http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with business news that matters en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205031,india-propels-singtel-to-big-jump-in-mobile-phone-subscribers.html Singapore - Singapore Telecommunications added a record 13.8 million mobile-phone customers during its fourth quarter ending in March, propelled by Indian subscribers, South-East Asia's largest telephone company said on Tuesday. Bharti Airtel Ltd, 31... India,Business Tue, 13 May 2008 08:54:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205031,india-propels-singtel-to-big-jump-in-mobile-phone-subscribers.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204816,indias-jindal-in-joint-venture-with-indonesian-firm.html New Delhi - India's Jindal Stainless Ltd., and Indonesia's mining major PT Antam Tbk Monday entered into a joint venture agreement to develop a nickel smelting and stainless steel plant in Indonesia, a news report said. Indonesia's Antam will have 5... India,Business Mon, 12 May 2008 12:53:10 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204816,indias-jindal-in-joint-venture-with-indonesian-firm.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204322,indias-inflation-hits-new-high-of-761-per-cent.html New Delhi - India's inflation rate has touched a three-and-a-half-year high of 7.61 per cent due to rising prices of food and some manufactured products, officials said Friday. The increase in the wholesale price-based inflation was recorded for the ... India,Business Fri, 09 May 2008 08:35:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204322,indias-inflation-hits-new-high-of-761-per-cent.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204312,report-indian-railways-bag-1-billion-dollar-malaysian-project.html New Delhi - The Indian Railways has won a 1-billion-dollar contract to construct a 103 kilometre high-speed rail segment in Malaysia, a newspaper report said Friday. IRCON International Ltd., a subsidiary of the Indian Railways was awarded the projec... India,Business Fri, 09 May 2008 07:50:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204312,report-indian-railways-bag-1-billion-dollar-malaysian-project.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203797,indias-jsw-toshiba-form-joint-venture-for-generators-turbines.html New Delhi - Japan's Toshiba Corp and India's JSW Group Wednesday said they will form a 250-million-dollar joint venture to manufacture and market steam turbines and generators in India, a news report said. Under the terms of the agreement, the two co... India,Business Wed, 07 May 2008 11:38:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203797,indias-jsw-toshiba-form-joint-venture-for-generators-turbines.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203501,indias-bharti-airtel-in-talks-for-stake-in-south-africas.html New Delhi - Indian telecommunications major Bharti Airtel is in talks to acquire a majority stake in South Africa's MTN, the company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Tuesday. Bharti Airtel, India's biggest telecom player, was looking at ac... India,Business Tue, 06 May 2008 11:05:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203501,indias-bharti-airtel-in-talks-for-stake-in-south-africas.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203067,computer-and-internet-briefs.html Washington - The internet is full of information - and full of hoaxes, announcing everything from free money to viruses that will destroy your PC. The Hoax Slayer website (http://www.hoax- slayer.com/) can help you determine what's a hoax and what is... India,Business Sun, 04 May 2008 03:12:09 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203067,computer-and-internet-briefs.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202785,indias-reliance-power-buys-three-coal-mines-in-indonesia.html New Delhi - India's Reliance Power Ltd said Friday that it has acquired three coal mines in Indonesia with total reserves of 2 billion tons. The company did not give any financial details about the transaction. ... India,Business Fri, 02 May 2008 09:11:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202785,indias-reliance-power-buys-three-coal-mines-in-indonesia.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202783,indias-inflation-rate-rises-to-757-per-cent.html New Delhi - India's inflation rate rose to a three-and-a-half-year high of 7.57 per cent, primarily because of higher prices of food and some manufactured products, officials said Friday. The increase in wholesale price-based inflation was recorded f... India,Business Fri, 02 May 2008 08:40:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202783,indias-inflation-rate-rises-to-757-per-cent.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202560,indias-essar-to-buy-us-steelmaker-for-11-billion-dollars.html New Delhi - India's Essar Steel has reached an agreement to acquire US steelmaker and distributor Esmark Inc for an enterprise value of 1.1 billion dollars, news reports said Thursday. Essar Steel holdings has agreed to the material terms of the pro... India,Business Thu, 01 May 2008 08:03:10 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202560,indias-essar-to-buy-us-steelmaker-for-11-billion-dollars.