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India’s biggest blast furnace to go on stream
20 Feb 2012
Welspun Energy targets Rs15,000 crore investment in alternate energy projects
20 Feb 2012
Welspun Energy is setting up a 100 MW solar power plant and 500 MW wind power projects in in Andhra Pradesh
Advent, Goldman Sachs to acquire TransUnion Corp for over $3 bn
18 Feb 2012
In one of the largest private equity deals of the year, Advent and a Goldman Sachs will pay more than $900 million in cash and about $2.2 billion of new and existing debt for TransUnion Corp
Advent, Goldman Sachs to acquire TransUnion Corp for over $3 bn
18 Feb 2012
In one of the largest private equity deals of the year, Advent and a Goldman Sachs will pay more than $900 million in cash and about $2.2 billion of new and existing debt for TransUnion Corp
KG-D6 gas output in deep slump, admits RIL
18 Feb 2012
Zoellick to step down as World Bank president in June
17 Feb 2012
Zoellick said he would stay 100 per cent focused through 30 June, continuing to drive policy and programmes at a heightened tempo.
Chrysler withdraws $3-bn loan application
17 Feb 2012
Chrysler withdraws $3-bn loan application
17 Feb 2012
Chrysler withdraws $3-bn loan application
17 Feb 2012
IT department files review petition in Vodafone tax case
17 Feb 2012
The Income Tax department has filed a petition in the Supreme Court to review its last month's verdict in which it had ruled that Vodafone Plc was not liable for $2.2 billion tax
GM posts largest profit in 103 years in 2011
17 Feb 2012
Less than three years after emerging from a humiliating bankruptcy, General Motors reported a record $7.6-billion profit for 2011, the largest annual profit in its 103-year-history
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