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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance is India's largest private life insurer by sum assured and premium income.

Exclusive: The former Labour trade minister blasted Miliband in an interview with IBTimes UK.

Research released by Canalys reveal only 720,000 Android Wear smartwatches shipped in 2014.

Brazil's troubled oil giant will release audited 2014 results to fend off £32.5bn loan default

Abbey Forwarding director Rick Hone sectioned after suicide attempt when HMRC closed down firm.

Sahara to initiate civil and criminal proceedings in the US and in India for alleged "gross criminal conduct" by Mirach.

The project will create 6,000 jobs and benefit the UK economy by £8bn.

Deeper industry spending cuts and a weak US dollar are stimulating buying.

Salix, known for its gastrointestinal drugs, is considering its options in the midst of a management shakeup and inventory issues.

Doomed David Moyes era cost United tens of millions of pounds from a lack of Champions League football.

Hong Kong lawyer calls MyCoin scandal "classic Ponzi scheme" but dismisses calls for bitcoin ban.

Large investment funds cash in more than €800m after staging Europe's largest IPO this year

Profit before tax fell by 8.5% in 2014.

UKCES says schools and colleges should have links with at least one local business.

Commerzbank reports a better-than-expected Q4 net profit as a decrease in loan loss provisions offset weaker revenue.

The French bank has taken a €525m writedown on the value of Rosbank, its Russian unit.

Government data shows Japanese machine orders shot up 11.4% in December 2014, from a year ago, beating estimates.

Icahn takes into account P/E ratio of 20x and net cash of $22 per share to reach $216 per share valuation for Apple shares.

Petrobras new CEO hopes to fend off possible loan defaults by publishing the company's financial accounts early.

JP Morgan investigated for hiring the son of the Chinese commerce minister.

The pro or anti-business debate rumbles on, with HSBC's dodgy tax antics muddying the waters.

The University of Zurich academics investigated data from 63 countries between 2000 and 2011.

AAP is expected to expedite probes on power distribution companies of Reliance and Tata over pricing.

Igor Sechin said some countries are pursuing their personal interests and undermining other members within the oil cartel.

Company signs $850m deal with First Solar Inc, which will supply electricity to its new campus in Silicon Valley and its offices and stores in California.

Coca Cola beats profit expectations after rising sales in North America.

Parliament expected to approve amendments to the arbitration law in the upcoming session, which begins on 23 February.

Brazilian police seize mobile phones and computers of 2,000 Petrobras employees in the country's biggest corporate scandal.

Aldi and Lidl continued to take more of the market share