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NRG Energy rejects Exelon’s sweetened $7.45 billion hostile bid
08 Jul 2009
NRG Energy has rejected Exelon Corporation’s $7.45-billion hostile takeover offer saying that though the revised offer "step in the right direction", it still undervalues the company
China arrests four Rio Tinto employees
08 Jul 2009
Tommy Hilfiger's new sleek designs
07 Jul 2009
Budget does little for troubled textile sector
07 Jul 2009
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Dateline: Los Angeles
06 Jul 2009
This week I have been in Los Angeles as part of the CNN team covering of the death of Michael Jackson. It has been a startling insight into the world of celebrity in life and death; a world where fact is often stranger than fiction. By Richard Quest, CNN's London corespondent
Palmer now eyes BHP's Ravensthorpe nickel mine
04 Jul 2009
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Afghanistan shortlists 5 Indian firms for developing Hajigak mines
04 Jul 2009
Indian minig giants are attracted to Afghanistan because of its high quality coal and cheap exploration costs
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Government snaps off coal supply to 25 captive power plants
04 Jul 2009
The coal ministry has cracked down on “non-serious” power projects by cancelling coal linkages of 25 captive power plants
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CNPC, CNOOC to bid for Repsol -YPF's Argentinan arm
03 Jul 2009
In a deal that could be as high as $17 billion China National Petroleum Corporation and China National Offshore Oil Corporation plan to bid jointly for Spain’s biggest oil producer Repsol-YPF
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
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
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History of hovercraft Part 3...
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