IOC raises oil import from Latin America to cut costs

Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015, 17:17

IOC, the nation's biggest oil firm, spent Rs 1.65 lakh crore on import of 43.9 million tons of crude oil in 2014-15.

Alexis Tsipras under pressure for concessions in Greece debt talks

Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2015, 17:36

To clinch a deal, EU officials said Tsipras`s government needed to offer alternative savings and tax measures to replace proposed pension cuts and tax rises he rejected as antisocial, to deliver a modest fiscal surplus before interest payments.

'India looking to acquire oil assets abroad'

Last Updated: Friday, May 15, 2015, 15:35

India is looking to buy oil assets abroad, the country`s oil minister said on Friday, adding he was seeing increased engagement in the Latin American region.

Lupin acquires Brazilian drug firm Medquimica

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 21:31

Drug major Lupin Wednesday announced acquisition of Brazil's Medquimica Industria Farmaceutica SA, marking its foray into the Latin American nation.

Nintendo hits pause button on Brazil

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 22:51

Japanese videogame giant Nintendo says it is hitting the pause button on operations in Brazil and will leave Latin America`s largest market while it assesses how to deal with high import taxes.

Brazil posts 2014 inflation rate of 6.41%

Last Updated: Saturday, January 10, 2015, 00:11

Inflation in Brazil hit 6.41 percent in 2014, marginally below a government ceiling of 6.5 percent but still the highest annual figure since 2011, the National Statistical Institute (IBGE) said Friday.

Brazil posts first trade deficit in 14 years

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 02:32

Brazil posted its first annual trade deficit in 14 years on Monday, as bad news piled up for the once-booming Latin American giant, the world`s seventh biggest economy.

LatAm foreign ministers kick off Cuba summit

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 04:14

Foreign ministers from 33 Latin American and Caribbean nations have met in the Cuban capital for a summit of Western Hemisphere countries minus the United States and Canada.

Dozens of dissidents arrested in Cuba as major summit looms

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 06:59

Dozens of dissidents have been detained in a "wave of political repression" ahead of a major international summit in Cuba, activists said Sunday.

At least 10 dead in south Brazil violence: police

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 21:38

At least 10 people were killed overnight around the Brazilian city of Campinas in a surge of violence that began with the murder of an off-duty policeman, police and media said on Monday.

Eva Longoria denies reports of her doing three Latin soaps

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 12:04

Eva Longoria has denied reports that she would feature in three Latin soap operas on TV, including one where she plays mother to model-actor William Levy.