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Areva exits Australia’s $1.2 billion 250 MW Solar Dawn Project
12 Nov 2012
Australian $1.2 billion 250 megawatt Solar Dawn Project will not take off after the consortium building Solar Dawn said that it no longer plans to develop the country’s largest solar energy project
Gold sales surge 30 per cent on demand for wedding jewellery
12 Nov 2012
Gold sales surged by around 30 per cent yesterday as demand for wedding jewellery attracted more buyers on the auspicious occasion of Dhanteras despite high prices.
German retailer Douglas Holding to recommend $2-bn takeover offer from Advent International
10 Nov 2012
Wikipedia to add video content
10 Nov 2012
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia will feature video content which the launch a new HTML5-based video player this week, that will greatly facilitate video addition to the site's millions of text-based pages
News Corp buys out ESPN in ESPN Star Sports JV
08 Nov 2012
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has completed the acquisition of ESPN’s 50-per cent stake in their sports broadcasting joint venture ESPN Star Sports
Deutsche Telekom posts €6.9-bn loss
08 Nov 2012
Odisha continues crackdown on mining firms
08 Nov 2012
Apollo Global in talks to buy education business of McGraw-Hill in a $2.5 bn deal: report
08 Nov 2012
A sale or spin off is part of McGraw-Hill’s plan to focus on its financial data business, which include rating agency Standard & Poor’s and the energy and metals information service Platts
SC sees ‘prima facie nexus’ in Aircel-Maxis deal
07 Nov 2012
CBI probe into the Aircel-Maxis deal involving former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and a Malaysian business tycoon “prima facie indicates a nexus”, the Supreme Court observed today
Ministerial group moots deallocation of 8 PSU coal blocks in Chhattisgarh
07 Nov 2012
The inter-ministerial group, which has so far reviewed 19 out of 33 cases, held marathon meetings on 5 and 6 November to decide on deallocating the eight blocks
Pearson denies plans to sell Financial Times
07 Nov 2012
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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