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Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group Chairman Anil Ambani gestures during a press conference on the Initial Public Offering for Reliance Power in Ahmadabad, India, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. India's Reliance Energy Ltd. plans to list its power generation unit on the stock exchange in what would be the country's biggest share offering, the company's chairman said Saturday.
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Reliance Broadcast Network soars on fund raising plans
The Times Of India
MUMBAI: Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd (RBNL), part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), was trading at the upper circuit filter limit at Rs 116 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Thursday. | The scrip had opened 4.98 percent higher than its previous close, a day after the company said it w...
Textile exporters ride out of slowdown
(photo: WN / Geeta)
Textile exporters ride out of slowdown
The Times Of India
NEW DELHI: Textile exporters, who had been facing soft demand in key markets of the US and Europe as the developed economies struggled to shrug off a severe economic downturn, are once again seeing order flow that could lead to a turnaround in fortunes. | The country’s top textile exporters includ...
Reliance Broadcast Network soars on fund raising plans
The Times Of India
MUMBAI: Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd (RBNL), part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), was trading at the upper circuit filter limit at Rs 116 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Thursday. | The scrip had opened 4.98 percent higher than its...
Green Packet aims to clinch 3 WiMAX deals
The Star
| PETALING JAYA: Green Packet Bhd aims to secure two to three contracts worth about US$2.5mil (RM8mil) each by the year-end to supply WiMAX modems to operators in the Middle East and American continents. | "We have secured over 30 deals, supplying 13...
Garment exports decline again to $816 m
The Hindu
| P. Sunderarajan | AEPC Chairman releases a common compliance code of ethics for the garment sector | NEW DELHI: Even as overall exports from India have continued to grow, albeit at a slower pace, garment exports have gone deeper into the red. | Acc...
Cricket: Over but not out
Asia Times
|      Sep 2, 2010 Cricket: Over but not out | By Raja Murthy | MUMBAI - Over 48 hours after a London tabloid, News of the World, sensationally exposed an apparent multi-billion dollar global match-fixing racket with international...
ADB sanctions $100 mn for Indo-Bangladesh power project
Indian Express
| The Asian Development Bank said it will provide USD 100 million loan for a cross-border electricity initiative between India and Bangladesh, which is expected to provide impetus for increased power trading in the South Asian region. | The Manila -h...
Bangladesh's exports to India go up
The Times Of India
DHAKA: Bangladesh registered a ten percent rise in its exports to India, a latest report shows. | Exports to the largest neighbour India were $302 million in 2009-10 when better trade ties were discussed at the level of the prime ministers in January...
A banner announcing the share sales of SKS Microfinance  hangs in the company headquarter building in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
AP / Mahesh Kumar A.
Indian Microlender Raises $350 Million in Offering
The New York Times
| MUMBAI, India — The first microfinance company to sell stock to the public in India got a strong endorsement from investors on Monday when its shares closed up 10 percent o...
Bangladeshi soldiers stand guard in the foreground of strewn brickbats after a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007.
AP / Pavel Rahman
Labor Leaders Arrested Over Bangladesh Protests
The New York Times
| MUMBAI — Police in Bangladesh have arrested three garment-industry labor leaders and 18 other people on charges that they organized and participated in violent protests las...
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SA purrs over inclusion in HSBC's Civets acronym
Business Report
  | By Ethel Hazelhurst | Submit your comment | Branding is important when selling a product or a concept. So South Africa should benefit from its appearance in a group of cou...
Ramiz Raja: Pakistan's Mohammad Amir will pay the price for quick-fix mentality
The Daily Telegraph
In Pakistan, cricket serves as a bond across religious, ethnic and political divides. Youth desperately wants to watch cricket with passion, wants the stars to do well but now an entire generation has been left rudderless and hopeless by the acts of ...
NTPC to form JV for Bangladesh power project
Indian Express
| NTPC Ltd on Monday signed a preliminary agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for developing the power sector in the neighbouring country. | NTPC may consider setting up a 1,320 megawatts coal-based power plant in Bangladesh in a...
"Allow 'calibrated export' of cotton instead of free exports"
The Hindu
| R. Vimal Kumar | To allow raw cotton exports at the start of cotton season | is an unwise | move, says | Raja Shanmugam, CAB member | Tirupur: The Central government should have allowed only 'calibrated export' of cotton instead of its decision to ...
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Gangetic Dolphin Platanista gangetica
(photo: Public Domain / Whymper and P. Smit Lydekker, Richard)
Dolphin sanctuary suffers from funds crunch
Deccan Herald
Patna, Aug 21 (IANS): Saturday, August 21, 2010 --> | Lack of funds for India's only dolphin sanctuary in Bihar is badly affecting conservation of the endangered Ganges river dolphin, which is the national aquatic animal. | The Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is spread over 50 km along the Ganga river in Bhagalpur district. | "No central gra...



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