Videocon appoints bankers to restructure oil & gas biz
Videocon Industries Ltd said it has appointed merchant bankers ICICI Securities and Morgan Stanley to help unlock value from its oil and gas assets through an initial public offering or demerger, a to
Hillary urges China, Japan for calm, offers to host talks
Hanoi, Oct. 30: The Premiers of China and Japan met at an Asian regional summit in a bid to defuse a territorial dispute on Saturday, while the United States urged Asia’s two big economies to cool th
Festival to boost gold import
Oct. 28: India’s gold sales during October 31-November 6, when the country celebrates Dhanteras and Diwali festivals, may rise by up to 40 per cent on year, in turn supporting the outlook for record i
Koreas exchange fire near border
Seoul, Oct. 29: North and South Korea exchanged gunfire across their heavily armed land border on Friday, the South’s military said, despite an apparent thaw in tensions on the divided peninsula in th
Silvio not sorry for love for women
Rome, Oct. 29: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday he loved life and women and would not apologise for enjoying himself after new reports of young women and parties were splashed a
Cheaper debt fuels private equity revival
NEW YORK, Oct. 29: The Blackstone Group and the Carlyle Group demonstrated on Thursday that the private equity industry is thriving amid a weak economy — but they did so in nearly opposing ways.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Malaysian counterpart, Mr Najib Razak, at the ceremony to launch the Little India project in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday. PHOTO: Reuters
RBI allows banks to trade in currency options
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday allowed banks to be trading and clearing members of exchange-traded currency options subject to fulfilling of conditions related to net worth, capital adequ
Saddam’s top aide, Tariq Aziz, gets death
Iraq’s high tribunal on Tuesday passed a death sentence on Tariq Aziz, once the international face of dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime, over the persecution of Islamic parties, the court said.
Karva Chauth
Women pray at a temple on Karva Chauth in Noida on Wednesday. PHOTO: Reuters