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Saurabh Agrawal of Aditya Birla Group named Tata Sons CFO
23 May 2017
As group CFO at Tata Sons, Agrawal will have to focus on turning around some of the group’s loss-making units such as Tata Teleservices and the group’s UK steel business
RBI to boost oversights panel, empower rating agencies in NPA fight
23 May 2017
RBI will reconstitute the present banks oversights committee with more members and expand the scope of cases to be referred to the OC beyond those under S4A as required currently
India-Opec dialogue: Pradhan seeks shift from 'Asian premiums' to `Asian dividend'
22 May 2017
Opec should work towards `Responsible Pricing’ instead of chasing the market, he said, adding that this is important for India and other Asian countries for socio-economic and developmental reasons
Adani holds back Australian coal project investment
22 May 2017
While the immediate reason for delaying a final decision to invest in the Carmichael coal mine project is cited as failure by the Queensland cabinet to consider the royalty issue, the government is under pressure to raise rates to promote jobs, say reports
Softbank's Mayoshi Son gets $93 bn for Vision Fund from major investors
22 May 2017
With investments from deep pockets like Abu Dhabi, Apple, Qualcomm, Foxconn and Sharp, the technology-focused SoftBank Vision Fund has become the world's largest private equity fund
Huntsman, Clariant to merge into a $20bn chemicals giant
22 May 2017
With a combined enterprise value of $20 billion, HuntsmanClariant would offer a wide array of chemicals such as polyurethanes, pigments, automotive fluids, additives and resins that are used across industries ranging from aerospace to agriculture to household-cleaning.
Huntsman, Clariant to merge into a $20bn chemicals giant
22 May 2017
With a combined enterprise value of $20 billion, HuntsmanClariant would offer a wide array of chemicals such as polyurethanes, pigments, automotive fluids, additives and resins that are used across industries ranging from aerospace to agriculture to household-cleaning.
Huntsman, Clariant to merge into a $20bn chemicals giant
22 May 2017
With a combined enterprise value of $20 billion, HuntsmanClariant would offer a wide array of chemicals such as polyurethanes, pigments, automotive fluids, additives and resins that are used across industries ranging from aerospace to agriculture to household-cleaning.
Twitter suffers major outage
20 May 2017
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20 May 2017
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