Firms/companies
ONGC to sell stake in IOC, GAIL, but only when price is right
23 Jan 2018
The oil explorer has got government approval to sell its stake in Indian Oil Corp and GAIL to help its Rs37,000 crore acquisition of Hindustan Petroleum Corp, though the immediate funds will come from short-term borrowing
CEO Sundar Pichai says he has no regrets over firing James Damore, for criticising Google's diversity policy
22 Jan 2018
Coca-Cola vows to recycle 100% of its containers by 2030
22 Jan 2018
The world’s largest total beverage company, which creates massive garbage around the world, intends to back a World Without Waste with a multi-year investment to implement their new recycling goal
ONGC to borrow Rs35,000 crore to finance government’s HPCL divestment
22 Jan 2018
In the first-ever debt programme, ONGC board has approved raising of the company’s borrowing limit from Rs25,000 crore to Rs35,000 crore, chairman and managing director Shashi Shanker has said
Facebook roping in users to fight misinformation
20 Jan 2018
SoftBank wants Uber to focus on US, Europe and LatAm: report
20 Jan 2018
Softbank has high stakes in all major ride-hailing companies, including Uber and its Chinese rival Didi and India’s Ola, and it wants all of them to make money
Auto giant Honda recalls over 20,000 units of City, Accord and Jazz models over faulty airbags
20 Jan 2018
ITC net profit up 16.75% at Rs3,090 cr in Q3
20 Jan 2018
HDFC Bank Q3 net rises 20% to Rs4,642.6 crore
20 Jan 2018
Reliance net vaults 25% to Rs9,423 cr as Jio swings to profit
20 Jan 2018
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd has reported a net profit of Rs504 crore for the October-December 2017-18 quarter against a loss of Rs271 crore in the previous quarter
Sony to continue selling Xperia smartphones
20 Jan 2018
Airbus A380 gets lifeline as Emirates orders 36 new planes
19 Jan 2018
Emirates is already the world's biggest customer for the A380 with 101 in its fleet and 41 more firm orders previously placed. With the new order, the Dubai-based airline will have commitments for a total of 178 A380s worth $60 billion
ED plans to sell chunk of Mallya’s UB shares to raise Rs4,000 cr
19 Jan 2018
The Enforcement Directorate is planning to sell a major part of Vijay Mallya's unpledged shares in United Breweries to raise more than Rs4,000 crore, which is almost half of what the former liquor baron owes to lenders to his defunct Kingfisher Airlines
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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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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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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