Firms/companies
Goyal announces major revamp of Railway Board
26 Oct 2017
Nearly 125 of the 500-odd railway ministry officials, including some heads of departments (HoDs), will be shifted out of Rail Bhavan to different zones and divisions for field duties
RCom exiting 2G, 3G services, to focus on 4G
26 Oct 2017
Shortly after its plans to shut down direct-to-home TV business, Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications now plans to exit its 2G and 3G services that comprise around 75 per cent of its user base, in a bid to turn the heavily indebted business around
SC refuses permission to Jaypee to hive off Yamuna Expressway; extends time for depositing Rs2,000 cr
26 Oct 2017
HUL to pay 800% interim dividend as Q2 net vaults over 16% to Rs1,276 cr
25 Oct 2017
Hindustan Unilever gained from lower expenses in the GST era despite a 1.63 per cent decline in net sales during the quarter to Rs8,199 crore from Rs8,335 crore in the year-ago period
Airtel launches VoLTE services in Gujarat
25 Oct 2017
Starbucks opens 100th store, aims to make India top-5 market
25 Oct 2017
According to John Culver, group president, Starbucks International and Channel Development, India will be among the top five markets that Starbucks operates around the world, though without specifying a time frame
Infosys board clears Panay probe, but keeps it under wraps
25 Oct 2017
The board of Infosys Ltd headed by acting chairman Nandan Nilekani has given a clean chit to the controversial Panay acquisition, saying there was no merit in the allegations of wrongdoing
Amazon shutting down Amazon Wine
24 Oct 2017
Micromax, Vodafone offer 4G Smartphone at Rs 999
24 Oct 2017
Cisco Systems to acquire BroadSoft Inc: report
23 Oct 2017
Cisco is close to striking a deal to buy US telecommunications software firm BroadSoft Inc for around $2 billion
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