Industry
Gamesa emerges top wind turbine seller in India
16 Apr 2016
Japan’s NTT to acquire remaining 19% in Netmagic
16 Apr 2016
85% warning leaves tobacco growers in dire straits
16 Apr 2016
With manufacturers having downed shutters protesting the government’s demand that 85 per cent of cigarette and beedi packets be covered with pictorial warnings, tobacco farmers are left with stockpiles of unsold crop
India hopes to cut coal import bill by Rs40,000 cr: Goyal
16 Apr 2016
India is looking to stopping imports of thermal coal in the next two to three years to save Rs40,000 crore annually by taking advantage of the increasing domestic production of the fuel, union Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal
Advent, Baxter in race to acquire Gland Pharma
15 Apr 2016
Advent, Baxter in race to acquire Gland Pharma
15 Apr 2016
Valeant Pharmaceuticals hires investment banks to review strategic options
15 Apr 2016
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc, one of the most aggressive acquirers in the global pharmaceuticals industry, is considering selling "non-core assets" to help trim its $30-billion debt pile
Valeant Pharmaceuticals hires investment banks to review strategic options
15 Apr 2016
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc, one of the most aggressive acquirers in the global pharmaceuticals industry, is considering selling "non-core assets" to help trim its $30-billion debt pile
Oil prices to stay low, India to fuel demand: IAE
15 Apr 2016
Oil has collapsed since mid-2014 to as low as $27 per barrel, from as high as $115, due to booming Opec and US supplies
The trouble with drinking guidelines: What, in the world, is a 'standard' drink?
14 Apr 2016
The controversy over safe drinking guidelines reveal how much people within a country can disagree about drinking. It turns out that countries disagree with each other, too
Theranos may lose licence; top execs face ban
14 Apr 2016
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