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Yes Bank was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying 11.48 per cent amid reports that private equity firms have showed interest in buying a major stake in the private sector lender.
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The broader markets, however, outperformed the benchmark indices -- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended up 0.6%-1%.
London Olympic organisers were left red-faced on Tuesday when a huge clock in Trafalgar Square marking the countdown to the 2012 Games stopped just hours after being unveiled at a glitzy ceremony.
'But still they have filed FIRs against me under section 505 of the IPC.' 'These were draconian laws that were misused by the British East India Company against the soldiers who participated in the mutiny (of 1857).'
British wildcard James Ward continued toppling the seeds at Queen's Club on Friday when he finished off defending champion Sam Querrey to reach the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon warm-up event.
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Mired in corruption, politics and with a history of suicides by its hapless depositors, PMC Bank's revival is a challenge very different from Yes Bank and LVB, both for the regulator and the rescuer, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The first spending item on the chopping block is capital expenditure, followed by operating costs and overheads, including sales and marketing expenses.
The referendum will have long-term implications for Indian companies, which earn a substantial portion of revenue from the region.
Many stalled projects are about to get going again, providing potential relief to banks, says T N Ninan.
The rates set would be excluding cess, transportation charge, marketing margin/service charge and taxes.
Among other major companies, Cox & Kings made a total investment of $39.95 million in four different WOS situated in Hong Kong, Singapore and the UK.
Sources in the Tata group said they could not attend as they were travelling.
'Jaguar Land Rover will manage the long-term impact and implications of this decision.'
Anand, who had finished third in the penultimate leg in Bucharest, concluded with a seventh-place finish
According to a British magazine, 59-year-old Mittal, who bought a 20 per cent stake in Queens Park Rangers Football Club for 200,000 in December 2007, is considered the wealthiest man among football club owners, with an estimated value of 18.4 billion at his command.
Though the preparatory work has been under way for two years, the financial effect of abandoning the plants would be 'negligible' since no land had so far been acquired and no building work has been done.
Goldman Sachs had late last month announced appointment of Mittal, estimated to have a net worth of over $50 billion and CEO of the world's largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal, as an independent director effective June 28. Mittal will serve on the Audit, Compensation and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees of the Board and would take the Goldman Sachs' board strength to 13 directors, including 10 independent directors.
ArcelorMittal chief Lakshmi Mittal is the richest man in British football.
Chelsea have re-signed midfielder Nemanja Matic from Benfica, three years after selling him to the Portuguese side, the Premier League club said on Wednesday.
Some investors warned of a coming British or even global recession as sterling collapsed to hit its lowest since 1985.
While the debate over the political, financial and health implications of holding the Tokyo Olympics in July rages around the world, triple jump gold medal hopeful Will Claye believes a crucial voice is not always being heard - that of the athlete.
Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has just been named the richest person in the UK for fourth year in a row, but when it comes to being a powerful businessperson, he lags behind four others in the British manufacturing industry.According to a list of 100 most-powerful business people in the UK's manufacturing sector released by the Daily Telegraph, India-born Mittal has been ranked fifth.
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Money and power being "natural bedfellows" is not necessarily true in the British business world, except for steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal who figures right on the top of a new 'Richest Power List', compiled after combining two separate rankings of the most powerful and the most richest in the UK.
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The UK on Tuesday assured complete government neutrality on Tata Steel's bid to acquire Corus and sought similar treatment for British telecom firm Vodafone in its bid to acquire mobile venture Hutchison-Essar.
'The summer of 1857 saw violence, perpetrated by the Indians and the Britons, on an unprecedented scale.' 'Never before and never after in the history of British rule in India was there violence at the level that 1857 witnessed.'
The city of London is the "unchallenged magnet" for the world's billionaires and home to 23 richest people, including NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal.
Broader market underperformed with the BSE Midcap and the BSE Smallcap indices losing up to 0.2%
England cricket captain Alastair Cook has denied there is any need for a review of the team's failure to win the Test series against West Indies but coach Peter Moores may feel uneasy on the flight back from the Caribbean.
Varin was unlikely to stay if CSN wins, while he would hold onto his position if Tata manages to acquire the company.
The standard line that is used for anyone -- academics, minorities, farmers, dissident industrialists -- who points out that what the government is doing is wrong is being anti-national and separatists, reveals Aakar Patel.
RatanTata is the only Indian among five foreigners to be awarded Britian's civilian honour this year.
'It is never a good idea to let the broad population determine policy that is the domain of experts and specialists,' notes Aakar Patel.
