Firms/companies
US regulator files suit to block $85.4 bn AT&T-Time Warner merger
21 Nov 2017
In October last year, US telecom giant AT&T struck a mega deal to buy multinational media and entertainment conglomerate Time Warner for $85.4 billion in cash and stock, in what could be the year's biggest deal but highly-scrutinized acquisition
Broadcom closes $5.5 bn acquisition of Brocade Communications
20 Nov 2017
Broadcom Ltd yesterday said that it has closed its $5.5-billion acquisition of network gear maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc.
10-year old boy defeats iPhone Face ID
18 Nov 2017
NHPC eyes Nepal's $2.5-bn power project pulled out from China: report
18 Nov 2017
India's state-owned National Hydro Power Corporation Ltd (NHPC) could bid for a $2.5-billion hydropower project in Nepal, after Kathmandu cancelled a deal with China's Gezhouba Group Corp
Tesla set to open Supercharger stations
18 Nov 2017
L&T wins Rs8,650-cr contract for Mumbai Trans Harbour Link
18 Nov 2017
The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link will serve as an economic gateway to Navi Mumbai connecting it to Nhava Sheva Port, the Mumbai Pune Expressway and the Mumbai Goa Highway
Apple iPhone X to retail on Airtel Online Store
18 Nov 2017
Moody’s upgrades India’s sovereign rating to Baa2 from Baa3
17 Nov 2017
The upward revision in India’s sovereign credit rating by Moody’s, which comes 13 years after it was last upgraded in January 2004 to Baa3 from Ba1, is seen as an endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reform initiatives
Tesla unveils electric semi truck, Tesla Semi
17 Nov 2017
Comcast approached 21st Century Fox for acquisition: Report
17 Nov 2017
The share price of 21st Century Fox vaulted in after-hours trading after the news yesterday was first reported by CNBC
Mattel rejects Hasbro’s takeover bid: Report
16 Nov 2017
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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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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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