Firms/companies
Tesla's Shanghai plant may be first wholly-owned facility in China
23 Oct 2017
Tesla has reached an agreement with authorities in Shanghai to set up a wholly-owned plant in China, making it the first foreign automaker to be permitted to do so
Toyota puts brakes on hybrid Camry as high GST cuts demand
23 Oct 2017
Toyota Kirloskar Motor, the Indian arm of Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp, has halted the production of its hybrid Camry as sales declined a steep 73 per cent after tax incidence on the cars hit 43 per cent under the GST regime
General Electric profit down 10% at $1.8 bn in July-Sept quarter
21 Oct 2017
GE’s new CEO John Flannery vowed to shed more than $20 billion worth of assets and hold executives accountable for failing to deliver after what he called “horrible” results in the third quarter
Hero logs record Dhanteras sales, TVS does well as rural demand picks up
21 Oct 2017
The country’s largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp has recorded its highest ever single-day sales of over three lakh vehicles on 17 October, Dhanteras day.
Nissan suspends car production at all Japanese plants
20 Oct 2017
Nissan failed to streamline the final inspection process at its plants, despite warnings and corrective measures, as these were still being carried out by technicians not properly registered to perform those duties
Amazon infuses fresh Rs260 cr into Amazon Pay
20 Oct 2017
Rio Tinto’s former CEO faces fraud charges in African coal mine deal
18 Oct 2017
US authorities have filed fraud charges against Rio Tinto and former executives Tom Albanese and Guy Elliot over the 2014 sale of the company’s African coal assets for $50 million, three years after its $3.7 billion acquisition
Flipkart in talks with Biyani for Future Lifestyle stake: report
18 Oct 2017
The top management of both sides met last week in Mumbai to discuss the matter and follow-up meetings are due after Diwali, The Economic Times reported citing sources
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
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
02 Apr 2023
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
06 Mar 2023
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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