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Tata Group cools expansion plans

BBC Finance  Thu, 11/13/2008 - 9:42am

Indian conglomerate Tata Group says it will cut down on acquisitions because of increasing problems in raising capital.



 

Bringing Bollywood To The U.S.

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Mon, 08/18/2008 - 6:53am

An Indian conglomerate has acquired more than 200 movie screens across the United States in the past year.

The company, Reliance, is using the theaters to showcase Indian films. Now it's grabbing headlines for reported plans to set up a new movie venture with Steven Spielberg.

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Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity

ZDNET - Between the Lines  Fri, 07/25/2008 - 8:45am

Microsoft’s financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between.



 

Google to Viacom: 'Respect YouTube users' privacy'

CNET Tech blog  Thu, 07/03/2008 - 11:35am

Viacom is getting its hands on some of YouTube's sensitive user data as a result of the copyright infringement lawsuit the conglomerate filed a year ago.



 

Ford completes Jaguar deal

BBC Finance  Mon, 06/02/2008 - 9:57am

Ford officially completes the sale of Jaguar and Land Rover to Indian conglomerate Tata for £1.7bn.



 

GE to 'switch off' appliance unit

BBC Finance  Fri, 05/16/2008 - 11:00am

US conglomerate General Electric is set to quit the household appliances market after 100 years.



 

General Electric delivers a shock

CNN Money  Fri, 04/11/2008 - 8:55am

General Electric - widely viewed as a proxy for the U.S. economy - posted a surprising first-quarter earnings miss Friday, deflating investors' hopes that the conglomerate could rise above an impending slowdown.



 

General Electric's big disappointment

CNN Money  Fri, 04/11/2008 - 6:20am

General Electric posted a surprising first-quarter earnings miss Friday, deflating investors' hopes that the conglomerate could rise above an economic slowdown.



 

For GE and NBC, breaking up is hard to do

CNN Money  Thu, 04/10/2008 - 3:03pm

General Electric's latest attempt to revive its troubled NBC television unit with a 65-week "superseason" of fresh programming is grabbing a lot of headlines these days.

But some investors wonder if it's worth the conglomerate's trouble.



 

JumpTap scores 7-country search & ad deal

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 02/11/2008 - 9:21am

The white label search provider JumpTap signed a seven country deal with the mobile conglomerate TeliaSonera.