London-based Liberty Global, which has cable operations in 14 countries, including 12 in Europe, expects to strengthen its reach in Latin America and the Caribbean through the acquisition

India to become second-largest internet user market by December

18 Nov 2015

India is expected to have the second-largest internet user base of 402 million by December 2015, overtaking the US, but behind China's 600 million

Government proposes to free natural gas pricing

17 Nov 2015

OPEC output down to 31.08 mn barrels of crude per day in October

17 Nov 2015

5G mobile subscriptions to hit 150 million by 2021: Ericsson report

17 Nov 2015

Weak oil prices helped government rationalise subsidies: Arun Jaitley

17 Nov 2015

Expect grid parity between normal and solar power between 2017-19: KPMG

17 Nov 2015

Marriot becomes world's largest hotelier with $12.2-bn Starwood acquisition

17 Nov 2015

US hotel giant Marriot is buying rival Starwood Hotels, owner of Sheraton and Le Meridien chains, becoming the world’s biggest hotelier, pushing rival Hilton Worldwide to the second spot

Microsoft, Google offer free Skype, Hangouts calls to France for few days

16 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

Cheerios Protein faces lawsuit over potentially false claims over protein content

16 Nov 2015

India - UK sign civil nuclear deal

16 Nov 2015

Sun Pharma in talks to buy Novartis’ Japan portfolio

14 Nov 2015

RIL partner Niko to take $2-mn per quarter hit over new gas price

14 Nov 2015

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

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