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Competition watchdog probing Railways, IRCTC for unfair practices
14 Mar 2014
The fair trade watchdog is scrutinising practices related to online booking of tickets, premium charges for calls made to Indian Railways’ call centre, and providing food in trains such as the Rajdhani Express
Irate shareholders approach SEBI over Maruti-Suzuki deal
14 Mar 2014
The tussle between Maruti Suzuki India Ltd and its institutional investors has reached the SEBI, with the investors asking the market regulator to look after minority shareholders’ interest
Posco’s new CEO to steer clear of big-ticket investments
14 Mar 2014
Despite the overall investment cutback, Kwon said POSCO will not give up on its plan to build steel mills in India despite years of delays
Aircel launches special roaming pack for Holi
13 Mar 2014
And now, USFDA bans imports from Sun Pharma unit
13 Mar 2014
The US regulator has been cracking down heavily on Indian generic pharmaceutical firms such as Ranbaxy and Wockhardt for alleged failure to comply with its manufacturing norms
Tatas’ hotel arm IHC to write down Rs500 cr as business shrinks
13 Mar 2014
India’s largest hotel chain, which controls the Taj, Vivanta, Gateway and Ginger brands, said it expected non-cash provision for impairment in respect of financial exposure in its global and domestic investments
Titan eyes exports amid gold curbs, poor Indian demand
13 Mar 2014
Titan, which has a direct gold import licence but no export business, has been caught on the wrong side of the government’s 80/20 rule that means a fifth of all imports must be exported
Jaguar Land Rover global sales up 14% in February
13 Mar 2014
Jaguar sales in China rose 56 per cent while sales in North America rose 34 per cent even as global sales rose 19 per cent to 12,300 vehicles
Apple to set up outlets across tier II cities
12 Mar 2014
LIC to go all out to recover ‘sub-standard’ Unitech loan
12 Mar 2014
Unitech currently has debt of about Rs6,200 crore, including Rs200 crore owed to the Life Insurance Corporation of India
Maruti’s minority shareholders continue to oppose Suzuki plant
12 Mar 2014
The stand-off between Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), the country’s largest carmaker, and its minority investors seems to be worsening despite MSIL’s recent peace overtures
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