Industry
Kudankulam nuclear power plant commissioning delayed
22 Aug 2009
The launch of the first reactor of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, based on a Russian design, has been postponed from December 2009 to sometime in 2010, according to a senior Indian nuclear official.
Houston roadshow for NELP-VIII and CBM-IV a big draw
22 Aug 2009
India is offering 70 oil and gas blocks under the eighth round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy and 10 coal bed methane blocks under the fourth round for global competitive bidding.
UK retailer Tesco plans move into banking
22 Aug 2009
UK supermarket giant Tesco is ratcheting its expansion into personal finance and is planning to offer mortgages by the end of the next year and converting its finance division into Tesco Bank
Government to keep out of Ambani gas row
21 Aug 2009
NMDC reopens Panna diamond mine
21 Aug 2009
The Panna diamond mine, which reopened after nearly four years, has a capacity to produce 1 lakh carats of diamond roughs a year.
McNally arm to acquire German firm KHD Humboldt Wedag
21 Aug 2009
McNally Bharat is acquiring KHD Humboldt Wedag Internationals' manufacturing facility in Cologne, Germany, through its Singapore subsidiary
Kandla port to have 4 new general cargo berths
20 Aug 2009
UK’s PV Crystalox Solar shines amid gloom
20 Aug 2009
DLF bags 351 acres of land in Gurgaon
20 Aug 2009
Pawar talks to producers as sugar prices soar
19 Aug 2009
Roger Dubuis launches Rs56-lakh Easy Diver watch
19 Aug 2009
Blackberry leads Fortune's fastest growing companies list; Infosys ranks 100
19 Aug 2009
Canadian technology icon Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of Blackberry smart phones, has been named as the world’s fastest growing company by the US business magazine Fortune
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation