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BT takes on Virgin Media with 40Mbit per second broadband service
25 Jan 2010
British Telecom will launch its next-generation super fast broadband service in the UK today, offering a 40Mbit/sec connection along with super-fast 10Mbit/sec uploads
Oman plans to spend $6 billion in power sector
25 Jan 2010
The oil-rich gulf Sultanate of Oman intends to spend over $6 billion by 2016 to augment power generation capacity by building a new power plant and increasing the capacity of two existing plans.
Russia’s Rusal raises $2.24 billion in Hong Kong IPO
25 Jan 2010
In the first ever share offering by a Russian company in Asia, the world’s largest producer of aluminium and alumina, Rusal has raised $2.24 billion through an initial public offering in Hong Kong
Congress backs Ramesh on Bt Brinjal
23 Jan 2010
Congress backs Ramesh on Bt Brinjal
23 Jan 2010
Eaton to develop next generation automated transmission for cummins SuperTruck programme
23 Jan 2010
Iraq seals $20 billion oil deal with Eni-led consortium
23 Jan 2010
The deal is one of several oil deals by Iraq, aiming at transforming the ruined nation into a major global oil producer
Microsoft and Apple in talks to port Bing to iPhone: report
22 Jan 2010
Microsoft and Apple are allegedly readying to tango to make Bing the iPhone’s default search engine
Microsoft and Apple in talks to port Bing to iPhone: report
22 Jan 2010
Microsoft and Apple are allegedly readying to tango to make Bing the iPhone’s default search engine
Canada signs C$7 billion clean energy deal with Korean consortium
22 Jan 2010
The deal with the Korean consortium led by Samsung C&T Corporation and Korea Electric Power is aimed at generating 2,500 megawatts (MW) of clean energy using wind and solar power
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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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