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German regulator set to torpedo Rio-BHP $116 bln iron ore JV
15 Oct 2010
Although the German Federal Cartel Office has not given its reasons, analysts believe that the proposed JV would hurt the automobile industry in Germany.
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Optus introduces daily $1- plan for prepaid users in new price war
15 Oct 2010
Under the "dollar days" plan Optus customers would be charged not on per call basis but would be offered a whole days worth of unlimited usage from first call in the morning until midnight.
Rani Ki Vav stepwell among The Scottish Ten
15 Oct 2010
RIM launches BlackBerry Torch 9800
14 Oct 2010
Verizon geared up to meet iPhone challenge
14 Oct 2010
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Chile erupts in tearful fiesta as miners' rescue begins
13 Oct 2010
The rescue operation, involving millions of dollars and specialists from NASA and drilling experts from a dozen or so countries, is still in a very precarious phase.
Cable holds key in Murdoch’s bid to own BSkyB
13 Oct 2010
Philips launches new range of televisions
13 Oct 2010
China beats US as world's top energy consumer
13 Oct 2010
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Lions Gate Entertainment proposes to buy MGM for $1.8 billion
13 Oct 2010
The most commercially successful independent film and television distribution company in the US proposes to acquire the oncce-hallowed Hollywood studio MGM for around $1.8 billion
Regulating N-power won’t be easy: AERB official
13 Oct 2010
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L'Oreal may bid $19 billion for Avon Products: report
12 Oct 2010
Avon has increased the number of sub-$5 products in its portfolio and added more direct sellers to push sales to beat the downturn.
Top global pharma players in fray for Paras
12 Oct 2010
Resolute pink, black vodka launched
12 Oct 2010
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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
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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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