International Business News - Companies http://www.ibtimes.co.in/companies/ All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Bharti Airtel's board will on Saturday discuss its $9 billion bid for Kuwaiti telecom group Zain's African units, a source said, and the two sides may clinch a deal next week. 13122 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/data/articleimgs/11862-a-boy-talks-onmobile-phone-as-he-walks-pastbillboard-of-bharti-airtel-in-the-northern-indian-c.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100320/bharti-board-meet-asbillion-zain-deal-nears.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100320/bharti-board-meet-asbillion-zain-deal-nears.htm Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:29:36 EDT South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is targeting a higher operating profit and double-digit growth in sales in 2010, fuelled by strong demand for its flat screens and memory chips. 13117 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100319/samsung-eyes-profit-rise-double-digit-sales-gains.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:13:15 EDT Telecoms firms including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Etisalat will vie for third-generation (3G) Indian mobile spectrum in an April auction, as they clamour for capacity for new services. 13112 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100319/india-3g-airwave-race-gathers-pace-bids-april.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:01:53 EDT Mortgage lender Housing Development Finance Corp raised 5 billion rupees ($110 million) on Wednesday through a zero-coupon bond issue, two sources familiar with the transaction said 13110 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100318/hdfc-raises-110-mln-bonds.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:10:40 EDT U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc plans to bid in India's Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) auction to help spearhead the launch of its next-generation technology into the world's fastest-growing wireless market. 13109 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/data/articleimgs/11854-birds-sit-atop-telecommunication-towers-in-hyderabad-in-this-may-2009-file-photo-qualcomm-inc-said.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100318/qualcomm-eyes-india-bandwidth-wireless-push.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100318/qualcomm-eyes-india-bandwidth-wireless-push.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:08:19 EDT India's No. 2 mobile services firm Reliance Communications said it would roll out wireless video conferencing services in India, in a deal with Polycom Inc, expanding its offerings in the world's fastest growing market for wireless services. 13108 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/data/articleimgs/11853-a-man-walks-pastlogo-of-reliance-communication-in-mumbai-in-this-september-2009-file-photo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100318/reliance-comm-polycom-videoconferencing-pact.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100318/reliance-comm-polycom-videoconferencing-pact.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:02:31 EDT Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd is in the process of acquiring around 4,000 acres in Chennai and Pune, where it intends to set up two more business parks, a top official said late on Monday. 13104 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100317/renault-nissan-india-co-talks-car-project.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:57:07 EDT Honda Motor Co will recall about 412,000 vehicles in the United States to address the risk that brake pedals may feel soft and slip closer to the floor over time, the company said on Tuesday. 13103 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/data/articleimgs/11849-honda-motor-co-will-recall-about-412-000-vehicles-in-the-united-states-to-address-the-risk-that-brak.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100317/honda-recall-412000-vehicles-us-brakes.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100317/honda-recall-412000-vehicles-us-brakes.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:32:38 EDT Energy major Reliance Industries is seeking a joint venture with Atlas Energy to develop the U.S. firm's Marcellus Shale gas operations, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said. 13102 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/data/articleimgs/11848-indias-reliance-industries-kg-d6s-floating-production-storage-and-offloading-fpso-vessel-is-se.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100317/reliance-running-marcellus-jv.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100317/reliance-running-marcellus-jv.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:30:37 EDT Kuwaiti telecom Zain and Bharti Airtel have faced no obstacles in due diligence and expect the $9 billion deal to close on time, a Kuwaiti newspaper said on Tuesday. 13093 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/data/articleimgs/11838-a-rickshaw-driver-talks-on-his-mobile-phone-as-he-rides-pastbillboard-outsiderailway-station-i.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100316/no-obstacles-seen-zain-bharti-deal-close.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100316/no-obstacles-seen-zain-bharti-deal-close.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:26:51 EDT There is no proposal for government-run State Bank of India to take over any other state bank, a minister of state for Finance said on Tuesday. 13091 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/data/articleimgs/11836-people-walk-in-front-ofsignboard-displayed-at-the-head-office-of-state-bank-of-india-in-mumbai-in.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100316/no-plan-sbi-take-over-state-banks.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100316/no-plan-sbi-take-over-state-banks.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:11:26 EDT Godrej Consumer Products (GCP) on Saturday said it has agreed to buy personal care company Tura from Nigeria's Tura Group. 13083 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100313/godrej-consumer-products-buys-nigeria-tura.htm Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:28:53 EST Plans by Carrefour, the world's No.2 retailer, to open its first cash-and-carry outlets in India are a sign of optimism in the country's $450 billion retail sector, but foreign investors and some officials want more -- an easing of the country's tough investment rules. 13082 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/data/articleimgs/11828-a-customer-looks-at-trousers-at-one-of-the-retail-outlets-of-marks-and-spencer-in-mumbai-march-10-2.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100313/opening-india-retail-dont-hold-your-breath.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100313/opening-india-retail-dont-hold-your-breath.htm Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:27:01 EST Daimler will book a first-quarter gain of 265 million euros ($360.5 million) from selling its stake in Tata Motors, helping the German carmaker offset an expected hit from its EADS stake. 13075 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/data/articleimgs/11820-a-emergency-exit-sign-is-pictured-abovelogo-of-german-car-manufacturer-daimler-ag-before-the-ann.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100310/tata-stake-sale-help-daimler-q1-ebit.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100310/tata-stake-sale-help-daimler-q1-ebit.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:50:18 EST The government is betting that a deep discount for this week's $2.6 billion share sale in NMDC, India's largest iron ore miner, revives interest in a divestment programme that has thus far generated uneven interest. 13074 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/data/articleimgs/11819-labourers-work-insidefactory-in-agartala-in-this-october-2009-file-photo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100310/nmdc-priced-sell-26-bln-offer.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100310/nmdc-priced-sell-26-bln-offer.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:48:28 EST Japan's Honda will invest 4.7 billion rupees ($103 million) to build a second production plant in India, with an annual capacity of 600,000 units, to meet rising demand in the world's second-largest motorcycle market. Motorcycle sales in India rose 19 percent in 2009 to nearly 9 million units, behind China's 15 million-plus units. 13073 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100310/honda-india-bike-unit-plans-103-mil-second-plant.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:47:23 EST Indian conglomerate Essar Group plans to raise about $2.5 billion to $3 billion by listing its energy and power businesses on the London bourse in late April, tapping new investors to fund its ambitious expansion plans. 13068 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/data/articleimgs/11814-sun-sets-behindpower-tower-nearbuilding-in-new-delhi-february2006.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100308/essar-plans-tobln-london-listing.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100308/essar-plans-tobln-london-listing.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:07:46 EST Global fund manager Fidelity International is selling around 2 percent of its holding in India's largest commodity bourse to meet a regulatory cap of 5 percent for any single foreign shareholder, the Economic Times said. 13067 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100308/fidelity-sell-2pct-india-commodity-bourse.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:06:56 EST Luxury carmakers say 2010 will not be the year of full recovery for their sector, which was hit by the crisis and did not benefit from government incentives. 13065 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100308/recovery-wont-come-luxury-cars.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:58:20 EST Infosys Technologies, India's No. 2 IT services exporter, plans to raise wages for all its staff in April on a rebound in demand for outsourcing services, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. 13059 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/data/articleimgs/11808-a-man-walks-pastbillboard-of-infosys-technologies-ltds-office-inbangalore-october-10-2003.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100305/infosys-planning-wage-increase-april.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20100305/infosys-planning-wage-increase-april.htm Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:50:49 EST