Industry
Cambridge's Trinity College buys 50 % stake in Tesco stores for £450 mn
30 Jan 2012
Trinity, the wealthiest college of Cambridge University, has acquired a 50-per cent stake in a portfolio of Tesco Plc stores, 10 days after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathway increased its stake in the giant retailer
Iran oil imports to continue, vows Pranab
30 Jan 2012
PM sets up committee to study decontrol of sugar
28 Jan 2012
Tweets censorship triggers global outrage
28 Jan 2012
Twitter, the global megaphone for dissidents and activist around the world become the target of outrage by the same users after it announced yesterday that it would allow country-specific censorship of tweets if it breaks local laws
Eureka Forbes to market solar-powered products
28 Jan 2012
Eureka Forbes will sell the products under the EuroDiya brand along with its water filters and also plans to tie up with NGOs and local entrepreneurs in rural areas
Twitter to censor tweets on a country-by-country basis
28 Jan 2012
Twitter says a tweet containing content breaking a law in one country can be taken down there and still be seen elsewhere in the world
Industry executives see energy independence for US in 15 years
27 Jan 2012
Nearly 70 per cent of executives at middle market energy companies see the potential for US energy independence within 15 years
Mumbai residential home sales down to three-year low
27 Jan 2012
Mumbai’s residential home sales are down to a three-year low in the quarter-ended December with record home prices and higher interest rates hitting demand
Obama supports fracking, clean energy in State of the Union address
25 Jan 2012
Drilling for shale and cleaner energy sources topped US president Barack Obama’s technology priorities for reviving the economy in his final State of the Union address before facing US voters in November
IT firms' BPOs report lacklustre results for Q3
25 Jan 2012
UK think-tank report decries pub downtrend, wants government support
25 Jan 2012
Pubs, an iconic British institution, across UK are dying, with statisticians predicting that the last orders will be called for the last time in the last pub in Britain some evening in June 2042