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C H Robinson to sell payment processing unit T-Chek to Electronic Funds Source for $302.5 mn
18 Oct 2012
SC grills NPCIL about Kudankulam N-waste disposal
17 Oct 2012
The Supreme Court today sought to know when and where nuclear waste from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant would be disposed and what impact it would have on environment and people's health
Telecom Commission recommends fresh auction in 900 MHz spectrum band
17 Oct 2012
Besides the $24 billion cash burden reauctioning of 2G spectrum in the more efficient 900 MHz band will make equipment and other assets worth a total $4.7 billion obsolete
Karbonn mobiles launches Agnee 3G tablet
17 Oct 2012
Few takers for TAPI pipeline
17 Oct 2012
There seem to be few takers for building the $9 billion ‘peace pipeline’ across Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI).
Cable & Wireless in talks to sell controlling stake in Macau's telecoms unit to Citic Telecom
17 Oct 2012
Penguin publisher Pearson buys EmbanetCompass for $650 mn
17 Oct 2012
EmbanetCompass is the largest provider of technology-enabled services to traditional non-profit post-secondary educational institutions
Retail FDI can go ahead with RBI nod: SC
15 Oct 2012
Refusing to stay the centre's decision to allow FDI in retail the Supreme Court today asked RBI to amend FEMA to allow retail FDI to be implemented
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