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Tata Nexon raises the bar for car safety in India
07 Aug 2018
Tata Nexon has won a 4-star rating star rating for adult occupant protection and a 3-star rating for child occupant protection for a sub-4 metre compact SUV at the Global NCAP crash test
Facebook asks US banks to share customer data; plays down privacy fears
07 Aug 2018
Facebook has had discussions with JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and US Bancorp in the past year about sharing customers' financial data to enhance its Messenger texting platform
Facebook asks US banks to share customer data; plays down privacy fears
07 Aug 2018
Facebook has had discussions with JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and US Bancorp in the past year about sharing customers' financial data to enhance its Messenger texting platform
SoftBank sees 50-fold rise in net profit at $2.8 bn on back of Flipkart deal
07 Aug 2018
SoftBank showed a gain of around $1.48 billion on its balance sheet due to an increase in the fair value of its stake in Flipkart, translating to a 60-per cent return on its investment ahead of its sale to Walmart
SoftBank sees 50-fold rise in net profit at $2.8 bn on back of Flipkart deal
07 Aug 2018
SoftBank showed a gain of around $1.48 billion on its balance sheet due to an increase in the fair value of its stake in Flipkart, translating to a 60-per cent return on its investment ahead of its sale to Walmart
SoftBank sees 50-fold rise in net profit at $2.8 bn on back of Flipkart deal
07 Aug 2018
SoftBank showed a gain of around $1.48 billion on its balance sheet due to an increase in the fair value of its stake in Flipkart, translating to a 60-per cent return on its investment ahead of its sale to Walmart
SoftBank sees 50-fold rise in net profit at $2.8 bn on back of Flipkart deal
07 Aug 2018
SoftBank showed a gain of around $1.48 billion on its balance sheet due to an increase in the fair value of its stake in Flipkart, translating to a 60-per cent return on its investment ahead of its sale to Walmart
Indra Nooyi to step down as PepsiCo CEO, Ramon Laguarta to take over
06 Aug 2018
Since Nooyi took over as CEO, PepsiCo has delivered total shareholder return of 162 per cent, returned $79.4 billion to shareholders through dividends and buybacks, nearly tripled dividends and increased revenue from $35 billion to $63.5 billion
Maruti Suzuki to invest $1 billion in Toyota’s Karnataka plant
06 Aug 2018
Maruti Suzuki, which produces 15,000 Baleno cars at its Gujarat plant, aims to manufacture the car at Toyota India’s under-utilised plant in Karnataka. Toyota will be selling the Baleno and Suzuki’s Vitara Brezza in India
US senators quiz Google about Chinese search engine plans
06 Aug 2018
Seeking details about a reported plan to develop a censored Chinese version of the Google search engine, a bipartisan group of six US Senators have said the unconfirmed project “risks making Google complicit in human rights abuses”
HDFC AMC’s IPO debuts at 59% premium on BSE, 65% on NSE
06 Aug 2018
The Rs2,800-crore initial public offering by the country’s second-largest asset manager was subscribed 83 times on the last day of the bidding led by demand from non-institutional investors
SBI, Reliance Jio form SBI YONO for digital push
04 Aug 2018
SBI, Reliance Jio form SBI YONO for digital push
04 Aug 2018
SBI, Reliance Jio form SBI YONO for digital push
04 Aug 2018
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