Nestle invests $130 mn in Mexico plant
byMexico City, May 20 (IANS/EFE) Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto inaugurated a 1.6-billion-peso ($130-million) expansion of a Nestle instant coffee factory in the central…
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Yahoo to buy Tumblr in $1.1 bn deal?
byWashington, May 20 (IANS) The board of web pioneer Yahoo has reportedly approved a deal to buy popular blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion…
‘Call box’ business is booming in Cameroon
byYaounde (Cameroon), May 20 (IANS) There’s no official figure to determine its role in the Cameroonian economy but there is evidence that the “call…
SEBI warns against investing in two Bengal ‘ponzi’ firms
byKolkata, May 19 (IANS) Continuing the heat on ponzi firms in the wake of the Saradha scam, the Securities and Exchange Board of India…
Bengal textile policy to help sector grow, say chambers
byKolkata, May 19 (IANS) With the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal coming up with a draft textile policy to attract investment to revive…
Muslims in Maharashtra start 300-km march for job quota
byNashik, May 19 (IANS) People here trooped out Sunday on the streets to welcome and offer chilled soft drinks to over 1,000 Muslims who…
Congress demands CBI probe in Odisha mining scam
byBhubaneswar, May 19 (IANS) Accusing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of systematically covering up the mining scam in Odisha, the Congress party here Sunday demanded…
Himachal to launch crop diversification programme
byShimla: The Himachal Pradesh government would launch an integrated crop diversification programme to bring additional 3,000 hectares under cultivation of vegetables, Chief Minister Virbhadra…
Bengal has outperformed, outgrown India in 2012-13: Mamata
byKolkata, May 19 (IANS) On the eve of completing two years in office, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday claimed that West Bengal outperformed and…
4G to debut in Shanghai next month
byBeijing, May 19 (IANS) 4G services, which provide mobile users with internet access up to 50 times faster than the current 3G network, will…