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They may build skyscraper mansions, travel by private jet and throw sumptuous wedding parties, but it seems India's super-rich are much slower at opening their wallets for charity.

2013-03-20T10:23:18ZAFP Global Editionby Salil Panchaltag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/04/Vietnamese_developer_joins_billionaire_Asians_5a4d

A Vietnamese property developer who started out making noodles in Ukraine joined mega-rich Hong Kong magnate Li Ka-shing for the first time on Forbes magazine's world's billionaires list Monday.

2013-03-04T17:54:21ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/28/Police_probe_threat_Indias_richest_04ca

Indian police are probing a threatening letter sent by militant Islamists to India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, for supporting a hardline nationalist politician, police and reports said Thursday.

2013-02-28T08:05:07ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/19/Reliance_plan_investment_India_field_ec78

BP Plc and Reliance Industries Ltd Tuesday announced plans to invest over $5 billion to reverse a decline in output from India's biggest natural gas reservoir in the Bay of Bengal.

2013-02-19T15:33:52ZAFP Asian Editionby Penny MacRaetag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/19/Reliance_plan_investment_develop_India_7d47

BP Plc and Reliance Industries Ltd Tuesday announced plans to invest over $5 billion to reverse a decline in output from India's biggest natural gas reservoir in the Bay of Bengal.

2013-02-19T14:29:41ZAFP Asian Editionby Penny MacRaetag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/19/Reliance_develop_India_gasfield_86e7

Britain's BP and India's Reliance Industries said Tuesday they plan to invest more than $5 billion to develop India's largest natural gasfield in the Bay of Bengal over the next few years.

2013-02-19T13:17:38ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/18/Indias_Reliance_Industries_profit_87ac

India's largest private firm Reliance Industries reported on Friday a surprise 24 percent rise in quarterly net profit as higher refining margins offset slowing output from offshore fields.

2013-01-18T18:09:32ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/25/Mukesh_Ambani_still_Indias_richest_3753

Energy giant Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has retained his title as the world's richest Indian -- for the fifth year in a row -- with a net worth of $21 billion, according to Forbes.

2012-10-25T17:43:02ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/19/India_clears_entry_retailer_Brooks_dfcc

India's foreign investment regulator on Friday cleared an application from US luxury-clothing retailer Brooks Brothers to set up stores for the first time in the booming South Asian market.

2012-10-19T18:18:19ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/15/Indias_Reliance_Industries_profit_falls_81b9

India's largest private firm Reliance Industries on Monday reported a fourth consecutive drop in quarterly net profit, owing to declining gas output from its offshore fields.

2012-10-15T17:03:36ZAFP Global Editionby Salil Panchaltag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/07/28/Indias_Reliance_invest_aerospace_telecom_5e27

India's Reliance Industries, led by tycoon Mukesh Ambani, could spend $2 billion to boost its aerospace and telecoms businesses, reports said on Saturday.

2012-07-28T16:54:15ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/07/20/Indias_Reliance_profit_down_d2da

India's largest private firm, Reliance Industries, on Friday reported a drop in quarterly net profit -- its third straight fall -- hurt by declining gas output from its offshore fields.

2012-07-20T18:24:00ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/06/07/Indias_Reliance_invest_coming_years_a9c9

India's largest private company, Reliance Industries, said Thursday will invest $18 billion over the next four to five years to expand in the country and more than double operating profit.

2012-06-07T09:35:53ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/05/13/Edgy_Indian_corporates_seek_spiritual_0789

With the banks deaf to his pleas for more money for his ailing airline and foreign investors yet to materialise, Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya has turned to divine forces for assistance.

2012-05-13T16:54:15ZAFP Global Editionby Abhaya Srivastavatag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/05/04/Indias_Reliance_with_125_fine_1302

India's government has asked energy giant Reliance Industries to pay a $1.25 billion penalty for a fall in gas production from its main oil fields, a company executive said on Friday.

2012-05-04T17:22:20ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/04/20/Indias_Reliance_shows_212_fall_9e4b

Reliance Industries, India's largest private firm, on Friday reported a drop in its fourth quarter net profit -- its second successive fall -- hurt by declining gas output from its offshore fields.

2012-04-20T13:37:41ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/30/Indias_ONGC_ConocoPhillips_shale_deal_9a4b

India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp. on Friday signed a deal with US-based energy giant ConocoPhillips to jointly explore and develop shale gas reserves and deep-water oil fields.

2012-03-30T18:56:37ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/21/Indias_Reliance_Russias_Sibur_450_579c

Reliance Industries, India's largest private firm, said Tuesday it had finalised a joint venture with Russian petrochemicals giant Sibur to produce synthetic rubber to meet demand from Indian automakers.

2012-02-21T17:36:51ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/15/Indias_Reliance_output_further_fall_4cb8

Output from Indian energy giant Reliance Industries' main D6 gas fields off the country's east coast is expected to fall to a new low, a senior oil ministry official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

2012-02-15T17:20:31ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/14/Indias_Reliance_output_further_fall_4cb8

Output from Indian energy giant Reliance Industries' main D6 gas fields off the country's east coast is expected to fall to a new low, a senior oil ministry official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

2012-02-14T17:04:13ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reporter