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29 May, 2023, 01.11 AM IST
AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid vaccine has 'winning formula': Chief executiveThe vaccine, currently being evaluated by Britain's independent medicines regulator, provides "100 percent protection" against severe Covid...
27 Dec, 2020, 05.25 PM IST
Unilever considers $1 billion bid for skincare brandUnilever has been expanding into new areas as its traditional brands stagnate.
13 May, 2019, 07.44 AM IST
- Police to quiz ex-editor of News of the World over phone hacking: Report
Rebekah Brooks, the chief executive of News International and a former editor of the News of the World, will be questioned by police over p...
10 Jul, 2011, 07.18 AM IST
- BP boss could resign within days: Report
The boss of troubled oil giant BP, Tony Hayward, is poised to quit within days, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.
25 Jul, 2010, 11.04 AM IST
- EU prepares 25 bn euro rescue package for Greece: Report
European Union nations are preparing a bailout package for Greece that could exceed 25 bn euro, a report has said. Top gainers, losers | Gr...
14 Mar, 2010, 08.22 PM IST
- JP Morgan to pay $29 bn in salaries and bonuses: Report
World's biggest banks will pay out more than $65 billion in salaries and bonuses over the next fortnight, with banking conglomerate JP Morg...
10 Jan, 2010, 03.49 PM IST
- Emirates boss says Dubai business world in shock: Report
The president of Emirates Airlines said the Dubai business community was "shocked" by the debt crisis which has struck the city state, acco...
29 Nov, 2009, 04.47 PM IST
- Deutsche Telekom eyes bid for Sprint Nextel: Report
German group Deutsche Telekom could submit a bid for Sprint Nextel, the third largest US mobile phone operator. Deutsche Telekom has called...
13 Sep, 2009, 08.13 PM IST
- Xstrata in merger talks with rival Anglo
Mining group Xstrata has approached rival Anglo American about a merger that would create one of the world’s biggest mining companies, a re...
22 Jun, 2009, 12.50 AM IST
- Britain's best paid banker took home 16 mn pound last year
Standard Chartered bank's former global head of private equity Karam Butalia, has received a 16 million pound pay packet last year, making ...
12 Apr, 2009, 04.07 PM IST
- RBS' billion pound bonus prompts UK outrage
RBS required a 20-billion-pound government bailout to stay afloat last year and is now nearly 70-percent state-owned.
08 Feb, 2009, 10.46 PM IST
- RBS to pay 1 bn pound in bonuses to staff: Report
The RBS is proposing to pay close to 1 billion pound in bonus to its staff, within months of it being rescued by the UK government.
08 Feb, 2009, 04.59 PM IST
- Britain orders bank bonuses, management probe
Britain is to conduct a review of bank management that will probe the link between bonuses and excessive risk-taking, Finance Minister Alis...
08 Feb, 2009, 08.50 AM IST
- China to probe reports on tiger bone wine
Chinese authorities has ordered a probe into reported sale of tiger bone wine in Beijing and northern China and vowed to punish anyone trad...
12 Jun, 2008, 12.51 PM IST
- Vodafone not to bid for MTN: Report
Contrary to reports that world's largest mobile phone company Vodafone is planning to bid for South Africa's MTN, the UK-based firm has sai...
12 May, 2008, 05.19 PM IST
- Coke in talks to buy UK bottled water co
Coca-Cola is now more determined to make the buyout after failing to introduce its own bottled water range.
28 May, 2007, 01.45 AM IST