Industry
Retailers will raise petrol prices unilaterally, IOC warns govt
18 Apr 2012
The government-run oil marketing companies say they cannot sustain their finances if they are forced to keep selling petrol below the price at which they have to buy it
Anheuser Busch InBev buys 51 % of Dominican brewer CND for $1.237 bn
17 Apr 2012
Anheuser Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, will buy a 51-per cent stake in Dominican brewer Cervecería Nacional Dominicana SA from two sellers for $1.237 billion
GDF Suez to buy British utility International Power for $10 billion
16 Apr 2012
French energy giant GDF Suez today raised its bid to $10 billion for the remaining 30 per cent of International Power Plc it does not already own
India’s power generation capacity crosses 2 lakh MW
14 Apr 2012
The improved performance in capacity addition during the 11th Plan period has been recorded across, state and private sectors.
Iran, West start nuclear talks in Istanbul
14 Apr 2012
Diplomats from the United States and five other major world powers today started talks with Iran in a bid to defuse rising tensions between the Islamic republic and the West over Tehran’s nuclear programme
Spain warns Argentina not to nationalise Repsol's Argentinean YPF unit
14 Apr 2012
Spain yesterday warned Argentina that it would retaliate if it goes ahead with plans to take back control of Repsol's majority stake in its Argentinean YPF unit
Rosneft, ExxonMobil formalise joint venture
13 Apr 2012
The JV gives Rosneft and ExxonMobil access to each other’s technology for oil and gas exploration in the Artic and Black Sea offshore even as the two extend cooperation worldwide
Mothercare announces three-year turnaround plan
13 Apr 2012
Iceland's volcanoes may power UK
13 Apr 2012
Low-carbon electricity could soon be flowing into the UK from Iceland's abundant volcanic geothermal energy
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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
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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
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