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...The company was state run before the government offloaded 26 per cent of its stake in 2002 to natural resources conglomerate Vedanta, which went on to lift its holding to nearly 65 per cent....
...and MoMA in New York and London’s V&A museum....
...At the Goldstone Station in California a tracking dish is being used to simulate an energy satellite in space....
...RedBird also has stakes in the XFL American football competition, and the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Nets regional sports network, YES....
...The member states could cede more power over immigration, corporation tax, and the regulation of capital, services and digital markets to EU institutions....
...Idexx said in October that the animal health market had experienced a “V-shaped recovery”....
...Jennifer Epps-Addison, network president of the Center for Popular Democracy, a progressive advocacy group, argued that powerful corporations were “trying to weasel their way out” of their responsibilities...
...Xerox wants to give HP’s board its walking papers We’re all guilty of overusing the David v Goliath trope but in the case of Xerox and HP, it really does apply....
...Although PLDT chairman Manuel V....
...In the US, third-quarter earnings are due from Dish Network and Priceline. For a guide to the rest of the week’s events, see our Weekahead section....
...Not just individual bloggers and other self-publishers, but also companies and corporations....
...Imagine life without the social network: it brings you out in a sweat....
...Dish Network fell 1.1 per cent to $37.50 as the satellite television provider said it would close 300 Blockbuster movie rental stores in the coming weeks....
...His rant-inducing Balthazar breakfast was with Nick Denton, founder of the Gawker blog network....
...But when the commercial network faltered, it started faffing. It gave up the spot, took it back, gave up, took it back....
...A publicly listed company, Jain has attracted international investors such as Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, the International Finance Corporation and George Soros’s Quantum Fund....
...It was traditionally regarded as one of the perks of business life: sponsorship of prestigious arts events in return for free seats and champagne, a logo in the corner of the programme, and a chance to network...
...Foluke Akinlose, founder and editor, Precious Online, the network for women of colour. Mohammed Aslam, managing director, Aagrah restaurants. Norman Barrett, circus ringmaster....
...It is against this backdrop that the World Economic Forum is holding its annual summer meeting, in Dalian, China....
...Here’s the twist: Kmart is also trying to persuade other retailers to use its stores as a central pick-up location for goods ordered online....
...But supermarket magnates, internet entrepreneurs and the like are precisely those being pursued by those still holding out against News Corporation’s $5bn bid for Dow Jones....
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