Business News: General

Swiss food giant Nestle may consider a bid for Britain's Cadbury to challenge a hostile 9.9 billion pound bid by Kraft Foods Inc and a potential move by Hershey, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.

Dalal Street is likely to witness volatile trade this week and seek direction from global markets in the absence of any major domestic trigger, believe analysts.

The cumulative valuation of the 16 Indian stocks trading on American bourses rose by USD 217 million last week, although a host of them witnessed a decline in their market capitalisation.

After months of political haggling the Australian government will unveil its revised carbon trading laws this week, with a vote expected by the year's final day of parliament on Thursday.

Pavilions from various states of India's northeast region are doing brisk business at the ongoing 29th India International Trade fair in national capital New Delhi.

After months of political haggling the Australian government will unveil its revised carbon trading laws this week, with a vote expected by year's final day of parliament on Thursday.

Cheeka was in a foul mood. The last meeting with the BCCI Prez had been a disaster, to put it mildly. "Capital, capital," the Prez had muttered, looking at the recent performances of the team. Cheeka beamed in acknowledgement.

News Corp, Time Warner Inc and Qualia Capital LLC are interested in buying Hollywood's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio, home of the James Bond movies, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.

Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd has again produced the most fuel efficient and least polluting vehicles on American roads, the U.S. government projections for 2009 showed on Friday.

To enhance investors' awareness about the corporate sector, the ministry of corporate affairs would now involve its regional directors (RDs) and the Registrar of Companies (RoCs) in the functioning of the Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF).

Akeel Sachak, global head of the consumer team at Rothschild, may get a seat at the table for this year's sweetest deal after all.

Over 60 per cent of companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange have seen their share value fall in the last two years, Parliament was informed.

Volkswagen named a 41-year-old former Porsche Holding sales expert who joined the Europe's largest carmaker only a year ago to its management board as new group head of sales and distribution starting next year.

Standard Chartered Plc said it planned to invest in several renewable energy projects in Asia worth over $800 million.

Japan Airlines Corp may have to pay about 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) to settle derivatives transactions, a newspaper said on Friday, sending the struggling carrier's shares down 3 percent to a record closing low.

Big shareholders at Goldman Sachs have asked the U.S. bank, on track to deliver $20 billion in bonuses, to pass more profit to investors after it quadrupled quarterly net profit, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Cadbury suitors Ferrero and Hershey would likely break the UK confectioner up into separate businesses if a mooted bid for the company succeeds, an Italian newspaper reported.

Budget shortfalls pose a direct threat to millions of U.S. jobs, many in the private sector, as state and local governments lay off workers and cut spending on contracts and other business services, a think tank said on Thursday.

Shares of Sony Corp fell to their lowest in nearly four months on Friday after the electronics maker's new business strategy failed to convince investors it could deliver strong profit growth.

Nokia is to cut 330 research and development jobs in Finland and Denmark as it focuses on launching fewer, but more iconic, phones.