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One-fifth of NELP blocks still lack clearances
30 Aug 2012
Japanese AC maker Daikin to acquire Goodman Global for $3.7 bn
30 Aug 2012
JapaneseAC maker, Daikin Industries Ltd, yesterday finally struck a deal to buy US rival Goodman Global Inc, for $3.7 billion
More teeth for state power boards likely
29 Aug 2012
HC bench recuses itself from hearing Adarsh PILs
29 Aug 2012
SC pulls up government for Radia tape leaks
28 Aug 2012
First Reserve, SK Capital to buy chemicals firm TPC for $850 mn
28 Aug 2012
US specialty chemical maker TPC Group yesterday agreed to sell itself to private equity firms First Reserve Corporation and SK Capital Partners, in a deal valued at $850 million
Venezuelan oil refinery blast kills 39
27 Aug 2012
The Amuay refinery exports approximately 360,000 bpd of oil to the US, but the disaster is unlikely to have any dent on supplies as there are sufficient inventories of fuel at the refinery
DoT fixes 12 November for spectrum auction, sets rules for bidding
27 Aug 2012
The base price for pan India spectrum has been fixed at Rs14,000 crore for the 1800 MHz band and 1.3 times of this amount for the 800 MHz band
Leaders seek scrapping of Jaitapur project
27 Aug 2012
New bridge collapse in China kills three
25 Aug 2012
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