first imported in the country
Satyam case: Ramalinga Raju, others get bail, sentences suspended
12 May 2015
A sessions court asked Raju and his brother B Rama Raju to furnish two sureties of Rs1 lakh each with a personal bond of Rs1 lakh, and pay 10 per cent of the fine imposed by the special court within four weeks of their release from jail
BBC to present 2,500 years of Indian history
11 May 2015
Two and a half thousand years of Indian history will be unearthed in a major new series for BBC Radio 4 in 50 episodes
Airbus military transport aircraft crashes in Spain killing four
11 May 2015
Airbus has orders for 174 aircraft from eight nations, though production of the plane was affected by delays and cost overruns
Windows 10 to be last Windows relase
11 May 2015
DoT decision gave Reliance Jio a Rs3,367-cr windfall: CAG
09 May 2015
According to the CAG, by allowing migration at prices discovered for 4G spectrum in 2001, the DoT has failed to realise the time value of the airwaves
Govt takes back one coal mine allocated to Sasan mega power project
09 May 2015
The coal ministry’s decision is in line with the Supreme Court's directive forbidding commercial use of surplus coal or sales to other power plants from coal mines allotted for the Sasan project
Ad growth drives AOL Q1 sales beating forecast
09 May 2015
Syngenta rejects $45 billion Monsanto takeover offer
09 May 2015
The offer comes less than a month after EU took a landmark decision to allow its 28 member states the freedom to decide whether to allow the planting of genetically modified crops
India Post to launch e-commerce centre on Monday
08 May 2015
Sahara agrees to pay bail for chief Subrata Roy’s release: report
08 May 2015
The latest move follows several failed attempts by Sahara in the past to raise the bail money through sale or pledging of its overseas hotel properties in London and New York
Wal-Mart to buy some Target Canada stores
08 May 2015
LinkedIn crosses 30 million-user mark
08 May 2015
Areva plans to cut 6,000 jobs worldwide
08 May 2015
The company said in a statement that it has initiated talks with labour organisations aiming to take immediate measures to save €1 billion by 2017
Blackstone and KKR to be early bidders for GE Capital Sponsor Finance: Report
08 May 2015
GE's commercial lending segment has assets worth $74 billion and currently has 260,000 customers
BT posts strong rise in profits
07 May 2015
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