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Walmart Taps Sameer Aggarwal As CEO Of Indian Unit, Says In Touch With Suppliers

Walmart Inc on Wednesday named Sameer Aggarwal chief executive officer of Best Price, its Indian cash and carry business, and said it was in touch with sup...

Coronavirus Prompts Malaysia Palm Plantation Closures, World Vegoil Supply Concerns

Malaysia's palm oil plantations will stop operations for the next two weeks to comply with government orders to contain the spread of the coronavirus, a pr...

Thai Drought Raises Rice Supply Jitters, Vietnam Rates At Over One-Year High

Drought conditions in Thailand stoked concerns of a supply shortage and lifted rice export prices to a more than six-and-a-half-year high this we...

Carlsberg Aims To Quickly Resolve Dispute With JV Partner In India: Executive

Carlsberg is looking to resolve a commercial dispute with its joint venture partner in India, an executive said on Monday, amid a internal probe into the f...

Diageo Increases Stake In United Spirits Limited To 55.9%

Spirits giant Diageo has increased its shareholding in India's United Spirits Limited (USL) by approximately 0.70% to 55.9%. Diageo purchased 5,075,000...

India's Sugar Exports Could Jump Above 5 Million Tonnes On Firm Global Prices

India's sugar exports are likely to jump by nearly a third from a year ago to more than 5 million tonnes in 2019/20 as a rally in global sug...

Amazon, Flipkart Seek Rollback Of New Indian Tax On Online Sellers

Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart are among online retailers demanding that India scale back a proposed tax on third-party sellers on their platforms, saying t...

AB InBev Gets Relief Against New Delhi Sales Ban

A tribunal in New Delhi has put on hold a sales ban imposed last year on Anheuser-Busch InBev, an order seen by Reuters showed, allowing the world's larges...