Companies with unique business models got listed in 2009-10 and made investors rich.

In just five years, Apurva Shah (left) and Binoy Gardi have created a bridge between pharmaceutical giants in the West and India's expertise in carrying out clinical research. And not by claiming to be cheap.

Making a strong case for allowing FDI in multi- brand retail Wal-Mart Stores Inc prez and CEO says the company will rope in 35,000 farmers by 2015 in India.

The department has demanded a payment of Rs 11, 218 crore, to be paid by the telecom giant within a month, for its Rs 55,000-crore deal with Hutchison in 2007.

A TeamLease report says Corporate India is bullish about the future of their business, but adopt a cautious approach while hiring.

PowerGrid Corporation of India Ltd says its estimated Rs 8,400 crore follow-on public offer will hit the capital market on Nov 9 and close on Nov 12.

During July 2009-June 2010, India recorded the world's maximum number of theft cases in retail stores and malls causing a revenue loss of a whopping Rs 1,040.11 crore.

Indian markets opened lower Wednesday, following a fall in Asian stocks. Metals were the worst hit, followed by weakness in realty, consumer durables, FMCG, banking, capital goods, oil & gas, power, and auto.

The iPhone maker generated a record revenue of $20.34 billion in the fourth quarter ended September 25, compared to $12.2 billion in the year-ago period.

Hectic lobbying by telecom operators to scuttle the launch of mobile number portability dashes all hopes of it becoming a reality from October 31.

The domestic corporates' profit growth is also likely to be restricted to 6.8 per cent in FY11, owing to the fall in profits in the second quarter of the 2010-11 financial year.

The CII Business Confidence Index for October-December 2010 fell by 1.4 points to 66.2, compared to an increase of 1.5 points during the April-September period.

After staying under 20,000 for most part of the trade, the 30-share BSE index closed with a gain of 43.84 points at 20,168.89. The NSE index Nifty, too, rose 13.30 points at 6,075.95.

Silver Lake Partners and Blackstone Group LP are among the firms that have expressed interest in teaming up with AOL, or take it private on their own, The Wall Street Journal said.

Bank of America Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets, HSBC and The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc acted as joint book runners and lead managers.

The India-born leader Sanjay Jha was listed among the 25 most \"overpaid CEOs\" of 2009 by US proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis. Yahoo's Carol Bartz tops the list.

Stocks recover on fresh buying by funds and retail investors after IT bellwether Infosys Technologies reported 13.15 per cent growth in its consolidated net profit for the second quarter.

In a statement, Pfizer said it would buy out King for a share price of $14.25 apiece, representing a 40 per cent premium over the its closing price on October 11.

Sony Entertainment Television needs a cracker of a programme to shake off stagnation.

The Unique Identification (UID) project, or Aadhar, may perhaps be the UPA government's most ambitious project, but the global experience with such projects has not been encouraging.