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SBI to refuse Adani loan for Queensland project: report
13 Mar 2015
SBI seems to have weighed factors, including poor coal prices and the lengthy timeline of the $7 billion coal project as also the political and environmental opposition, before turning down the loan request
Apple chief, Tim Cook denies car making plans
13 Mar 2015
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Lok Sabha passes railway budget as oppn slams policy
13 Mar 2015
Among other counts, the opposition criticised the government for its failure to slash fares as oil prices have fallen sharply
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Now, Cairn India hit with Rs 10,247-cr tax notice
13 Mar 2015
Despite the government’s promises to ease up on retrospective taxation, Cairn energy and its arm Cairn India have been slapped with notices cumulating to over Rs30,000 crore
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SBI to hold online auction of Rs12,500 cr of repossessed property
12 Mar 2015
The SBI auction will be the biggest nationwide online sale of distressed loans to date
Outage hits Apple’s iTunes and App Store
12 Mar 2015
![Google tweaks search norms to show more corporate news Google tweaks search norms to show more corporate news](/companies/companies_g/google/images/google_sharch_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Google tweaks search norms to show more corporate news
12 Mar 2015
Google has made a little-noticed change in the way it selects search results, which allows company statements to top the list of news links shown when users search for information on businesses
Apple’s smartwatch skewed towards geeks
11 Mar 2015
![LIC to invest Rs150,000 crore in Railways over next 5 years LIC to invest Rs150,000 crore in Railways over next 5 years](/finance/insurance/LIC/images/railways_sm_domain-b.jpg)
LIC to invest Rs150,000 crore in Railways over next 5 years
11 Mar 2015
LIC will make the investment through subscription to bonds issued by various railway entities
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Google opens first-ever branded shop in London
11 Mar 2015
Google has opened its first shop under its own name in a bid to counter Apple’s dominance in the tech world
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Cairn files dispute notice over India’s Rs10,000-cr tax demand
11 Mar 2015
The tax demand relates to transactions carried out to reorganise Cairn's structure to prepare for Cairn India Ltd's stock market flotation in 2007
GM to launch $5-bn share buyback
10 Mar 2015
Chipmaker Qualcomm to buy back $15 bn of shares
10 Mar 2015
![Argentina wants HSBC to return $3.5 bn ‘black’ money Argentina wants HSBC to return $3.5 bn ‘black’ money](/finance/banks/hsbc/images/HSBC_logo_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Argentina wants HSBC to return $3.5 bn ‘black’ money
10 Mar 2015
If HSBC clients were forced this year to pay taxes they evaded, the windfall would come at an opportune moment for Argentina's cash-strapped government
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