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  • Enviva LP Announces Wood Pellet Facility in Virginia

    Washington, D.C:  Enviva LP (“Enviva”), a leading manufacturer of processed biomass fuel in the United States and Europe, today announced that it is planning to build a 454,000 metric ton wood pellet manufacturing facility in Courtland, Va., which could begin operations as early as the first half of 2013. The project is contingent on the […]

    Axis Bank launches ‘Young Bankers’ Program for banking aspirants

    by NR INDRAN / INT Mumbai : Axis Bank, India’s third largest private Bank, in association with Manipal Global Education Services ( MaGE) today announced the launch of ‘Young Bankers’ Program, an initiative to attract young graduates to a career in banking with Axis Bank. Young Bankers Program, a one year full time residential program […]

    Salesforce.com Unveils New Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud

    NEW YORK:  Salesforce.com , the enterprise cloud computing (http://www.salesforce.com/cloudcomputing/)company, today unveiled the Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud. The Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud extends the social enterprise to marketing with new features in social monitoring, insights, engagement, workflow and websites. Together these innovations will let companies turn millions of social conversations about their products, brand and industry […]

    Telco chiefs meet PM, FM, Sibal on 3G, spectrum pricing

    Amid a stand-off between telecom companies and the government, the chiefs of private service providers on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to seek an early resolution to the dispute over agreement on 3G roaming services and one-time fee for additional spectrum. Chiefs of leading telecom firms, including Sunil Mittal of Bharti Airtel, Anil Ambani […]

    Oil cos hike jet fuel price by 3.7 pc

    State-owned oil companies on Wednesday hiked jet fuel price by a steep 3.7 per cent, the third increase in rates in a month. The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, at Delhi was raised by Rs 2,312 per kilolitre (kl), or 3.7 per cent, to Rs 64,622 per kl with effect from […]

    Eight core sector industries grow by 0.1 pc in Oct

    Growth of eight infrastructure industries slowed down to 0.1 per cent in October this year, from 7.2 per cent expansion witnessed in the same month last year. The eight industries — crude oil, petroleum refinery products, natural gas, fertilisers, coal, electricity, cement and finished steel– have a weight of 37.90 per cent in the overall […]

    Indo-US CEO Forum asked for FDI in retail: Govt

    Amidst a raging controversy over FDI in multi-brand retail, government on Wednesday said it received a recommendation from the Indo-US CEO Forum to open up the sector, among other areas, for foreign investment. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia quoted the Indo-US CEO Forum […]

    Muslim Brotherhood claims lead in first phase of Egypt polls

    Egypt’s influential Muslim Brotherhood group on Wednesday claimed that it was leading in the initial count of results from the first phase of historic Parliamentary polls in the post-Mubarak era but also acknowledged that it was facing stiff competition from more hard-line Islamic parties. Muslim Brotherhood, which was persecuted and banned during the 30-year rule […]

    Jackson’s doctor sentenced four years for manslaughter

    Michael Jackson’s personal physician Conrad Murray was jailed to the maximum of four years in the pop icon’s 2009 death with the judge lambasting the doctor for his “money-for-madness” behaviour. Giving Murray the maximum sentence yesterday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor expressed shock over the doctor’s lack of remorse. Pastor said the […]

    Belarus metro bombing suspects face death penalty

    A pair of childhood friends in Belarus faced the death penalty on Wednesday after being found guilty in the trial over a Minsk metro bombing that killed 15 people in the republic’s worst post-Soviet attack. The supreme court found Dmitry Konovalov guilty of “terrorism” in carrying out the April 11 attack and Vladislav Kovalyov of […]