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Top story: Essar Group is aiming to make over its Stanlow refinery in England’s north-west. Image via Getty Imag Essar Group has established a sustainability-focused business which will invest $3.6bn in its home market of India and the north of England. On February 27 the energy conglomerate announced it had created Essar Energy Transition (EET), which […]
Business Standard brings you the top headlines at this hour Sebi likely to scrap small town-linked incentive for mutual funds The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is likely to scrap an incentive it allows fund houses for mobilising assets from smaller centres — called Beyond 30 (B30) in industry parlance. At present, mutual funds
Top headlines: Unemployment rate dips to 4.1%, FDI inflows take a hit Read More »
Indonesia received some US$43 billion in foreign investment in 2022, the highest in the country’s history and an increase of 44 percent from 2021. This was mainly supported by the metal mining industry through which the Indonesian government is seeking to develop its downstream capabilities, particularly for nickel. According to recent data released by the
Indonesia’s Breakthrough Year for Foreign Investment in 2022 Read More »
According to the official, as far as 2022 is concerned, there has been a 4 per cent increase in FDI inflows Computer software and hardware manufacturing was the highest recipient of FDI at $8.07 billion Multiple challenges triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict such as high inflation, expansionary monetary policy and recessionary trends in key developed
From Ukraine war to inflation, global headwinds take a toll on FDI inflows Read More »
Australia is, by legislative requirement, a non-mandatory competition merger notification jurisdiction. However, for those intimate with the operations of the Australian competition regulator – the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), notification is better considered as quasi-mandatory, reflecting the proactive approach of the ACCC to unilaterally considering acquisitions of interest. The ACCC’s awareness of transactions
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A discovery by the country’s state-owned miner LKAB spurs hopes for a regional value chain Summary For Europe’s fledgling rare earths industry, 2023 started with a bang. On January 12, Sweden’s state-owned mining company LKAB declared it had discovered Europe’s largest known deposit of rare earths near the town of Kiruna, above the Arctic Circle. LKAB announced the
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Summary Flows of direct investment capital, both inbound to the U.S. economy and outbound, rose significantly starting in the 1990s. However, FDI flows have been more or less flat in recent years. Direct investment by foreign-owned companies accounts for about 15% of the eightfold increase in the U.S. capital stock over the past four decades. Strong investment
Globalization in retreat: Implications for the US economy Read More »
PM Narendra Modi with German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz. (File photo: Reuters) Indo-German Business and geo-strategic discussions will be on top of the agenda during the upcoming visit of the German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz over the coming weekend. At a media briefing in New Delhi, German Ambassador Phillip Ackerman informed that the Chancellor will
Summary For Europe’s fledgling rare earths industry, 2023 started with a bang. On January 12, Sweden’s state-owned mining company LKAB declared it had discovered Europe’s largest known deposit of rare earths near the town of Kiruna, above the Arctic Circle. LKAB announced the news 500 metres underground, in one of its nearby mines, alongside Sweden’s Minister for Energy,
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By Express News Service NEW DELHI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow into India fell by a significant 15% to $36.75 billion during the April-December period of on-going financial year 2022-2023(FY23), according to the latest Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade data. FDI inflows stood at $43.17 billion during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. Total
FDI inflow falls 15 per cent during Apr-Dec Read More »