Firms/companies

Human Genome adopts poison pill to thwart $2.6-bn hostile GSK bid

18 May 2012

HGS, which is GSK's partner on two drug developments, had rejected the UK firm's takeover offer saying that it was an opportunistic move

HSBC boosts turnaround revenue target to $2 bn

18 May 2012

HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe’s largest lender, has doubled its additional revenue target from the bank’s turnaround plan to $2 billion by improving efficiency, cutting costs, and targeting emerging markets

Bharti Airtel slashes 3G mobile broadband rates

18 May 2012

Bharti Airtel slashes 3G mobile broadband rates

18 May 2012

Top 29 banks need to raise $566 billion to comply with Basel III norms: Fitch

17 May 2012

India to sign pact for Turkmenistan gas pipeline

17 May 2012

State-run GAIL Ltd will sign the gas purchase agreement with Turkmenistan's national oil firm for supplies from a planned multi-national pipeline

IOC to set up 5 million tonne LNG terminal at Ennore Port

17 May 2012

Svein Aaser elected chairman of Telenor

17 May 2012

Facebook-sponsored ads: 44 % say they would ‘never’ click on them

17 May 2012

3i Group appoints new chief executive

17 May 2012

NIIT launches cloud-based training programme `Turning Point’

17 May 2012

Vodafone India to recruit 600 hands this year, readying IPO

17 May 2012

Bajaj Auto Q4 net nearly halves to Rs772 crore

17 May 2012

Premier to source multi-jet diesel engine for ‘Rio' from Fiat

17 May 2012

Fiat will initially supply 28,000 engines to Premier during the agreement period and may raise it further with increase in demand for the Rio

Japan to invest $4.4 bn in Chevron LNG project

17 May 2012

The Japanese government has teamed up with a consortium of Japanese state-owned firms to acquire $4.4-billion stake in the US oil and gas major Chevron’s Wheatstone liquefied natural gas (LNG) project

India 46th in World Bank’s global trade logistics performance ranking

16 May 2012

Infosys scouting for acquisitions in Europe

16 May 2012

Piramal to buy US healthcare data firm Decision Resources for Rs3,400 crore

16 May 2012

Piramal to buy US healthcare data firm Decision Resources for Rs3,400 crore

16 May 2012

Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank announce mobile banking initiative

16 May 2012

Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank announce mobile banking initiative

16 May 2012

Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank announce mobile banking initiative

16 May 2012

ThyssenKrupp seeks buyer for Brazilian and US steel plants

16 May 2012

ThyssenKrupp seeks buyer for Brazilian and US steel plants

16 May 2012

GE-Tamoin consortium signs largest wind turbine service agreement with Iberdrola

16 May 2012