The Supreme Court today cancelled all the 122 licences granted after January 2008 for operating 2G mobile services in India, saying they were granted in an arbitrary and unconstitutional manner

International Paper reconstitutes board of Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills

01 Feb 2012

Defence may get Rs5,000 cr to help release spectrum

01 Feb 2012

Tesco’s market share declines to lowest in seven years

01 Feb 2012

Yara, Apache take control of Oswals' Burrup Fertilisers

01 Feb 2012

Apache paid $439 million to creditor ANZ to acquire a 49 per cent stake in Burrup Holdings, while Yara paid $143 million to increase its ownership in the Australian fertiliser company to 51 per cent.

Outlook for textiles in 2012 to range from negative to stable: Fitch

01 Feb 2012

Walt Disney to acquire controlling stake in UTV

01 Feb 2012

DoT slaps Rs1,637-cr notice on five telcos

01 Feb 2012

India adds 9.20 million new subscribers in December to take mobile user base to 893.84 million

01 Feb 2012

Niira Radia tapes doctored, government tells SC

31 Jan 2012

The government today claimed before the Supreme Court that the Niira Radia tapes, which created a storm of controversy a couple of years back, were tampered with before they were widely leaked to the media

Press Council chief tells Maharashtra CM to crack down on attacks on media

31 Jan 2012

In contrast to the supplicatory and anguished tones used by past Press Council chiefs in their communication with governments, Justice (retd) Katju's letter is sternly worded

McKesson Corp to acquire Katz Group Canada’s pharmacy assets for $918 mn

31 Jan 2012

Japanese auto suppliers Yazaki, Denso fined $548 mn for price fixing

31 Jan 2012

Outlook for Indian shipping sector negative in 2012, says Fitch

31 Jan 2012

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