Firms/companies
Germany's Delivery Hero sells Foodpanda to Ola
20 Dec 2017
The deal involves the transfer of Foodpanda's India business to Ola in exchange for Ola shares, with Ola committing to invest $200 million in the new business
Airtel to return Rs190 cr gas subsidy in unauthorised accounts
19 Dec 2017
Both Airtel and Airtel Payments bank came under fire after Airtel allegedly opened accounts of its mobile phone subscribers without seeking their "informed consent", with LPG subsidy worth crores of rupees being deposited to these accounts
Adani ends tie-up with Downer, to go it alone on Australian project
19 Dec 2017
In a setback to Adani, the newly-elected Queensland government led by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk last week vetoed a A$900-million concessional loan for the construction of a rail line for Adani's Carmichael coal mine project
UK advertising watchdog, ASA could investigate Amazon for complaints over premium service's deliver delays
18 Dec 2017
Irdai panel reviews investment norms for life insurance sector
18 Dec 2017
Given that 50 per cent of insurers’ investments are in government securities, which currently yield about 6.7 - 7.2 per cent annually, generating at least 8 per cent return is a tall order
Oracle to buy Australian cloud-based software developer Aconex for $1.2 bn
18 Dec 2017
Melbourne-based Aconex is a cloud-based solution that manages team collaboration for construction projects and digitally connects owners, builders and other teams, providing management of data, documents and costs across all stages of a construction project lifecycle
Google News bars publications masking country of origin
18 Dec 2017
Google has moved to block from its news search publications that mask their country of origin or intentionally mislead readers in a further step to curb the spread of fake news
Airtel banned from e-KYC over opening unauthorised bank accounts
18 Dec 2017
The UIDAI suspended the e-KYC licence key of Bharti Airtel and Airtel Payment Bank after finding that Airtel was using the Aadhaar numbers given for SIM cards to open bank accounts without customers’ consent
Dengue death: Fortis charged over 1,700% margin on consumables
16 Dec 2017
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has found Fortis hospital in Guragon had charged massive margins on consumables like gloves and syringes as well as on drugs officially under price control
Anil Ambani firm sues Cong’s Abhishek Singhvi for Rs5,000 cr
16 Dec 2017
The suit against Singhvi alleges "false and defamatory statements" after the Congress spokesperson claimed that the government unduly favoured a group firm in connection with the Rafale fighter deal
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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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