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202371,european-brick-maker-wienerberger-to-set-up-plant-in-india.html New Delhi - European brick-maker Wienerberger announced plans Wednesday to set up a manufacturing plant with an initial investment of 900 million rupees (about 22 million dollars) in India, news reports said. Wienerberger, a leading producer of clay ... India,Business Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:17:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202371,european-brick-maker-wienerberger-to-set-up-plant-in-india.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202353,basf-sells-us-chemicals-site-to-indian-major.html Ludwigshafen, Germany - Indian pharmaceuticals company Dr. Reddy's Laboratories bought on Wednesday a BASF factory site at Shreveport, Louisiana, the world's biggest chemicals group said in Germany. BASF said that by agreement the price for the US si... India,Business Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:22:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202353,basf-sells-us-chemicals-site-to-indian-major.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202197,iran-india-to-finalize-75-billion-dollar-pipeline-soon--summary.html New Delhi - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday held talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on major energy projects and said that a 7.5-billion-dollar gas pipeline would be finalized soon. The Iranian leader who was in Delhi for a ... India,Business Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:56:11 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202197,iran-india-to-finalize-75-billion-dollar-pipeline-soon--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201390,indias-sensex-up-by-24-per-cent.html New Delhi - India equities posted solid gains Friday with the Sensex rising by 2.4 per cent to breach the 17,000-point level for the first time in nearly two months. The 30-share benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange settled at 17,125.98 point... India,Business Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:26:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201390,indias-sensex-up-by-24-per-cent.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201086,eads-invites-india-to-partner-the-eurofighter-programme.html New Delhi - The manufacturers of Eurofighter Typhoon jet Thursday invited India to join them in building the multi-role fighter - a move that may help Eurofighter's chances in securing the country's 10-billion dollar order for 126 combat aircraft. Fo... India,Business Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:30:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201086,eads-invites-india-to-partner-the-eurofighter-programme.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200677,united-airlines-parent-company-posts-huge-losses-on-fuel-costs.html New York - UAL Corp, the parent of United Airlinies, Tuesday reported a 537-million-dollar loss in the first quarter, more than three times the losses in the same period last year. The company cited rising fuel costs, which forced it to cut the numbe... India,Business Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:56:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200677,united-airlines-parent-company-posts-huge-losses-on-fuel-costs.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200256,daimler-hero-group-to-invest-11-billion-dollars-for-truck.html New Delhi - World's largest truck manufacturer Daimler AG and India's Hero Group will invest 44 billion rupees (1.1 billion dollars) over five years in a joint venture to make commercial vehicles, the companies announced Monday. The two companies sig... India,Business Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:48:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200256,daimler-hero-group-to-invest-11-billion-dollars-for-truck.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200106,german-drugmaker-acquires-73-per-cent-of-indias-dabur.html New Delhi - Germany's Fresenius SE acquired a 73-per-cent stake in India's largest anti-cancer drugmaker Dabur Pharma for 219 million dollars, news reports said Sunday. The German firm bought the stake through its Singapore subsidiary Fresenius Kabi ... India,Business Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:47:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200106,german-drugmaker-acquires-73-per-cent-of-indias-dabur.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/199784,indias-wipro-posts-3-per-cent-quarterly-profit-rise.html New Delhi - India's third-largest software company, Wipro Ltd, on Friday said it posted a net profit growth of 3 per cent in the fiscal fourth quarter, lagging estimates as its business was affected by the slowdown in the US economy. The firm in a st... India,Business Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:09:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/199784,indias-wipro-posts-3-per-cent-quarterly-profit-rise.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198299,toyota-to-build-new-plant-in-india.html Tokyo - Japanese car giant Toyota is to build a new car manufacturing plant in India which will produce around 100,000 vehicles including the Toyota Corolla and a new small car annually from 2010 onwards, the company announced Friday. The investment ... India,Business Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:37:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198299,toyota-to-build-new-plant-in-india.html