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Idea tops the subscriber addition chart
21 Apr 2014
GM under fire for failing to recall problem cars
21 Apr 2014
General Motors, America’s biggest carmaker, waited years to recall nearly 335,000 Saturn Ion cars over power steering failures despite getting thousands of consumer complaints and more than 30,000 warranty repair claims
Hero MotoCorp setting up JVs in Bangladesh, Columbia
21 Apr 2014
The expansion into Bangladesh and Colombia is a part of Hero's vision of expanding its global footprint to 50 countries by 2020
European Media mogul questions Google’s business model
21 Apr 2014
Mathias Döpfner, CEO of German publisher Axel Springer SE, has warned Google in a letter that in the history of economics, monopolies did not survive long
TCS, Mitsubishi to form new IT services company in Japan
21 Apr 2014
Tata Consultancy Services has signed an agreement with Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation to create a new IT services company in Japan
Wal-Mart launches own money-transfer service
21 Apr 2014
Wal-Mart has launched its own money-transfer service, taking a step towards becoming one of the biggest financial services providers in the world
Facebook launches location sharing feature in US
19 Apr 2014
Shell's Sakhalin-2 project expansion gets Putin's support
19 Apr 2014
Russian president, Vladimir Putin yesterday promised support to Shell chief executive officer Ben van Beurden’s plan to expand the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in Russia’s Far East, at a meeting at his residence near Moscow
Shell's Sakhalin-2 project expansion gets Putin's support
19 Apr 2014
Russian president, Vladimir Putin yesterday promised support to Shell chief executive officer Ben van Beurden’s plan to expand the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in Russia’s Far East, at a meeting at his residence near Moscow
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Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
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The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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