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Google under CCI scanner; faces up to $5-bn in fine
10 Mar 2014
Under CCI’s fair trade regulations, any violation of prescribed fair trade norms would attract penalties of up to 10 per cent of its three-year annual average turnover
Ready to return Rs18-cr commission on HAL contract: Rolls-Royce
10 Mar 2014
British firm Rolls-Royce has written to HAL saying that it paid only £1.8 million (Rs18 crore) as commission to an agent and that it was ready to return that amount to the government
Unilever makes decade's biggest investment in Chinese water purifier maker Qinyuan
10 Mar 2014
Unilever, whose brands include Dove, Sunsilk, Axe and Lipton, said that its Pureit purifiers and Qinyuan’s product range offer different and complementary performance and price points and will enable the combined business to offer a complete range of products
Unilever makes decade's biggest investment in Chinese water purifier maker Qinyuan
10 Mar 2014
Unilever, whose brands include Dove, Sunsilk, Axe and Lipton, said that its Pureit purifiers and Qinyuan’s product range offer different and complementary performance and price points and will enable the combined business to offer a complete range of products
SBI eyes sale of bad assets to bolster books
08 Mar 2014
Shocking dosage mix-up forces Ranbaxy to recall generic Liptor in US
08 Mar 2014
Quality concerns about India's $14 billion drug industry have come to the fore after the US FDA banned plants run by Ranbaxy and Wockhardt Ltd from sending drugs to the US, for failure to meet manufacturing standards
IOC to buy 10% in Petronas’s Canadian shale-gas assets, LNG project for $900 mn
08 Mar 2014
Under the deal, IOC will get 1.2 million tonnes of LNG per annum, or 10 per cent of the Pacific Northwest LNG project's production, for a minimum period of 20 years
IOC to buy 10% in Petronas’s Canadian shale-gas assets, LNG project for $900 mn
08 Mar 2014
Under the deal, IOC will get 1.2 million tonnes of LNG per annum, or 10 per cent of the Pacific Northwest LNG project's production, for a minimum period of 20 years
BASF opens global R&D centre in Mumbai
07 Mar 2014
Gates, Nadella opposed Nokia acquisition: report
07 Mar 2014
Gates, Nadella opposed Nokia acquisition: report
07 Mar 2014
Gates, Nadella opposed Nokia acquisition: report
07 Mar 2014
Tata Motors launches cheaper models of its Prima range trucks
07 Mar 2014
The new Prima LX range trucks are priced between Rs18.5 lakh and Rs32.5 lakh against the price of Rs23 lakh to Rs65 lakh for the high-end Prima range trucks
Vedanta appoints former Rio Tinto chief Tom Albanese as CEO
06 Mar 2014
Vedanta Resources stock rose to its highest level in two weeks after the company appointed former Rio Tinto chief as its CEO
Vedanta appoints former Rio Tinto chief Tom Albanese as CEO
06 Mar 2014
Vedanta Resources stock rose to its highest level in two weeks after the company appointed former Rio Tinto chief as its CEO
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