Oil & gas
Oil prices fall as Mid-East tensions ease
26 Nov 2015
Canadian Oil Sands reviewing other takeover offers after rejecting Suncor’s $3.23 bn bid
26 Nov 2015
Government proposes to free natural gas pricing
17 Nov 2015
Oil surplus rises to record 3 bn barrels
16 Nov 2015
Oil inventory held by developed nations rose to a record 3 billion barrels in September, and is likely to continue into coming months, keeping the downward pressure on prices
Niko Resources opts out of NEC-25 gas block
14 Nov 2015
Niko's 10-per cent stake will be split between RIL and BP in proportion to their equity stake
Petrol excise hiked by Rsd1.60, diesel by 40p
07 Nov 2015
President Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline proposal
07 Nov 2015
President Obama cited new data to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, saying the US now produced more oil than it imported
S&P downgrades Saudi Arabia on oil price slump
31 Oct 2015
Earlier this week, IMF said that Saudi Arabia could exhaust all its cash reserves in five years and would become bankrupt, if oil prices continue at the same levels the government spending remains umaltered
India asks Qatar to cut gas price, waive penalty
30 Oct 2015
Duke Energy to buy Piedmont Natural Gas Co for $4.9 bn
26 Oct 2015
Duke Energy is the largest electric power holding company in the US serving around 7.3 million customers in six states in the Southeast and Midwest
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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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
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
