Manmohan, Montek were reluctant reformers: Arun Maria

Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015, 14:12

Former Planning Commission member Arun Maira has revealed that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had inducted him as a change management expert but never backed any changes.

CCI approves Aditya Birla Chemicals' merger with Grasim Inds

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 19:49

Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the merger of Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) Ltd with its group company Grasim Industries Ltd.

Competition norms compliance can prevent bad days for cos: CCI

Last Updated: Sunday, September 6, 2015, 18:08

In a stern message to enterprises, anti-trust regulator CCI has said they need to put in place competition law compliance programme so as to avoid "bad days" in terms of penalty and loss of reputation.

EU loses 168 billion euros in sales tax fraud, errors

Last Updated: Friday, September 4, 2015, 22:40

EU countries lost 168 billion euros (USD 187 billion) in sales-tax revenue in 2013 mostly due to fraud and errors, the European Commission said on Thursday.

European Commission approves Shell's purchase of BG Group

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 23:09

The European Commission gave its approval Wednesday of Royal Dutch Shell's planned acquisition of Britain's BG Group in a deal that must also be cleared by Australian and Chinese regulators.

Fairfax proposal to buy 26% in IIFL gets CCI nod

Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2015, 21:20

Fair trade regulator CCI has cleared Canadian investment holding company Fairfax's proposed acquisition of 26 percent stake in IIFL Holdings.

CCI likely to soon start hearings on Google case

Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2015, 19:17

Anti-trust watchdog CCI will soon begin final hearings into alleged anti-competitive practices of global giant Google, which has been accused of abusing its market dominance in ranking its Internet search results.

US International Trade Commission clears Microsoft of patent infringement

Last Updated: Saturday, August 29, 2015, 03:31

Microsoft Corp avoided a potentially costly setback to its financially-troubled mobile phone business on Friday as the US International Trade Commission declined to block the import of its devices in a longstanding patent dispute.

NITI Aayog to bring out integrated energy policy: Panagariya

Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015, 20:46

NITI Aayog will bring out a new integrated energy policy -- as was introduced by its predecessor the erstwhile Planning Commission -- which called for decontrolling of energy prices.

Future Group-Bharti Retail's Rs 750-crore deal gets CCI nod

Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015, 16:04

Competition Commission has cleared the proposed Rs 750-crore multi-tier merger deal between Future Group and Bharti Retail.

SEBI approves commodities market norms; to merge FMC from Sept 28

Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2015, 19:36

Setting September 28 as the date for merger of Forward Markets Commission (FMC) with itself, SEBI Monday announced new norms for commodities derivatives market under which exchanges and brokers in this segment will need to comply with rules applicable to their stock market peers.

Use postponement period to fix transitional probs: Shome on GST

Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2015, 22:45

Former chairman of Tax Administrative Reforms Commission Parthasarathi Shome Monday said government should utilise the postponement period to fix transitional issues relating to Goods and Service Tax (GST).