Firms/companies
Maruti eyeing lithium suppliers as it speeds up EV plans
18 Jan 2018
34 years after rolling out the country’s first ‘people’s car’ and revolutionising the Indian automobile industry, India’s leading carmaker Maruti Suzuki, is going back to the drawing board as the global focus shifts to electric vehicles
GE Capital's $6.2 bn insurance losses force a revival of breakup plans
17 Jan 2018
General Electric Co is planning to undertake a more comprehensive restructuring, a decade after it hived off substantial businesses to concentrate on its main business
Patanjali aims to overtake HUL next year; no plans for IPO
17 Jan 2018
New FMCG entrant Patanjali Ayurved said on Tuesday that by next year it aims to overtake India’s biggest consumer goods company Hindustan Unilever Ltd, which has been present in India for more than 80 years
Anil Ambani’s Global Cloud to build major new submarine cable
17 Jan 2018
After selling its consumer-facing wireless business to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio, Reliance Communications is banking on the new 68,000-km undersea cable to generate $1 billion in annual revenue
Centre reverses stance: Air India may be sold piecemeal
16 Jan 2018
The core airline business, regional arm, ground handling and engineering verticals of national carrier would be split, while employees may be absorbed in other PSUs or offered VRS, latest reports say
Ford to spend $11 bn on EV, hybrid push with 40 new models
15 Jan 2018
Ford Motor Co will more than double its planned investments in electric vehicles to $11 billion by 2022 and will have 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicle models in its lineup, chairman Bill Ford said on Sunday
Word Bank to review 'Doing Business' rankings amidst Chile criticism
15 Jan 2018
While India under right-wing Narendra Modi jumped 30 places to100th among 190 countries, Chile under socialist President Michelle Bachelet continued to descend from 34th in 2014, the year Bachelet took office, to 55th currently
ONGC copter with 7 aboard crashes off Mumbai coast, 4 bodies recovered
13 Jan 2018
Four bodies, including those of two senior ONGC officials, have been recovered so far, while seven, including two pilots, were on-board
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
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
02 Apr 2023
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
06 Mar 2023
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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