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Venture capital looks to find its global footing

Faced with mounting pressures of doing business in Silicon Valley, the venture capital industry is going global, albeit in stops and starts that reflect the risks of doing business in foreign lands.

Reliance to set up integrated port in Gujarat

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Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is all set to make a mega investment, running in thousands of crores, in developing an integrated port on India's western coast of Gujarat.
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UWB merger may affect IDBI’s financial profile: S&P

Industrial and Development Bank of India (IDBI) which has won the race for acquisition of ailing United Western Bank (UWB), held a board meeting on September 21 to discuss the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) draft scheme for amalgamation, even as global rating agency Standard & Poor's has warned that UWB's huge bad loans may affect the acquirer's financial profile negatively.
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IMF to pursue internal reforms, World Bank to follow

An agreement to boost the voting power of emerging nations in the International Monetary Fund is just the start of a difficult process, the IMF's head said on Wednesday, as the World Bank signaled it was ready to go the same route.
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India Seeks to Import Liquified Natural Gas

The head of the India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) said on Tuesday that the company was in talks with parties in Egypt, Qatar and Australia to import at least five million tons of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) annually.
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Daewoo Electronics play hard to get, Videocon edgy

India's leading consumer goods manufacturer, Videocon, is within an arm's length to acquiring South Korea's third largest electronics company, Daewoo Electronics, but certain riders attached by the ailing company relating to its takeover may persuade the Indian company to give it a second thought.
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Global Growth May be Cresting, IMF Warns

World economic growth may be cresting after the strongest showing in three decades, making it imperative that countries revive global, market-opening talks to tap the benefit of expanded trade, the head of the IMF said on Tuesday.
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Finance ministers back World Bank plan

Finance ministers on Monday backed a controversial new World Bank strategy for tackling corruption in developing countries but insisted on overseeing how it is implemented
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Centurion-Lord Krishna Bank merger approved

India's Centurion Bank of Punjab Ltd. (CBP) will acquire privately held Lord Krishna Bank (LKB) in an all stock deal, its Chief Operating Officer Anil Jaggia has announced.
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Videocon preferred bidder for Daewoo Electronics

A consortium of India's leading electronics and energy major, Videocon Industries Limited and US fund Ripplewood Holdings has emerged as the preferred bidder to buy South Korean appliances maker Daewoo Electronics.
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Aviva to cut 4,000 jobs at Norwich Union

The country's largest insurer Aviva Plc said it would cut 4,000 jobs at its Norwich Union business and deliver annual cost savings of 250 million pounds in 2008.
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AAI set to develop Kolkata airport

The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has announced its decision to invest Rs. 120 crore for upgradation of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) airport.
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Mandelson: No New WTO Talks Until Nov.

High-level talks to jump start negotiations on a global trade agreement won't be possible until the end of the year or early next year, European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said Monday.
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U.S. committed to reviving world trade talks

The top U.S. trade negotiator said on Sunday before meeting a group of developing nations the United States was committed to a successful outcome of current world trade talks.
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Drought shrivels worldwide wheat supply

From Australia to Argentina, erratic weather is slashing wheat crops of the major producers, which is threatening to push up prices to multi-year highs and making it difficult for countries to replenish stocks.

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