Industry
Draft bill framed to regulate real estate sector
12 Nov 2011
The government has finally come out with a draft bill to curb malpractices in the hitherto under-regulated real estate sector
Petrol price rollback in the offing: report
12 Nov 2011
2G: setback for CBI as Reliance official retracts statement
12 Nov 2011
Anand Subramaniam retracts his statement to the CBI that he had opened a Swan Telecom account on instructions from Hari Nair, senior VP at Reliance ADAG, and one of the accused in the scam.
Caterpillar offers to buy China’s ERA Mining Machinery for $885 million
11 Nov 2011
After acquiring mining equipment maker Bucyrus International Inc for $8.6 billion last November, Caterpillar moves to consolidate its position in the mining segment through the Chinese acquisition.
India targets 2 GW solar capacity by 2013
11 Nov 2011
Trial in 2G spectrum case gets off to noisy start
11 Nov 2011
The trial got off to a noisy start as there was a ruckus in the courtroom over the lack of space, with the defence counsel objecting to trial in such a cramped space.
Germany's largest retailer Edeka in race to buy Dutch retail chain C1000 for €1-bn
11 Nov 2011
Edeka Group, Germany’s largest retailer is in the race to buy the Netherlands' supermarket chain C1000 for an estimated €1 billion.
India likely to hike power tariffs as well
10 Nov 2011
Pfizer, Ranbaxy sued over Lipitor price fixing in the US
10 Nov 2011
Pfizer and Ranbaxy have been sued for holding back a generic version of Pfizer’s cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor in the US and then fixing its price.
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