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Alibaba to raise over $21 bn in largest technology debut
06 Sep 2014
Analysts expect many investors to look for a stake in the Chinese company that handles more e-commerce than Amazon.com Inc and eBay combined
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Regulators investigating Amazon over direct sales to consumers in India
06 Sep 2014
The Enforcement Directorate is investigating whether the local subsidiary of the e-tailer might have made direct sales to customers, but made it look as if the sales had been made by other companies
Online advertising market to touch Rs3,575 crore
03 Sep 2014
The online advertising market in India is projected to reach Rs3,575 crore by March 2015, a 30-per cent rise from Rs2,750 crore posted as of March 2014
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Textiles ministry ropes in Flipkart to boost handloom marketing
25 Aug 2014
The union ministry of textiles today announced a unique partnership with e-commerce major Flipkart to provide online marketing platform to handloom textiles across the country
PayPal spinoff reports boost eBay stock
22 Aug 2014
Internet to lead to Rs20,000 crore in operating earnings for Indian telcos in three years: study
21 Aug 2014
Foodpanda raises $60 million in new funding
11 Aug 2014
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Ratan Tata may buy stake in e-tailer Snapdeal: report
07 Aug 2014
The online marketing business in India is projected to reach $9 billion in the next two years
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Amazon to outdo Flipkart with fresh $2-bn investment in India
31 Jul 2014
A day after Flipkart announced it had raised $1 billion (Rs6,000 crore) in capital from private equity investors, global e-commerce giant Amazon promised to outdo it with fresh investments of $2 billion
Flipkart raises $1 billion fresh capital
30 Jul 2014
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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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