Over 70 companies to take part in Brazil oil auction
byRio de Janeiro, April 5 (IANS/EFE) A total of 71 oil companies are expected to take part in an auction of Brazilian exploration blocks…
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Mexican firm buys Costa Rican cheese producer
byMexico City, April 5 (IANS/EFE) Sigma Alimentos, a unit of Mexico’s Grupo Alfa, acquired Corporacion de Empresas Monteverde, Costa Rica’s leading producer and marketer…
National Conference to map its political strategies
bySrinagar, April 5 (IANS) With talk of early elections in the air, its ripples have reached Jammu and Kashmir, where the ruling National Conference…
Lashkar recruits best and brightest from Pakistan: report
byWashington, April 5 (IANS) Terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) recruits from Pakistan’s elite, contradicting “a lingering belief that Islamist terrorists are the product of low…
Blackberry to shut BBM Music service
byMadrid, April 5 (IANS/EFE) The BBM Music streaming service will be closed down June 2 after a 19-month run following the completion of “a…
Minister-wife draws flak for Amarinder’s absence (Punjab Newsletter)
byChandigarh, April 5 (IANS) Union Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur was at the receiving end of political barbs from her party…
Ticket buyers overwhelm Rock in Rio web site
byRio de Janeiro, April 5 (IANS/EFE) The Rock in Rio Web site collapsed Thursday in the first few minutes after starting to sell tickets…
Cuba allows state firms to implement performance-based pay
byHavana, April 5 (IANS/EFE) Cuban state-owned firms may use up to 50 percent of post-tax profits for R&D and employee incentives, Communist Party daily…
Brad Pitt set to star in another WWII film
byLos Angeles, April 5 (IANS/EFE) Four years after the release of “Inglorious Basterds”, Brad Pitt will be returning to the theme of World War…
Sexist? Obama in a spot after Kamala Harris remark
byWashington, April 5 (IANS) President Barack Obama has praised California’s Indian-American Attorney General Kamala Harris not only for her legal acumen but also for…