| Wipro buys select Yardley biz for $45.5mn | 05-NOV-09 |
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| The consumer care and Lighting business of Wipro acquired the Yardley business in Asia, Middle East, Australiasia and certain African markets for $45.5 million (around Rs 215 crore) from UK-based Lornamead Group. |
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| KEC International bags order worth Rs 470 cr | 22-OCT-09 |
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| KEC International, a player in the power transmission business and part of the RPG group, has bagged international orders worth Rs 470 crore from Saudi Arabia and Chad in Africa. |
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| Middle eastern approaches | 04-SEP-09 |
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| Unrelenting terrorism has created a global public relations nightmare for the Islamic world of West Asia. Equally, though, the right-wing American press led by Fox News and CNN has come to equate the region and its dominant religion with a dour, monochrome fundamentalism that is quite at odds with reality. This received US wisdom about Islamic culture has done as much damage to the geopolitics of the region as the suicide bombers who kill in the name of Allah. |
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| UAE retail group eyes Indian expansion plan | 26-AUG-09 |
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| Emke Group, which operates the biggest hypermarket chain in the Middle East under the LuLu and Al Falah brands, is entering the lucrative Indian market by developing the biggest shopping mall in Kochi, in Kerala. |
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| India leading recipient of Middle East remittances | 16-AUG-09 |
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| A study conducted by the Migration and Remittances Team at the World Bank said the top-ten recipients of remittances among developing countries are India, China, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, Nigeria, Romania, Egypt, Bangladesh and Vietnam. |
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| Infocomm and ARABCAL sign MoU | 02-JUL-09 |
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| Smart Infocomm and ARABCAL have signed an MoU as a major strategic initiative to enter into the UAE and rest of Middle East market and for promotion of their products in IT and Communication segment with the brand name 'SMART'. |
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