India-Africa summit to discuss 145 projects worth $9 billion
Delegations from 34 African countries would converge at the 6th CII-Exim Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership being organised in New Delhi during 15 -16 March 2010.
Parliamentary committee report damns AI, IA merger
A parliamentary committee has damned the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines as a "marriage of incompatible individuals" and recommends they function separately, though under NACIL.
Yuan firms up slightly as Obama urges revaluation
The People's Bank of China set the yuan's central parity rate slightly higher against the US dollar even as president Obama fired a fresh salvo asking China to heed international calls to revalue its currency.
Pentagon confirms cost of Lockheed Martin's F-35 up by 60-90 per cent
The Pentagon has confirmed in testimony before the US Congress that the cost of Lockheed Martin's prestigious F-35 stealth fighter programme has increased 60-90 per cent in real terms since 2001.
India's £510-mn chopper decision raises a loud cheer in the UK
A £510 million Indian order for 12 AW-101 helicopters from AgustaWestland for the Indian Air Force's elite Communication Squadron has raised a loud cheer in the UK as the decision secures up to 4,000 jobs there.
China allows SBI to lend to Indian firms in yuan
China, which normally shies away from permitting foreign banks to do business in the local currency, has permitted State Bank of India to lend Indian companies in China upto $200 million in the yuan
Fortis Healthcare acquires 23.9-per cent stake in Parkway Holdings for $685.3 million
The acquisition will catapult Fortis Healthcare into the biggest hospital chain in Asia, with 62 hospitals and over 10,000 beds
 
Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14
  Richard Quest's Profitable Moment from Atlanta, Georgia
  The US is currently doing the economic equivalent of dancing two steps forward…one step back, writes CNN's London correspondent Richard Quest in an exclusive column to domain-b
  First Proof: The Penguin Book of New Writing from India 5
  A chance to sample the best from new writing in different genres, served conveniently on the same platter, says Shalini R Menon
  Rin versus Tide: The limits to comparative advertising
  HUL's Rin versus Tide TV commercial may be headed for the courts. If the case does wind up in litigation, it would be interesting to see how Indian courts react to comparative advertising,  says trade mark attorney, Navpreet Panjrath
  Bharti Airtel sees room for growth in rural India
  CNBC-TV18 shares with domain-b, its exclusive interview with Sanjay Kapoor, CEO, Bharti Airtel, who has taken over as chief executive of Bharti Airtel for India and South Asia
  A new way to build membranes for fuel cells
  Layer-by-layer assembly system could lead to improved fuel cells, batteries and solar panels. By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office
  Budget 2010-11: Gain for locals, pain for globals
  Legal and tax counselling services consultant Nishith M.Desai, founder, Nishith Desai Associates, presents insights into Budget 2010-11
  What the Budget portends
  It has been apparent for some time that the budget that Mr Pranab Mukherjee would present today would be judged, ultimately by whether or not it would sustain the economic recovery that set in, decisively, in the second quarter of 2009-10, says Prem Shankar Jha
  Will Bharti get along well in Africa?
  The Zain buy is expensive, but you always pay more for rare assets in a seller's market. The biggest challenge for Bharti will be to survive Africa. by Shivshanker Verma
  Engineers design, build major component for hydrogen cars
  Researchers have completed work on a crucial component for an experimental hydrogen storage system for cars, part of efforts to reduce pollution and the use of fossil fuels in transportation
  Letter to the finance minister, from a salaried taxpayer
  Though they are the most loyal of tax payers, the government still discriminates against the salaried class. They are not allowed to cut their taxes, when other tax payers are allowed to do so freely. It is time to level the playing field .  By Vivek Sharma
  Budget can put in force the divestment of public sector units
  We can expect the budget to start the process back to fiscal consolidation, says D R Dogra, MD and CEO, CARE
  Microhoo: search will be a two-horse race by year end
  According to Adam Bunn, SEO head of the UK's leading independent search marketing agency, Greenlight, says Microsoft has a good chance of increasing Bing's market share over the year, making ''Microhoo'' worth paying much more attention to from an SEO perspective
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