ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, May 9 (UPI) -- Mittal Steel Co. NV, the world's biggest steel firm, is trying diplomacy, apparently successfully, in its takeover bid for the world's No. 2 steel company.

NEW DELHI, March 10 (UPI) -- India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. aims to spend $15 billion buying foreign oil and natural gas assets.

NEW YORK, March 10 (UPI) -- Bill Gates, worth an estimated $50 billion, has been tabbed the world's richest person for the 12th consecutive year in Forbes' rankings of the super-wealthy.

NEW DELHI, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- India and France put aside their current disagreements to conclude a civilian nuclear agreement that they said will be for peaceful purposes.

NEW DELHI, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- New Delhi has stepped in to back a hostile takeover bid by Indian-born steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal for his main European rival.

PARIS, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The head of the world's biggest steel maker is on a whirlwind tour of Europe to stanch resistance to his latest corporate takeover moves.

PARIS, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Luxembourg's Arcelor SA, the world's No. 2 steel maker, rejected a $23 billion buyout bid from rival Mittal Steel Co., the world's biggest steel firm.

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LONDON, April 3 (UPI) -- U.K. steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal saw his wealth quadruple last year, making him the Britain's richest man, according to the Rich List of the Sunday Times.