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China buys stakes in key Australian power assets
18 May 2013
The world's biggest utility company by revenue, State Grid Corp of China (SGCC), which is also the world's seventh-largest company, is planning to buy stakes in Australian power assets worth billions of dollars
CBI superintendent probing ‘coalgate’ arrested for graft
18 May 2013
The arrests were carried out by the CBI's internal intelligence unit, which says the cops were caught virtually red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs7 lakh from a businessman
CBI superintendent probing ‘coalgate’ arrested for graft
18 May 2013
The arrests were carried out by the CBI's internal intelligence unit, which says the cops were caught virtually red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs7 lakh from a businessman
Kudankulam n-plant: shoddy construction likely, warn 60 experts
15 May 2013
The petitioners include scientists from reputed institutions like the IISc, the IITs, TIFR, CSIR, and the Harish Chandra Research Institute, which is supported by the Department of Atomic Energy
Central banks slam Bloomberg for breaching privacy norms
15 May 2013
Bloomberg News has been accused of “reprehensible” behaviour by the Bank of England after it emerged that Bloomberg reporters had been using the central bank’s information terminals to track users’ activities
Actavis rejects Mylan’s $15-bn offer
15 May 2013
Mylan’s offer came soon after Actavis put on hold discussions over selling itself to Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc for more than $13 billion
US shale boom to hit OPEC prices over next 5 years: IEA
15 May 2013
The US shale boom is likely to rock the global oil trade over the next five years, benefiting US refiners and displacing OPEC as the major supplier of oil, according to the International Energy Agency
Verizon Wirless to pay $7 bn to co-owners
15 May 2013
Nokia falls to tenth slot globally
14 May 2013
Xolo launches Quad-core Q700 priced Rs9999
14 May 2013
China continues to push fake drugs and food products into Nigeria
11 May 2013
Nigeria’s top food and drug regulator said in Lagos that China was the source of most fake and substandard medicines and food products imported into the country
Actavis in talks to buy Ireland’s Warner Chilcott
11 May 2013
Actavis, the world's third-largest generic drugmaker today said that it is in “early stage discussions” to buy Irish specialty pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott Plc
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