Firms/companies
Emerson Electric withdraws takeover bid for Rockwell Automation
29 Nov 2017
US-based industrial-automation systems maker Emerson Electric Co yesterday withdrerw its takeover bid for Rockwell Automation Inc after the Milwaukee-based company rejected its latest sweetened buyout offer
China Development Bank moves NCLT against “insolvent” RCom
28 Nov 2017
China Development Bank’s move will force domestic lenders also to set up a committee of creditors and work with insolvency resolution professional to come up with a revival plan
Infosys to open innovation hub in Rhode Island
28 Nov 2017
Infosys says the Design and Innovation Hub to be set up in partnership with the State of Rhode Island will create 500 new jobs in five years
LIC gets nod to invest Rs1,50,000-cr into loss-making Railways
28 Nov 2017
Indian Railways’ market borrowings went up to 22 per cent of its earnings last year from an average of 8 per cent between 2010 and 2015, raising its net debt to Rs1,25,000 crore, even as its passenger traffic and freight earnings have continued to weaken
Life after oil: Shell partners top carmakers for electric charging stations
27 Nov 2017
Shell has signed an agreement with IONITY — a joint venture between BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen — that will initially bring high-powered docks to 80 highway sites in 10 European nations in 2019
Future Supply Chain IPO aimed at giving exit to PE partner: Biyani
27 Nov 2017
Talking of the IPO expected to garner over Rs700 crore, Future Group chief Kishore Biyani also said he is keenly looking to acquire a small ecommerce player in the fashion business
Tata Nano nears end of road
27 Nov 2017
Mitsubishi Materials admits to product fraud at 2 subsidiaries
25 Nov 2017
Mitsubishi Materials becomes the latest Japanese corporate major to fall from grace after compliance failings at Kobe Steel Ltd, Nissan Motor Co and Subaru Co Ltd
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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
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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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