Category: World
‘s Arcelor deal
NEW DELHI, June 27, 2006 (AFP) – Takeovers of major western companies by emerging market players, particularly from India and China, will escalate as they chase growth outside their traditional home markets, analysts say.“It will be critically important to know these challengers well and to use that knowledge in making key business decisions.Decisions made without […]
Emerging market companies in spotlight after Mittal’s Arcelor deal
NEW DELHI, June 27, 2006 (AFP) – Takeovers of major western companies by emerging market players, particularly from India and China, will escalate as they chase growth outside their traditional home markets, analysts say.“It will be critically important to know these challengers well and to use that knowledge in making key business decisions.Decisions made without […]
‘s favorite killing machine for next 20 years — report
UNITED NATIONS, June 26, 2006 (AFP) – The Kalashnikov assault rifle will remain the world’s favorite killing machine in conflict zones for at least the next 20 years because its production is poorly regulated, a report released here Monday said. Up to 70 million AK-47s and variations of its design are in circulation around the […]
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NEW DELHI, June 26, 2006 (AFP) – India’s largest coffee producer, Tata Coffee Ltd. said Monday it signed a deal to buy U.S.-based Eight O’Clock Co. from Gryphon Investors for 220 million dollars. “This acquisition is a strategic fit with our growth plans and helps Tata Coffee in attaining its objective to become an international […]
AK-47 to remain world’s favorite killing machine for next 20 years — report
UNITED NATIONS, June 26, 2006 (AFP) – The Kalashnikov assault rifle will remain the world’s favorite killing machine in conflict zones for at least the next 20 years because its production is poorly regulated, a report released here Monday said. Up to 70 million AK-47s and variations of its design are in circulation around the […]
India’s Tata Coffee pays 220 million dollars for US’s Eight O’Clock
NEW DELHI, June 26, 2006 (AFP) – India’s largest coffee producer, Tata Coffee Ltd. said Monday it signed a deal to buy U.S.-based Eight O’Clock Co. from Gryphon Investors for 220 million dollars. “This acquisition is a strategic fit with our growth plans and helps Tata Coffee in attaining its objective to become an international […]
Women turning backs on matrilineal society in India’s northeast
SHILLONG, India, June 25, 2006 (AFP) – It’s not that Rosanna Lyngdoh Mawphlang isn’t grateful that under her Khasi tribe’s matrilineal system she, rather than her brothers, will inherit the family’s sprawling 21-roomed home.It’s just that she’s not sure she wants all the responsibility that goes with it. “I know this is a privilege that […]
‘s northeast
SHILLONG, India, June 25, 2006 (AFP) – It’s not that Rosanna Lyngdoh Mawphlang isn’t grateful that under her Khasi tribe’s matrilineal system she, rather than her brothers, will inherit the family’s sprawling 21-roomed home.It’s just that she’s not sure she wants all the responsibility that goes with it. “I know this is a privilege that […]
Letting your hair down, with a little help
PARIS, June 23, 2006 (AFP) – Forget designer handbags and couture frocks, these days style-conscious women are spending big on the latest luxury accessory, human hair extensions. Hot on the heels of celebrity torchbearers like Victoria Beckham and Paris Hilton, women are paying up to 1,000 euros (1,250 dollars) to have someone else’s hair stuck […]
Giant crude producer Iran to ration petrol, stop imports
TEHRAN, June 23, 2006 (AFP) – Iran said Friday it will stop importing petrol in September and begin rationing it, ironic for a country that is OPEC’s number-two exporter of crude oil.“As there is nothing provisioned for petrol imports in the second half of this (Iranian) year’s budget …the imports will naturally stop and petrol […]
Most common nouns in English? I wouldn’t give them the time of day
LONDON, June 22, 2006 (AFP) – A new list of the most common nouns in the English language published in the latest Oxford dictionary reveals that English speakers are obsessed with time, Oxford University Press (OUP) researchers said Thursday.The word “time” topped the list, with “year” in third place and “day” in fifth position and […]
‘t give them the time of day
LONDON, June 22, 2006 (AFP) – A new list of the most common nouns in the English language published in the latest Oxford dictionary reveals that English speakers are obsessed with time, Oxford University Press (OUP) researchers said Thursday.The word “time” topped the list, with “year” in third place and “day” in fifth position and […]