West Outpacing Third World Concerns: Jaitley

While there has not been much movement on the issues of interest to the developing countries at the ongoing World Trade Organisation negotiations, ...

ITC to grow e-choupals in 5 more states

In a bid to reach out to a wider target audience, ITC Ltd is extending its business model e-choupal to five states including West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, ...

Nod likely for field trials of 3 GM crops

Genetically modified versions of three food crops, namely brinjal, mustard and potato, are awaiting permission for large-scale field trials before the final ...

Attrition at UK firms’ India BPO centres worries FSA

Britain’s Financial Services Authority has expressed concern over the high level of attrition in offshore centres set up by UK-based financial conglomerates ...

Saudi Aramco, ConocoPhillips to sign refinery contract

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company by output, and ConocoPhillips will sign an accord to build a 400000 barrel-a-day refinery on the kingdom’s Red ...

Q2 pvt equity deals = all of 2005

Seventy-six private equity deals in the quarter ended June, 2006 clocked $2.09 billion in investments, nearly as much as the $2.2-billion invested in the ...

BSNL’s Mumbai, Delhi push to spark turf war

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has sought telecom licences for Delhi and Mumbai — the two circles reserved exclusively for another state-owned company, ...

Chaos in Manila to benefit India

The declaration of a state of emergency on February 25 by Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has affected business sentiments in the country, ...

100% Normal Monsoon: IMD Forecast

The country’s official weather forecasting agency, India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its first advance forecast said the 4-month South West monsoon ...

Mittal says steel price slump won’t wipe out profit

When Wilbur Ross, creator of North America’s second-largest steelmaker, got a request last August to meet with Lakshmi Mittal, who owned a single US steel ...