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BP signs $7.8-bn strategic alliance with Roseneft for Arctic resources
15 Jan 2011
The British oil giant has signed a broad alliance with Russia's state-owned oil company, Rosneft, to explore the Arctic, one of the world's last remaining unexplored basins
ArcelorMittal to jointly bid with rival Nunavut for Canadian miner Baffinland
15 Jan 2011
In a move that surprised the industry, ArcelorMittal and Nunavut yesterday made a joint cash bid for Baffinlan
Murdoch’s bid for BSkyB faces further probes
14 Jan 2011
US government to challenge Google's ITA Software takeover
14 Jan 2011
Federal antitrust lawyers are examining whether the acquisition of ITA would give Google too much hold over the online travel industry
GE to acquire former Tyco arm Lineage Power for $520 million
14 Jan 2011
The deal will give GE Energy entry into the $20-billion power conversion segment
Big banks not always the best, admits RBI's Gokarn
13 Jan 2011
After having promoted a series of mergers and consolidation among public sector banks in the recent past, the Reserve Bank of India seems to have veered around to the view that big banks are not necessarily the safest... or best
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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
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