Firms/companies
McDonald’s, CPRL’s Bakshi trade charges over food quality
29 Dec 2017
The spat between McDonald's India and its estranged partner Vikram Bakshi got even more bitter on Thursday, with Bakshi claiming the fast food chain follows “different standards” for India than in other countries and has continuously ignored the food quality concerns raised by him in the past four years
Tata Steel raising $2.15 bn to refinance existing debt
28 Dec 2017
Tata Steel Ltd has initiated the process of raising $2.15 billion in six-year syndicated loans as part of its $5.1 billion loan programme to refinance its existing debt
Airbus A380 superjumbo set to follow Boeing 747 into the sunset
28 Dec 2017
'If there is no Emirates deal, Airbus will start the process of ending A380 production,' a person briefed on the plans said. A supplier added such a move was logical due to weak demand
US footwear brand sues Flipkart for allegedly selling fake products
28 Dec 2017
US-based footwear brand Skechers has moved court against Flipkart alleging that some third-party sellers were selling counterfeit products of its brand on the Indian online site
Apple faces lawsuits over slowing down older iPhones
27 Dec 2017
Apple is accused of defrauding iPhone users by slowing devices without warning to compensate for poor battery performance, as admitted by Apple
US Library of Congress to stop collecting each and every tweet
27 Dec 2017
The library is now only interested in tweets with "event-based" merit or tweets related to "themes of ongoing national interest". Tweets about an annoying little brother or what you had for lunch will no longer make the cut
McDonald’s spat: supplier under pressure to resume supplies
27 Dec 2017
CPRL, which operates McDonald’s outlets across east and north India, threatens to sue supplier Radhakrishna Foodland, while Justice Singhvi, appointed by the NCLT as CPRL administrator, has asked it to resume supplies
Simplification, synergy, scale: Chandra spells it out for Tata staff
27 Dec 2017
Tata Sons Ltd chairman N Chandrasekaran has asked employees of the group to focus on simplification, synergy and scale in order to take advantage of global expansion
Anil Ambani announces new debt resolution plan for RCom
27 Dec 2017
Without any loan write-off, under the new strategic debt resolution plan, RCom will be repaying up to Rs17,000 crore loans out of proceeds from monetisation of spectrum, tower and fibre assets
Videocon headed for bankruptcy court, but Jaypee may be saved
26 Dec 2017
Lenders are gearing up to refer Videocon Industries to the bankruptcy court as they are unsure if the company's proposed debt recast programme will clear the Reserve Bank of India’s conditions to deal with defaulters
Internal spat leads to closure of McDonald’s across east, north
26 Dec 2017
A total of 84 outlets have been hit due to supplies being cut off by Radhakrishna Foodland, apparently as a result of the ongoing spat between McDonald’s and Vikram Bakshi
Uber a transport provider, rules EU court
23 Dec 2017
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