Archive for September 5th, 2008

Global sugar deficit pegged at 3.9 million tonnes

The Hindu Business Line :
Hit by a steep fall in sugar output in India and Brazil, the International Sugar Organisation (ISO) has forecast the global production to fall 7.4 million tonnes to 161.6 million tonnes in 2008-09.
“The world sugar deficit will be of 3.90 million tonnes in 2008-09 against a surplus of 7.25 million [...]


Ten Indian companies in the Forbes’ list of 50 best listed companies in the Asia-Pacific region

The Financial Express
Ten Indian companies led by the likes of state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals, telecom major Bharti Airtel and Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries have made their way into the Forbes’ list of 50 best listed companies in the Asia-Pacific region.
The ‘Asian Fabulous 50′ ranking is topped by Taiwan-based computer maker Acer, while BHEL and Bharti [...]


Global investors inject ~USD 100mil in Moser Baer’s solar photo voltaic biz

Global investors inject Rs 411 crore in Moser Baer’s solar photo voltaic business
Moserbaer India Ltd today announced that its wholly-owned photo voltaic subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement to raise Rs 411 crore from a consortium of global investors including CDC group, Morgan Stanley and IDFC among others.
This agreement is to fund [...]


Lorena Rojas: ‘I’d love to do a Bollywood film’

India Buzz-Entertainment-The Times of India
“I have tried a bit of Indian food and it’s not very different from Mexican food. I love the food here,” she giggles. “I’m obsessive about exercising, because I think about eating food all the time! So before coming to India, I exercised a lot so that I could be a [...]


Copsa eyes US$3bn low altitude Trasandino tunnel, suggests modifications

BNAmericas , Chile news
Members of Chilean concessionaires association Copsa have met with Argentine firm CASA and Brazilian group Camargo Corrêa to express their interest in taking part in the project to build a low altitude Trasandino rail tunnel connecting Chile and Argentina, Copsa president Herman Chadwick told BNamericas.
The project, promoted by CASA and Camargo Correa, [...]


Helix Wind, Inc. Receives $10.6MM Firm Order From South America

MarketWatch
Helix Wind, Inc., a San Diego, CA based manufacturer of small wind turbines, today entered into a firm sales agreement with EDAL RE, Inc., (Energy Development Argentina Limited), a leading cell phone tower construction and services provider and renewable energy distributor in Argentina.EDAL is a leading developer of distributed power generation solutions for wireless communications [...]