Firms/companies
Reliance to spearhead $9.3-bn investments in Maharashtra
19 Feb 2018
With huge investments by the Mahindra group besides industrial investments by more than 20 global firms, including Cisco, Siemens, Corning Inc, HP, Dell, Nokia and Nvidia being organised by Reliance Industries, PM Narendra Modi says Maharashtra is all set to become India’s first $1-trillion state
Mumbai-Pune route may be world’s first to see Hyperloop One
19 Feb 2018
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has signed an agreement with the Maharashtra government for the Hyperloop One system, which will zip passengers between Mumbai and Pune in under 25 minutes
Daiichi case: thwarted in SC, Singhs may return to Singapore courts
17 Feb 2018
Brothers Malvinder and Shivinder Singh are “evaluating the option to challenge the ... award in Singapore courts” after the Supreme Court upheld a high court verdict that they must pay Daiichi Sankyo $546 million
PNB fraud: net widened; Modi, Choksi passports suspended
17 Feb 2018
By Friday, the ED and CBI had searched 35 locations in 11 states and seized jewellery worth Rs5,100 crore in connection with the Rs11,400 crore ‘fraud’ pulled by jewellers Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi on Punjab National Bank
Mahindra to acquire 16% stake in Zoomcar
16 Feb 2018
Walmart eyes over 40% stake in Flipkart: report
16 Feb 2018
With over 40-per cent stake in Flipkart, the Bentonville, Arkansas headquartered Walmart and nearly 6,363 stores across the globe could emerge as a fierce competitor to Amazon in India
Bharti Airtel in talks to globally list African arm BAIN BV
16 Feb 2018
The move is seen as part of Airtel’s efforts to monetise its non-core assets and strengthen its war chest for the bruising battle triggered by Reliance Jio Infocomm in India
Under new tax laws, Cisco to bring back $67 bn to US
16 Feb 2018
Cisco investors are set for a windfall of about $44 billion as it becomes the latest big US company to map out plans to bring home cash that has been stashed overseas for years
LyondellBasell to acquire A Schulman in $2.25 billion deal
16 Feb 2018
The combination doubles the size of LyondellBasell's existing compounding business and establishes a platform for future growth with reach into additional high-growth markets
Royal Enfield’s Interceptor 750 set to challenge Harley Davidson, despite Trump
16 Feb 2018
Besides President Donald Trump’s criticism of India’s customs duty on fully-built motorcycles, the US super bike maker Harley has dropped prices of its entry-level bikes by almost 10 per cent to push up sales in India
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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