Industry
All n-plants in India pass stress test: AEC
18 Oct 2011
Norway’s Statoil bids $4.4 bn for Brigham Exploration
18 Oct 2011
Norway’s largest oil company, Statoil has launched a $4.4 billion cash bid for Brigham Exploration Co, to expand into the unconventional gas business in the US
UK security group G4S to acquire Denmark’s facilities company ISS for $8.2 bn
17 Oct 2011
After the merger G4S will become the second-largest non-governmental employer in the world, with more than 1.15 million employees, after US retail giant Wal-Mart
Yeddyurappa files bail plea in high court
17 Oct 2011
Kinder Morgan may acquire El Paso for $21.1 bn, create $94-bn business
17 Oct 2011
The deal would create the largest natural-gas pipeline network and the largest independent transporter of petroleum products in the US
LN Mittal-backed Ophir Energy to acquire Dominion Petro acquisition
17 Oct 2011
The acquisition will give Ophir the largest independent net deepwater acreage portfolio in the emerging and highly prospective hydrocarbon region of East Africa.
Yeddyurappa’s bail plea rejected, faces arrest
15 Oct 2011
Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa – who was the first BJP chief minister of a southern state – faces arrest after a Lokayukta court in Bangalore rejected his bail plea on Saturday.
Senior ex-bureaucrats ask SC to put n-power plans on hold
15 Oct 2011
The well-researched PIL seeks a stay on all proposed nuclear plants till the safety and cost-benefit analysis is carried out and “meaningful” public hearings held by or under the supervision of an independent expert body.
Power supply to improve before Diwali: Shinde
15 Oct 2011
2G: Court reserves order on framing charges for 22 October
15 Oct 2011
The court also said it would resume hearing on the bail applications of various accused, including Kanimozhi, from 24 October
Set-top boxes to be mandatory from March 2012
14 Oct 2011
In a move that will benefit both consumers and the cable and satellite television industry, the government has cleared an ordinance for compulsory digitization of TV broadcast
RIM could be hit with compensation claims
14 Oct 2011
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