Technicians last week loaded fuel in all 163 assemblies at Unit-I of the KNPP and the criticality process has been launched, which in effect means generation of electricity has started, though not yet fed into any power grid

SunPower takes 42 % stake in Australia's Diamond Energy

13 Oct 2012

Renewable energy programme rewards both IREDA and minister Farooq Abdullah

13 Oct 2012

Best Buy to match prices of online retailers

13 Oct 2012

Rangarajan panel recommends revenue sharing by sugar mills and farmers

12 Oct 2012

The committee has suggested doing away with the present mechanism of regulated release of non-levy sugar as also phasing out of the cane area reservation and allowing contract farming

BCCI terminates franchisee Deccan Chargers

12 Oct 2012

The BCCI today terminated the troubled IPL franchisee Deccan Chargers, despite owner Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd (DCHL) having sealed its sale to a Mumbai-based real estate firm for nearly Rs1,100 crore.

Ecolab to buy oilfield specialty chemicals company Champion Technologies for $2.2 bn

12 Oct 2012

Telefonica to sell Atento call centre to Bain Capital for $1.3 billion

12 Oct 2012

Areva holds back on $1-bn Namibian Trekkopje uranium mine production

12 Oct 2012

Global demand for steel to rise 3.2 per cent

12 Oct 2012

TPG Capital becomes second PE firm to walk away from surfwear retailer Billabong

12 Oct 2012

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